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Year: 1862

Friend Evans of the Milton Chronicls, having
been obliged to suspend for three weeks for the
want Of paper, which his friends here had sent him
by express" but which, be says instead of being
left at Hsboro was sent to Charlotte or to Texas,
les off his pentup wit handsomely. The follow
ing however, is rather more true than witty:


ave want to tell the people of the South couple
Of secrets, and briefly narrated, they are these
You will never achieve Southern Independence SO
long one. half if not two-thrds of our Southern
men t for the field hold back from it and wait for
draft and, when a draft comes, dodge, squirm
and try to get off, live get liberty and indepen-
dence every man able to kill Yankee must mani.
fest an anxiety to pitch into the fight and his cry
should be- "let NE ut the enemy" instead Of trying
to avoid the field The other secret is equally i'm
portantto our success. This desire Of one half of
our people to make fortunes out of the war by eat.
iEg the other half up, must be stopped. Men having
the necessaries of life to SELL must let them 90 at
moderate prices, and be willing to give them away
to the poor and needy unable to buy. The rich man
able, and generously throw open his pocketbook,
corn-crb and meathouse to his poor neighbors, in
stead of skulking the battlefield, locking up his
money and throwing the key away, and demanding
the most exorbitant prices n cash for every thing
be has to sell. We have too many Shylocks-too
many Southern Yankees, meaner by far than
Northern Yankee ever dared to be. They most he
put down-crushed out-or all our struggles for
independence will be vain. The farmer who has
corn and meat to SELL and who studies how to make
people pay him three prices for them, thinks that
that is helping along to whip the Yankees. He is
fool and is dong more to defeat the cause of the
South than whole Yankee regiment can do. The
same may be said of the merchant whose patri-
otsm consists in asking enormous prices on his
goods. To get Independence We must study how
to make sacriices-how to help each other along
and not how big pile of money We can make by
extortion, gougng, gaing robbing or stealing from
each other You must throw open your corn cribs
and meat houses to the poor, you must open your
pocket books and generously shell out your dimes
to the families Of poor men fighting for you You
must not promise to do great things for poor mans
family to get him to do that which you are afraid to
do for yourselves, and when he has gone to the bat
tie field refuse to half fulfil your copious promises


We speak as unto wise men, judge ye what we say"
Year: 1862

noASokE lslAsD.-Our readers are, perhaps by
TINS t'me growing tired Of any alluson 70 the course
pursued oy some Of the Virginia papers and letter
wr'tess' duplicating, without foundation, the gal.
iantfy OF the North-Csrolna troops 1t Roanoke
Island We give to-day an article from an intelli.
gent correspondent who was in the fght which We
hope will be enough for the present


Justice to the correspondent of tho Richmond
O.pateh, Bohemian, requires us to state that in
reply to the letter of It Col Fowle, published in
. late Standard, be has made the amsnde honorable
and in his reply gives Col. Fowis's letter In full
With explanations which We presume will be salts
factory 80 far as he is concerned His letter is too
long Tor our columns at present He says: ~.


" As far as possible, tried to give fair and
truthful statement Of facts and if failed to do go
1t was because was msled into error and not with
the deliberate intention of writing what was not
true. had no desire to impugn the courage Of the
:lst in saying they ran Immediately to their quar-
ters; for, after the enemy had taken the battery,
what else could they have done My only wonder
was that such panic should have seized the strug-
Cling band of soldiers saw half running, half walk
ing, in very frightened manner towards the upper
end of the island, and which I was told was the
3lst Col. Fowle intimates they were some other
men, and, as bad to depend entirely upon hearsay
as to who they were, have no reason to doubt it
and more especially as know Col. Fowle to be a
reliable gentleman and brave and intrepid officer.


