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Year: 1863

APPEARANca INTERIOR.


70 Just returned from hurried visit 10 the interior,
and am glad TO you that found the citizens resd
ing In the bordering the line Of the Pennsyl
Railroad fully awake TO the importance Of this raid
Every village and through which passed that has
citizen capable OF bearing arms has insisted that they
shall face the music this late invasion The copper
heads do not like this but you will be agreeaby
prsed when inform you that but few Of this orgapa.
tion are to be found among the yeomanry When say
few refer particularly 70 that class OF which
Charles Ingerso George NJ. wharton and Peter Mccall
are supposed the leaders The people In the interior
have sympathy for those gentlemen, except II
Germs certain rights They for the suppression Of the
rebellion and desire that II should be accomplished by
measures both speedy and ofe<tve They want peace;
but hcy declare they have desire 70 by any
other means than what honorable They express them
selves warmly, but nevertheless sincere found
them both and communicative and very deep
was their chagrin at learning Of the success attendant
upon the rebel raid. The feeling In regard TO


NEW Yonx AND


IL very warmly and unanimously expressed. Many cti.
zens with conversed say that their debt OF graft
tude must wiped out with something more substantial
than more thanks Congress was In session, and the
great canal project unite the East and West before
Il, I have not q doubt but their representatives,
would be instructed with great unanmity to support IT,
These straws may DO taken as gnincant OF tne popular
love OF country tho community the more restricted
bias OF State sovereignty Wherever have been have
hoard nought praise far as concerncd the action
Of the East In this very important and momen,ous
struggle. "


~ currently reported that the rebels nj Mount
Unon in Huntingdon county, which Is in close proximity
70 the Pennsylvania Central road but there nothing
reliable from there and hardly think, without their do
sign Is Pttsburg and Wheeling, that would pay them "a
tarry In that region. Az you know they might tap the
Pennsylvania road here But what Of thau The damage
would be hardly sufficient TO reward thcm for their
ble The country north and northwest Is mostly wilder
ness and known the Wild Cat region, aboundng with
tall pine and good umbcrmen There very little pastar
age for their horses but little subsistence for either
man or beast and the probabilities they would
In yenturng into this section receive welcome far from
hosptable Fears felt though for Ptsburg ard th
eountry surrounding that and Wheeling The valleys iu
tersectnq the Baltimore and Ohp and the Penusy
Central railroads vAs nacA W sssys Ne covstous
Year: 1863

We sometimes see in the papers the remark,
that unless certain things are done, "the people
will stop the war; What does it mean? How
can the people of the South stop the war; until
our independence is established? We are sure
our brave and noble soldiery never would consent
to stop the war; short Of the establishment of the
freedom and independence of their country
They have suffered and endured for. two years
what no army scarcely ever endured-they have
been victorious in almost every batte-the blood
of thousands Of their slain comrades has been shed
for the freedom Of their country from yankee rule
and they can nerer consent to "stop the war,
until the Southern Confederacy is acknowledged a
free and independent power:


Nor do we believe that the people at home are
less patriotic and true. There be no doubt
about all being anxious for peace. The soldier
and the civilian long and pray for it, aud there is
nothing short of surrender of the honor and lib
erty of the country they would not give for it,
But they do know that for to f'stop the war
would be surrender of every thing near and
dear to us as people and nation. The north
ern government can stop the war at any moment
without disparagement to its honor or its interest
But the South must abandon every thing and
submit to the north, for In other way can arc
''stop the war" Convinced of this, as we believe
our people thoroughly are, ninety y-nine-hundreths
of them are for continued and vigorous prosecu-
ton of the war until the north makes peace, and
until the independence of the country, final and
complese, is established.


