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Year: 1861

ES- The river has plenty of water in it from here to Napoleon and enough to Fort Smith for small boats. A rise of several feet at Fort Smith is reported We look for good navigation.
Year: 1861

~ A wretched case Of scandal in high
life has occurred in New York. in which
the wife Of prominent merchant and a
married lawyer, Of distinction, are most
directly involved. The husband Ct the
false woman detected the guilty parties in
disrcputahle honse, and thrashed the
lawyer SO that physicians had to take him
in hand. The injured husband sent for
the brother Of his wife to witness her
presence in the vile house where she had
met her paramour. After whipping the
lawyer the husband went to q wholesale
lace house in Broadway, and thrashed the
principal salesman for some band he had in
the affair.
Year: 1861




VALUABLE REcIr s.-Wc have often
tried the following recipes and know them
to be worth preserving:


To make nice iam--Lay ycur head
under descending pile driver!


To see If man is your friend-Makc
love to his wite


TO get the frost out Of your Gngcrs-Put
them into hot water!


To see if girl is amiabic-Tcar her
dress in ball room!


To keep yourself warm in bed-Set it
on fire!


To be ahead Of timc-carry your watch
behind you.


To see how hard man strikes--teli him
he lies


TO keep your poor relatives from troub
ling you-commit suicide.


To keep from being dry-stand out in
tho rain.


To do away with spcctacles-put your
eyes out.


To have tarts for tea-let your wife see
you kiss the waiting maid. A sure thing!


To prevent a headache when getting 50.
ber-- keep drunk.


TO sec if girl loves you--ask her like
man.


To tell if you love girl-havs some
tallow headed chap 60 and see her
!" Brick"
Year: 1861

BREAD AND BUrrEn WIsDoM.-There are
a great many people who, in some way or
| other, are always regretting and complain
ing that girls are not premature old women.


They would have them full Of wisdom and
experience, as Solomon or Prince Meter
nich; they would have them drilled into
the hardest work Of the house until they
have lost grace and vivacity, and are, unfit
for anything but the commones: routine of
domestic life. In the first morning sun
light Of existence, the gravity of gray hairs
is expected, and the silent profundity of
an old big-eyed owl. They must have
the power of reflection which belongs to
an antiquated COW, and the faculty of doing
twenty things at once known only to the
mother of fourteen children. They must
have an ardent admiration for science and
philosophy; they must like drab high neck.
I'd dresses, and wear their hair combed
straight behind without ornament. They
must like calf skin shoes and dyed stock.
ings, and glory in hard, Drowned hands and
sunburned complexion. They must look
with uncompromising hostility on all nice
young men, and never flirt the least bit in
the world. They must read Locke, Bacon,
Sir Isaac Newton, and study the peculiarities
Of spiders and beetles for recreation until
they look themselves like the fossil remains
in the ancient British Museum.


1t is no use. Girls will be girls as long
as the world lasts. They will commit
thousand folies; they will get up undying
friendships. which will last sometimes a
day, sometimes week. sometimes year.
They will have several attacks of the affec-
,,.,tn ok,ll A.
cough and measles, during which time they
imagine that they shall ncrer, and that they
shall die. But they don't: they live to
become quiet, sensible, Industrious wives
and Enthusiastically great deal too
good for the individuals who own them
Thank goodness they will always wear
pretty dresses whenever they can get them;
it is natural and just as proper as for the
flowers to take different hues. Those
croakers who want young girls to dress in
brown and drab would extinguish the sun
l'ght-would have the sky always dull
lead color--wouid burn up the fresh green
grass would wither the leaves on the trees,
and extinguish the brilliant tints of the fow-
ers. 1t is woman's duty to be as attrac-
tive as possible, and gentleness, delicacy, the
absence Of contact with whatever is coarse
or revolving, forms one of her chief a.trac-
tions to man. Are not the ideals Of men
always soft-handed, white robcd angels
1t is only sometime after marriage that they
associate them with shilling calico and peel.
ing potatoes. Then, let young girls enjoy
their illusions and delusions as long as they
can; they will wake up soon enoug gh to life
and its realities Let them flirt and flutter
out th.ir brief hour Of butterfly existence,
which has its own charm and even use, both
in contemplation and retrospect Time
will discover to them what is expected of a
woman who has lost her youth.-N y
Sunday Times. .a-
Year: 1861

EDrroRs DEMOCRAT AND NEws-Gen-
tlemen ALLOW your humble carrier to make
the following statement. l understand that
the Gazette was delivered to subscribers last
sabbath. by those Of the carriers who were
willing to do it, and one reason alleged for
doing 40 was that the DExocRAT AND NEws was
10 be delivered on the Sabbath Now | re
ceivsd neither order nor solicitation from you
would have been under the necessity of re-
fusing to do so, as believe it to be desecra.
tion Of that holy day, for which the present
emergency ia no excuse. If the danger was 30
imminent that the peace ard safety Of the
homes Of citizens required the circulation Of
dispatches % soon as received the case would
be very different. but in ordinary circumstan.
css. We are bound by all moral lave, human
and divine. to refrain from all worldly employ.
ments on Gods holy day.