Near the close Of his letter he says:


Hone Of us could speak in too high terms Of
those companies under Major Hill, in the fort who
fought the Navy for two days; Of those companies
who fought in the battery with the Virginians; or
of COL Green and his braves and against such over
whelming Odds Whenever failed to praise those
who deserved it. want Of information was the cause
Year: 1862




We bsieve those hair Drained people who have
bsen 90 bot for burning the towns aud citis, but
who very generally have no homes Of their own,
either to burn or to fall into the hands Of the enemy,
are growing cooler or scsrcsr. We are glad to zee
that the press very generally condemns such van
dalism. Those Who expect to 80 North as the enc
my advances South, or who expect to be driven into
the Gulf Of Mexico, may very well afford to waste
their gas in talking about burning towns and cities,
and firesides to the bitter end, and who hope to
drive the enemy from the lane, will want their dwell
lings and stores, &C., after the war is over. We
clip from the Charleston Mercury the following:


The New Orleans papers denounce, in bitter
terms, the scheme SO hippantly advocated by many,
of burning every town and city that cannot be kept
from the enemy's grasp The Bee says


"a great deal of crude and undigested stuff has
been written and spoken in reference to this sub
ject, and it is evident that many who press their
opinions do so without having previously taken the
trouble to examine them. There is sort of vague
idea afoat that we should in1ict terrible suffering
upon the Federals by burning those cities which he
is preparing to capture. This notion is founded on
the solitary and exceptional fact of the confagraton
OF Moscow, under circumstances altogether different
from any that can present themselves in our coun-
try. Moscow was given to the flames because it
had been selected as the winter quarters Of Napol
cons grand army because its destruction left that
immense host without shelter at the commencement
Of the terrible frosts of Russian winter. When
Moscow was burnt the French bad no place to fall
back upon but we're forced to turn their faces home
ward, and to begin retreat, the horrors of which
are without PARALLEL in history. The immolation
of Moscow was, therefore, act of the profoundest
wisdom. 1t overwhelmed the foe, and preserved
the Russian Empire from subjugation."


After remarking that the Yankees themselves
would be enrap:ured at the sight of our cities re-
duced to ashes by the burning patriotism Of the
South, the Bee concludes:


"Suppose New Orleans destroyed. Will the Hec-
tors and hot.heads, who so hippantly prate Of the
possibility of this consummaton, tell US where its
vast population its tender and helpless chill
dren, are to be sheltered? What city is there with.
in reasonable distance that could receive them -
Would they not be snatched from the flames to be
surrendered to more lingering death by famine
and exposure? But it is needless to dwell upon an
event which, in all human probability, will never
occur. Any persons attempting SO dagtious crime
as the destruction, by fire, of New Orleans, would
be regarded as the worst of public enemies, and
would be shot down or strung up to the nearest
lamp post with as little conpunction might be
felt at the killing of mad dog"
Year: 1862

IRON CLAD VEssEIs-The destruction of the YAM
kee war vessels at Newport News BY the Merrimac,
will doubtless excite the whole Yankee nation to
building iron vessels. The South must do her ut
most to equal the North in this respect 1--we had
had twenty good iron.clsd vessels at the outset


We might have ended the war before this. The Ia
dies of the South, we observe are raising funds for
this purpose ...., a-.s
Year: 1862

WAsHlSaroS.- of our readers are aware
that this place has been evacuated by the Confede-
rate troops, and they have been removed to other
points. At last accounts all was quiet there, the
enemy not having visited the place. Several gun
boats have been seen about the mouth of the river


and it is sad that every water outlet to the people
OF Hyde is blockaded by Yankee vessel. Several
cargoes of corn have been taken by the enemy.
Year: 1862

CoSeREss-This body has done but very little
beyond the selfish work of fixing large salaries for
the pay of its own members and officers. 1t spent
some time in considering and passing bill for the
appointment of Commanding General, which it is
understood the President has vetoed for the reason
that it was unnecessary, the Constitution having
given him ample power to make the appointment
Year: 1862

Lead is very scarce, and the Confederate govern
ment is anxious to obtain all that can be had to
make cartridges There are hundreds and thousands
OF houses in the country in which there are from
one to Eve hundred pounds of good lead in the
shape Of window weights, etc., which might be taken
out and made to perform move efficient service
than they are now doing The weights can easily
be replaced with iron or something else, and the
lead put to much better use. If the people
throughout the country would act upon the sugges-
tion, thousands and tens of thousands of pounds
might be turned over to the use Of the Confederate
soldiers aud the very supply thus obtained may
have great influence in determining the issue of the
contest. Will each householder constitute himself
a committee Of one to ascertain and report how
much lead there is about his premises which he can
possibly spare for the use Of the Confederacy p
Charleston Mercury.
Year: 1862