How can it be otherwise? IF the war is stop
ped on any other terms, ruined, subJuga-
ted, degraded people. Our political rights Will
be torn from us, our property taken away, and we
shall be subjected to the most grinding oppression
and tyranny ever known TO man. No one IN his
senses can surely believe that by stopping the
war in any other way than by conquering
~ To he a
If there be. such an one, let him dismiss the
thought as one as utterly falacious it is ignoble
Perish the thought of stopping this war until the
Confederate States of America is recognized as
one of the independent nations of the earth.-
Spirit ofthe Age
Year: 1863

THE RAG-BAG.-We urge on every family in
the Southern Confederacy the establishment of a
rag bay-into which every scrap, of which cotton,
hemp, or fax is the material, be thrown in and
sent to the paper mills. Thus private economy
and the public good will be alike promoted. Let
the rag bag be the order Of the day
Year: 1863

The General Assembly of this State at its recent
session passed the following Act Let the Com
manders of North Carolina Troops take hold of
this matter and forward the of all under
them who have distinguished themselves, died or
been killed while in service, to theAdjutant General
at


Whereas, It is becoming that every State should
show its gratitude TO its defenders and whereas,
our noble soldiers, W their patient endurance,
their heroic fortitude, aud their undaunted valOr,
are doubly entitled to our gratitude aud the
admir atio, of the world and whereas, our noble
women have materially contributed to the defence
of the country by their active benevoience, which
alleviaes the suffcrings and promotes the comfort
and efficiency of our soldiers,


Therefore Resolved, That this General Assembly
authorize the Governor to prepare book to be
called the "Roll of Honor" in which shall be
placed the name, rank, reg giment and resder &C of
eyerv soldier of this State, who has died or may
die in the service of his country during the present
war.


Resolved. Tha, in the same book shall be placed
the name, rank, regiment and residence of every
soldier of this State who has distinguished himself
in the service of his country during the present
war.


Resolved, That this General Assembly hereby
accor1s its heartfelt gratitude to the noble women
of this State, who have done much to alleviate
the sufferings of our soldiers, and to sustain our
mset righteous cause; and the Governor may if he
thinks expedient record the distinguished names
in the "Roll of Honor" .-,


ATTEND TO THE GARpENs.-Now is the time
to look to the gardens. Every inch Of soil should
be made to yield to the utmost Vegetables will
command high price the coming season, and
every pe,son that has garden should make the
mos. of it. Rely upon it meat will be scarce and
hard to get before the summer is gone. With an
abundance of vegetables and little meat we can
get along. Remember this and raise vegetables.
Year: 1863

y BEAUYIFUL REFLECTIOX.-Bulwer elo-
quently says: " l cannot believe that earth is
mans abiding place. 1t cannot be that our
life is cast up by the ocean of eternity TO float
moment upon its waves, and then sink into
nothingnessl Else, why is it that the glorious
aspirations which leap like angels from the
temple of our heart, are forever wandering
about unsatisfed Why that the rainbow
and clouds come over US with beauty that is
not of earth, and then pass off and leave US to
muse upon their favored loyelineSs? Why is
it that the stars who hold their festival around
the midnight throne. are set above the grasp
of our limited faculties mocking US with their
unapproachable glory? And finally, why is
it that bright forms of human beauty are pre-
sented to our view, and then taken from Us,
leaving the thousand streams of our affections
to flow in Alpine torrents upon our hearts p
We are born for a higher destiny than that Of
earth there is realm where the rainbow
never fades-where the stars will be spread
before US like islands that slumber on the
ocean-anl where The beings that pass before
US like shadows, will stay in our presence for
ever"


Coop MASNERs.-A writeNthus describes
what We are always theorizing about; The
world has always been charmed with fine man
ners; and why should it not? For what are
fine manners but this to carry your soul on
your lip, in your eye, in the palm of your hand
and yet to stand not naked, but clothed upon
by your individual quality-visible, yet inscru
table-given TO the hearts of others, yet con-
tanned in your own bosoms-nobly and human
ly open, yet duly reticent and secured from
Invasion? Polished manners often diSappoint
US A.; good manners never. The former may be
taken on by INDECENT souls the latter imply a
noble and opuleut nature And wait you not
for death, according to the counsel of Solon,
to be named happy if you are permitted fel-
lowship with man Of rich mind, whose indi
vidaal SAVIOR you always finely perceive, and
never more than fnely-who yields you the
perpetual sense of community, and never OF
confusion with your own spirit. The happi-
ness is all the greater. if the fellowship be ac-
corded by a mind emineutly superior to ones
own; for be, while yet more removed, comes
yet nearer, seeming to be that which our own
soul may become in some future life; and SO
yielding rs the sense Of our own being more
deeply and powerfully than it is given BY the
consciousness in our own bosom
Year: 1863

EcoSoNY IN SMoKIyG.-A correspondent of
the Manchester Examiner has made discove-
~ which, he alleges, will greatly promote CON-
fort and economy in smoking. His instructions
are: Take piece Of sponge three-quarters Of
an inch square (in dry state) make a small
hole through the centre then steep it in water
till it becomes disteuded. Squeeze the water
out, ard put the stem of the pipe through the
hole until the bowl comes in contact with the
centre of the sponge. Charge the pipe and fll
the sponge with cold water; then commence
smoking. and it will be found that saving of
twenty-five per cent in tobacco is effected, with
an improvement in its favor
Year: 1863

NOBLE souls with difficulty reach the COM
prehension of evil and ingratitude they re-
quire harsh lessons before they recognize the
extent of human corruption. Then, when their
education in this line is completed, they rise to
an indulgence which is the last degree of con-
tempt Balzac.
Year: 1863

EATING FRuIr.-No liquids of any descrip-
ton should be drank within an hour after eat
ing fruits, nor should anything else be eaten
within two or three hours after-thus time be-
ing allowed for them to pass out of the stom-
ach the system derives from them all their en-
livening, cooling and opening influences. The
great rule is, eat fruit and berries while fresh
ripe and perfect, in their natural state, without
eating or drinking anything for at least two
hours aferward. With these restrictions, fruit
and berries may be eaten with moderation du-
ring any hour of the day, and without getting
tired of them. or ceasing to be benefited by
them during the whole season. 1t is great
waste of lusciousness that fruits and berries iD
their natural state are not made the sole des-
sert at our meals, for three fourhs Of the year !;
human enjoyment and health and even life
would be promoted by it Halls Journal of
Health.
Year: 1863

This island of Inishail is a long green pas
ture in the middle of Loeb Awe, of very
tame and quiet aspect, broken only by one
rocky eminence, crowned with few strag-
Cling frs. There is miserable patch of plan
tation on the eastern side which adds nothing
to its beauty, and ruin at the other end
surrounded by tombs, but the ruin has no
architectural value. The shore of the island
curves beautifully into bays. The island is
all one blue field of flowers, as if the sky had
fallen it is always so in spring; in Sum


mer it is covered with green fern; and in
Autumn, when the fern dies, it reddens the
whole island. This bit of pasture land would
be nothing anywhere else, but here it is re


markable for its admirable position. 1t is
placed in the very center of the most pictur.
esque part of Loeb Awe. From it you can
see Kilchurn Castle and Ben Cruachan, and
Ben Anea and the Pass of Awe. What Inis-
hail itself lacks of picturesque beauty is COM
pensated by the close neighborhood of the
Black Islands, as exq uiste pair Of wooded
isles as the moost fastidious artist could de.
sire. 1t has been inhabited before, long ago,
by a convent of Christian nuns. They were
turned out at the Reformation, and their poor
little chapel has been left for the winds to
sing in ever since. Not many stones are





left of it now, and its foundations lie low
amongst the moss-covered tombs of the old
chieftains. But the people bring their dead
here yet and lay them under the shadow Of
the broken walls, so that the island is land
of death, of utter repose and peace. Was il
not well for barbarous mountaineers to bury
their dead in lonely isles, where the foot Of
the marauder trampled not the grass on the
grave, and where the living came not, save
in sorrow, and reverently? The mainland
was for the living to fight upon: but this
green isle was the Silent Land, the Island Of


the Blest. Hither the chieftains came, gen


Grafton after generation, born solemnly acros.
the waters from the castled isles hither they
came to this defenseless one; where they
will sleep securely when their stronghold;
are roofless ruins; their claymores dissolved
in rust their broad lands that they fought
for all their lives, sold and resold and theil
descendants sent into exile to make desert
for English -shcoters.-P. G. Hama
Year: 1863

EcREATIoN.-Recreation of some sort is
absolutely necessary to relieve our minds and
bodies from too constant attention and labor
Indeed, the use of wisdom consists in tenn
pering our recreations. There are some so
rigid, or so timorous, that they avoid all d.
versions, and dare not abandon lawful de-
lights, for fear of offending. These are hard
tutors, if not tyrants to themselves; whilst
they pretend to mortified strictness. they
are injurious to their own liberty, and the
liberality of their Maker. Let your recrea-
tion be manly, moderate, seasonable and
lawful. If your life be sedentary, let it be
more tending to the exercise of your body if
active, more to the refreshing of your mind.
Ihs use of recreation is to strengthen your
labor and sweeten your rest.
Year: 1863

A LIFE PICTURE-What are half the
rebuffs we receive in our daily converse
with the world but the echoes of our own
voice? We invoke the spirit of contradic-
ton, and then chafe under the treatment
we experience at its hands.