OCCUPATION OF PARIs.-Scouts who arrived at
Humboldt on Friday, report the occupation OF
Paris by Federal force ten thousand strong on
Monday evening last. No resistance was ohered
by our troops in the vicinity as the force OF the
enemy was known to be overwhelming.
Year: 1862

A FRENCH BAIT FOR MEXICAN REcRuIrs.--
When the French first entered Mexico they OK
pected that its people would flock in crowds b
their standard. Instead Of that they find them
everywhere taking up arms against them. and
are promised tough work of it before they can
enter the capital. Failing to enlist adhercnts
by appeals to party jealousies and animosities,
they are now appealing to the hungry stomachs
of those whom the war has affected Plentiful
rations and pay are promised to all who will
join the army in its advance upon the city Of
Mexico; but we hardly think that these induce
ments will add much either to its prestige or
strength. The Mexicans of all ranks and
parties have q we'll founded distrust of their
would-be protectors, and what may be gained
in this way will hardly be worth the paying
for
Year: 1862

MCCLELLAN's ABNEGATION.-The course pur-
sued by General Mcclellan, in the evidence
given by him before the Mcdowell Court of In
quiry, on Wednesday last cannot but add to
the esteem and admiration in which his charac-
ter is held by the world. With every tempta-
tion to explain those points of his conduct
whilst in command of the Army Of the Poto-
mac which have furnished grounds for the ma
lignant attacks made upon him by the radicals,
he objected to questions that would have fur
nished him with an opportunity of defending
himself, on the ground that they were irrelevant
to the objects of the inquiry. That he did 80
simply because they would have the effect Of
duplicating parties in regard to whose share in
the failure of the campaign he has all along
maintained a generous silence, no one can doubt
who reads his evidence. One of the radical
organs insinuates that his reserve on this occa-
sion was caused by personal motives. 1t
knows the character of the man too well to fear
that he can be diverted from the course that lie
has laid down for himself by such imputat,ons.
He bides his time for the full justification of his
conduct before the world. Not day passes in
the progress Of the campaign that does not
bring with 1t fresh evidence Of the wisdom Of
his plans and Of Che folly and criminality Of
those who conspired to defeat them.
Year: 1862

THE NEW STATE OF WESTERN VIRGrNIA.-Both
branches of Congress having passed the bill for
tho admission of the new State of Western Viz
ginia into the Union, it only needs the signature
Of the President to become law. and. as no
doubt has been expressed of his approval of the
measure we may consider it accomplished The
new State thus organized comprehends some
forty-fve counties of the trans-Alieghany
region Of Virginia, which, rebellng against
the rebellious State authorities at Rich
mond, and adhering to the cause of the
Union from the very beginning, proceeded at
once to organize separate State organization
under Governor Pierpoint at Wheeling. TLs
movement has finally resulted "a described in
the admission Of Western Virginia as q new State
Of unconstitutionality; but it is probable that
by the end of the war the people concerned
will be immovable, and that their State will
stand. 1t embraces a hardy mountain popula-.
ton of three hundred and fifty thousand souls,
of which the African slave element is very
small, and will soon disappear under the States
constitutional arrangement of gradual emanci-
patton. The wisdom Of the policy of breaking
up Virginia or any other of the rebellious
States, under the war power and as war mea-
sure, may well be doubted; but, a in Virginia
the thing is Fixed, we can only hope that it will
not result in any further troublesome compi-
cations OF the rebellion, and that there will be
no more experiments Of this kind on the part OF
Congress.
Year: 1862

battle is now pending in the vicinity Of that
city. The result of decisive victory of the
Union armies there would be to cut the rebel
confederacy in two, separating the northern
half from the south, just as the expedition OF
hcClernand will separate Arkansas, Texas and
Western Louisiana from the States east of the
Mississippi