Hear the story of the child that went
forth into the mountain ravine. While the
child wandered there, he cried aloud to
break the loneliness, and heard voice
which called to him in the same tone He
called again, and he thought the voice again
Knocked him. Flushed with anger, he
rushed to find no one. He then called out
to him in anger, and with all abusive cpl
tbets, all of which were faithfully returned
to him. Choking with rage the child ran
to his mother, and complained that boy
in the woods had insulted him with words.
But the mother took her child by the hand
and said


My child, these names were but the ech-
oes of thine own voice. Send forth snn-
shine from the spirit, and thou shalt never
have cloudy day. Garry about a vindc-
tive spirit and ever in the flowers shall lurk
curses Thou shalt receive even what thou
givest and that alone always, said the
speaker, is that child in the mountain pass
es, and every man and woman is that
child
Year: 1863

CONFEDERATE PATRIoTIsM.-A late
number of the Richmond Eraminer, in
speaking of the use of the negroes by the
Confederates, contains the following:


''It appears that shareholders are averse
for some reason TO hire their negroes in the
Confederate army. The prejudice is GER
tainly an ignorant and mean one AS the
war originated and is carried on in great
part for the defense of the STAKEHOLDER in
his property rights and the perpetuation of
the institution, it is reasonable to suppose
that he ought to be first and foremost in
aiding and assisting, by every means in his
power, the triumph and success of our
arms. Good wages are offered, and proper
care and attention wall be given every ne
gro hired to the army, and the STAKEHOLDER
ought to remember that for every negro he
thus furnishes, he puts soldier in the
ranks.
Year: 1863

sa- The small pox us prevailing ID an
alarming extent in the contraband camp Of
negroes at Washington. As many as fifteen
die daily. The condition of these poor
creatures is said TO be deplorable.s They
wander abouttheeity and spreadit. Many
whites are dying with it also. There is on
an average only zone nurse for 6fsy patients.
Year: 1863

To answer numerous inquiries, and to correct err
rors not uncommon the following notice is published
to all concern ed.


1. Under the receut call of the President, extend
ing the Conscrpt age, all substtutions have ceased
be valid the substitute he than As years old
and is not otherwise exempt by law.


g. Membership, unless as officer duly accepted
by the War Department, of local organizations for
home defence special service confers claim to
exemption from Confederate service; neither does
service the militia, unless in of officers actu-
ally in commission who have duly qualified


8. Hereafter any one furnishing substitute will
become liable in his person whenever the servi-
ces of the substitute lost to the Government from
any eaase other than the casualties of war.


Applications for exemption any ground
whatever must first be addressed to the local enroll
ling officer who, he mas not power toact, is in
doubt will refer them the higher authority with
report of the facts. All such addressed direct to
higher authority will necessarily and invariably be
referred back for local examination and report and
the applicants will thus have uselessly lost time and
prolonged suspense


Appeals against adverse decisions by local officers
will be forwarded by them for hearing when any
plausible ground of appeals Set forth.


s. Commandments Of conscripts will give this notice
extensive circulation in the local press of their
pective States. G.. W. LAY, Lit. Col. A.A.G.,


Aug 25-Im Acting Chief of Bureau.
Year: 1863

A grain.dealer OF Chicago, whose transac-
tons arc measured by millions of bushels per
aunum, wrote to his agent in this city on
hearing by telegraph Of the riots then in pro.
press, to advise him as to the safety of future
shipments to or through this port; remarking
that though this was more convenient than
any other place of export. he must send his
grain to Europe by different route unless he
could bs assured against continuance or re.
petition of such dolngs. lle was not only un-
willing but unable to brave the possible loss OF
mors property than he was worth by the
burning of warehouses and elevators.


If tho rioters could succeed by violence aud
arson in prescribing the use of steam ecva-
tors at our wharves, they would thereby drive
a large portion OF the now immense grain
trade OF our city to seek its destination by
way of Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, Bati-
more or .Orlsans, instead of New-York.
They might bankrupt our grain merchants,
but they would at tho same time beggar them
selyes. And this is about the average net pro-
duct of mobs and riots.
Year: 1863

On the other hand, q national reorganization
of the Kingdom of Poland, even under the
scepter of Russia, would probably give within
few years to the National Polish party
strength which would forever remove the
danger of the Polish nationality being extir.
mated. Galicia is On encouraging example
that the peaceable agitation for the inallenable
rights of natonalities is. as rule, much safer
and much more successful than the appeal to
arms.


If only the territory Of what is properly
called the Kingdom of Poland were at stake,
the concessions already made by Russia would
make permanent solution of the Polish ques'
ton a comparatively easy task. But no dlplo-
matst has yet found any solution of the question
of the disposition of those Russian provinces
which formerly belonged to the Polish Empire,
but are now incorporated with Russia proper.
The Poles are uncompromising in demanding
their reunion with the Kingdom Of Poland. The
Russians, on the other hand, though they are
generally willing to grant national institutions
to the Kingdom of Poland, are uDyieldlng IN
their claim upon these provinces. They ap.
peal to the very principle OF natlonalities IN
virtue of which the Poles claim their indepen-
dence, in order to prove that these Polish
provinces of Russia ought to remain united
with Russia. They present chronological tables,
according to which the Poles of these provinces
are only minority of the aggregate popuia-
tion and are even less numerous than the
Russians. The fact seems to be undOubted,
but the Poles maintain that they are still the
predominating race, that most OF the
less numerous nationalities, as Lithuanians,
Germans, Jews, already are or probably VIII
be Polandised if tho Russian Government does
not interfere with the natural movement of the
population, and that the Russian inhabitants OF
these provinces belong to q particular branch
of the Slay, which is nearer related to the Poles
than to the Russians proper. The Russlan
Government, which has clear understanding
Of the great Importance Of the nationality prin.
cipIe for the re.arrangement OF the map OF
Europe, will strain every nerve to prevent these
provinces becoming Polish, and instead, to make
them Russian. Terrible conflicts upon this
field are hardly avodable, before the hostile
nationalities OF Europe will have learned to
settle international questions by amicable means
II the forthcoming Congress of European
powers should be unsuccessful in finding so
luton for the Polish question, it will probably
be owing to their inability to dispose OF the
difficulties besettng the contested nationality OF
these Polish provinces of Russia Proper.
Year: 1863

Hundred Millions in declared value In other
words, the Three Millions OF New.Eng anders
produce every year more than double the value
of the annual industrial products of the Eight
Millions of Mexicans Yet Wealth is one main
object of the French subjugation Of Mexico


That conquest will prove grevous blunder
teeming population, like that of India-sub-
missive, industrious. dOcile, and possessing
much boarded wealth-may possibly enrich its
conquerors, if they be preponderautly manuiac.
turing and mercantile in their genius; but
France will be- constrained to send far more
wealth to Mexico than she will ever be able to
bring away. A railroad from Vera Cruz to
the Capital, and thence in time to the Pacific;
another across the Isthmus of Tohuantepec-
vast investments to render the mines and min.
eral regions of Sonora and the wild North ac-
cessible-protectiOn against chronic Indian
raids and outbreaks, as well in Yucatan on
the south as in Durango on the north--on
every side, present outlay and expense to Sc
cure remote and often illusory benefts-sucb
is The prospect which Louis Napoleon's new
elephant offers to the producers and taxpayers
of France. A few Imperial favorites may be
enriched or ennoblcd by the conquest; the
great mass will derive from it only fresh ex-
actions and burdens. And, when History shall
sum up the career OF the Imperial adyenturer,
she will fix on his foray on MeXico-a raid
fully as wanton and wicked as our Own--as
one of the chief ulterior causes OF his final dis.
comfiture and downfall.
Year: 1863

AN ACCIDENT "A little girl belonging
to Lake i Co.'S Circus, which exhibited
here on last Saturday, met with quite m
accident while riding in the afternoon
She undertook to jump through balloon
and becoming tangled she struck the
hons back Of the saddle and fell 70 the
ground, breaking her arm. She had fall.
en- OF once previous TO this, but Was moi
hurt.