The map Of the Southern States will show
the reader that the combined effect of these
various movements will be to force the rebel
armies back to the Gulf, and to hem in the
rebellion within narrow territory, no part of
which will not be accessible by water. On one
side are the Atlantic and the Gulf with
the various inlets and navigable ri
vers which open into the interior; on
the other side the Ohio and the Mississippi, with
their various tributaries, including the Cum
surrounded and driven into confined space by
the gunboats and the armies which accompany
them, and deprived Of all aid in arms, ammuni-
ton, salt, medicines and clothing from Europe
by an impregnable blockade, the rebels will be
compelled to lay down their arms and sue for
Po"Oo' Ancy Will NC uiAounoou ~ I" HiliSSiJ
Gordon from which they cannot extricate them
selves. The inevitable anaconda, whose ap-
proach, 80 often announced, seemed as doubtful
as the coming Of the wolf in the fable, is now,
like the wolf, really at hand when least expect
ed. He is contracting his coils around his vic
tim, who will soon writhe, like miserable Lao
coon, in the embrace Of the serpent. Meantime
we await with mingled hope and anxiety the
result of the collision on the Rappahannock;
for on that greatly depends the success or fail
ure Of the winter campaign and the brief or
long duration of the war
Year: 1862

THE LATE BATTLE OF FAYETTEVILLE, Ar
KANsAs-ln the important essentials of good
generalship, good marching unfinching cour
age and magnificent fighting on the part Of the
Union forces, very few battles of the war will
compare with the late sanguinary contest near
Fayetteville Arkansas ~ the leading facts in
the case will show For four days by forced
marches, General Heron, with five thousand
men, had been moving for q junction with
General Biunts column Of eight thousand.
While yet the two columns were separated
by days ordinary march from each
other, the rebel General Hindman, with
twenty-four thousand men, cuts in be-
tween them and pounces upon the FIVE
thousand men under General Heron. Hereto
fore, where there had been anything approach
ing this disparity of forces in favor Of the
lation, and with a very weak excuse in the way
of resistance-Harper's Ferry, for instance and
Munfordsvihe, Kentucky. But General Her
ron is a fighting soldier, and his troops are Of
the same >mettle. He withstood the overwhelm-
ing forces OF the rebels for several hours against
a most desperate struggle on their part to finish
him before his expected assistance could come
up But he was successful in holding his ground
until the arrival of General Blunt, and the
opening of his guns upon the enemys rear,
which spoiled the calculations of Htndman,
and resulted in his ignominious retreat under
cover Of the night, which closed upon the bat
tie. Honor to whom honor is dne;'' and il is
due to Generals Blunt and Heron and their
heroic troops, for their bravely earned victory
Of Fayetteville.
Year: 1862

The Democracy Of the Atlantic States
manifest no disposition to abandon their or
ganization inclination to coDfess that to
be patriotic they must cease to be Demo-
crats-no willingness to affiliate with par.
ty that derdes the Constitution and opposes
reconstruction of the Union. They say it
is we'll enough for the Republicans to aban.
don an organization which has no further
uses for good, and has wrought already so
much disaster, but why should Democrats
desert their organization? Those Democrats
who propose to abandon their party and
urge the breaking up of its organization,
should give careful thought to the frank ad
mission Of the Boston correspondent Of the
Springfield Republican, the abIest Repubi.
can paper published in Massachusetts, who
says:


There is latent feeling in this country,
that the Democratic party is the only one
which possesses the requisite ability and
pluck to conduct things in stormy times.
The mercantile and financial men always
have participated in this feeling to great
extent. The shambling way in which the
war has been managed by the Republicans
tends to confirm this notion.
Year: 1862

When the press violates the sacredness Of
homes, and oversteps the just limits of a
public censor to ntrude on the rights Of
private character, it strips itself of dignity
and clothes itself with baseness; it does not
teach, but dspraves the mind of the COM
munity and it is not the glory, but the
shame Of liberty.
Year: 1862

PEACE AT HoME.-The morning Call,
while deploring the wild scenes OF disorder
on the Atlantic side, wisely says:


Let there be no sectional lines drawn here
that would destroy our social amty our
schools and our churches, and work irrepar,
able injury to every man, woman and child
in the State. Let us show to our brethren
in the East, and to the world, that there is
at least one spot On the earth where men
from the North and men from the South
can live together in peace and harmony
Let us do all this, and our example will dc
more towards the restoration of order thar
all the gold in our mountains could accom-
plish.
Year: 1862

As "a general rule it is most economical
to buy the best articles. The price is, Of
course, always little higher, but a good ar
Gle always stands best. 1t is sacrifice Of
money to buy poor flour, meal, sugar, mo-
lasses, cheese, butter, lard. etc, to say moth
ing of the injurious effects upon the health.


Lard should be hard and whie and that
which is taken from the hog over year old
is the best.


Rich cheese feels sof. under the pressure
of the finger. That which is strong is nei
ther good nor healthy To keep one that is
cut, tie i. up in bag that will not admit
the flies, and hang it up in dry place. II
mould appears on it, wipe it off with dry
cloth.


The best rice is large, and has clear,
fresh look. Old rice sometimes has little
black insects inside the kernel.


The small white sago called pearl sago, is
the BEST The large brown kind has an
earthly taste. These articles and ground
rice, lapioca, etc, should be kept covered,


TO select rutmegs pick them with pin.
If they are good, oil will instantly spread
around the puncture.


Keep coffee by ITSELF as its odor effects
other articles.


Keep tea in a close chest or canister.


Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
close in soft paper and laid in drawer.


When cask Of molasses is bought, draw
off few quarts, else the fermentation pro
duced by moving it will burst the cask


Bread and cake should be kept in a tin
box or stone jar.


Salt Goldfish should be kept in dry place
where the oder of it will not effect the air
of the house. Fish skin, for clearing coffee,
should be washed, dried, cut small, and put
in a paper bag.


Soft soap should be kept in dry place in
cellar, and should not be used till three
months old.


Bar soap should be cut into pieces of con
venent size, and left where it will become
dry. 1t is well to keep it for several weeks
before using it, as it goes fast when it is new.
Year: 1862

Jusr WHAT WE THlNK.-lhe Galena QIl.)
Courier writes:


When every farmer in the North is to be
taxed ten cents for each calf he kills, ten
cents for every sheep he butchers, and fifty
cents for every bullock he fattens for the
market, in order to buy niggers at the
South and to set them free; it is time the
people were awake to the condition of
things.


If we must be taxed in order to offer
eight hundred thousand dollars here and
there for the liberation of a few negro slaves,
we hold that it is better to pay the war tax
first, AMI if we have enough left we can then
talk of buying niggers, and for the govern
ment to 90 into the slave trade. 1t money
is SO plenty at Washington that it is offered
by the million to buy slaves with, then let
the people be exempted from taxation for
war purposes.
Year: 1862

This propensity to explode gunpowder when
ever we feel glorious, is decidedly an American
popularity. A vast amount of patriotism has,
in times past, annually found its outlet in this
way. Indeed, the impression has prevailed to
some extent among the better and more
thoughtful portion, that all our patriotism was
of this sort, and that powder-burning, and ver-
bose orations on Independence Day were the
only fruit it would ever bear. Thank God !!
there is no longer ground for any such fear.
Not alone in the rich record of noble deeds
and costly sacrifices is its reputation written.
think no observing person can have failed to
perceive throughout our whole land, evidence
that the sentiment of patriotism among us is
feeling far more thoughtful and profound
than it has been before. The events of the
past eighteen months have been like the deep
soil ploughshare, penetrating far below the
mere surface layers, and bringing into action
hidden elements of strength and greatness, of
are less vain, perhaps, of our liberties and our
prosperity, since we have seen them trembling,
and almost slipping from our grasp; yet they
have acquired a dearness which belongs only
to things for which we have struggled and suf-
fered. The watchword sour County" wakes
not perhaps, to-day, a thrill more proud, but it
is nobler, and fuller of the heroism which will
falter at no sacrifice. This is true, not merely
of us whose locks are bleached by the frosts of
age, and whose impressions are sobered by the
f,,
and ardent Their enthusiasm is directed into
new, and less selfish channels. The past is full
of promise for the future. To us, who are
soon to pass away, it gives the assurance that
the destinies of our country are not, in COM
ing years, to be left to the guidance of gem
Grafton too frivolous to appreciate the noble
ness of the trust EPSILON.