My advice to oil concerned is to shut the
doors Of their places Of business lurirg the So
cred hours Of the Sabbath, and spend the time
in the duties belonging to that day, and in this
time Of peril. send up their united petitions TO
the Sovereign Ruler Of the universe for the
peace and unily Of our beloved county. II this
advice is disregarded. and it citizens will go on
provoking God by Sabbath profsnation till He
pours out his Indignation on our c, unt.y, l
hope there may be found at least ten righteous
men for whose sake the city of Davenport will
be saved. R.N.
Year: 1861

TnE theatrical performance at the
German Theatre on sunday evening was said
TO be largely attended. A bswitching dance
was indulged in after the performance wac
over in which fairy slippers and double soled
stoga boots went through the maEy dance IN
til u late hour in the night
Year: 1861

The largest and best ever offered in this market.
trust the public will call in and examine my
stock before they make any inv estrnents. for am
very sure can satisfy them both in price and
quality Of goods. SAMUEL PERRY,


Brady street, opposite Post Office.
ou101.dtf
Year: 1861

A Discourse was delivered by John Quin-
cy Adams, in the year 1889, in the city of
New York, on the fftieth anniversary of
Westinghouse Inauguration as President
There is one most impressive passage in this
Discourse, concerning such crisis as has
now come upon us, Mr. Adams said with
his accustomed forethought:


''ln the calm hours of self-possession, the
right of a State to nullify on Act of Con-
gress, is too absurd for argument, and too
odious for discussion. The right of a State
to secede from the Union is equally disown-
ed by the principles of theD Declaration of Inde-
pendence. Nations acknowledge no judge
between them upon earth, and their gov
ernments from necessity, must in their in
tercourse with each other, decide when the
failure of one party to contract to perform
its obligations absolves the other from the
reciprocal fulflment of his own. But this
last of earthly powers'is not necessary to the
freedom or independence of States, connected
together by the immediate action of the pe0-
pile; of whom they consist. To the people
alone is there reserved, as we'll the dissolv-
ing, as theconsttuent power, and that pow
er can be exercised by them only under the
tie of conscience, binding them to the retribu-
tive justice of Heaven. With these qualitica-
tions, we may admit the same right as vested
in the people of every State in the Union with
reference to the General Government, (which
was exercised by the people of the United
Colonies with reference to the supreme head
of the British Empire, of which they formed a
part,-and under these limitations have the
people of each State in the Union a rev
olutionary) right TO secede from the confed-
Grated Union itself.


Thus stands the right. But the indisso-
luble link of union between the people of the
several States of this confederation, is after
all not in the right, but in the heart, if the
day should ever come (n,ay Heaven avert it)
when the affections of the people of these
States shall be alenated from each other:
when the fraternal spirit shall give way to
cold Indifference, or collisions of interest
shall tester into hatred. The bands of politi-
cal association will not long hold together par
ties no longer attracted by the magnetism Of
conciiated interests and kindly sympathies;
and far better will it be for the people of the
disunited States to part in friendship from
each other. than to be held together by con-
straint Then will be the time for revert
ing to the precedents which occurred at the
formation and adoption of the Constitution,
to form again more perfect Union, by dis
solving that which could no longer bind,
and to leave the separated parts to be reuni-
ted by the law of political gravitstion to the
CENTRE"
Year: 1861

A passenger on board during the last
voyage writes: All Monday. the h OF
May, the Great Eastern was driving
against one Of the sharpest gales OF the
boisterous season on The North Atlantic.
The wind blew nearly hurricane for
quite eight hours. Caught by the tre-
mendous stress from the east and south,
the ship took to the trough of the sea
The crash Of crockery and all movesbe
things started the timid. In the tremen.
dous roll of the ship (she never phched)
the Inconvenience OF her ponderous rigging
became evident. Two gratis broke from
their stays and swung iearfully free, en-
daugering the tunnels and when, after
long and hard exerlion, :hey were Sc.
cured, boatswain's mate bore testimony
by a broken leg to the severity OF the
struggle.


All through the hurricane, while the
waters were Kissing up her sides, half
overturning her boats on their davits. and
dashing spray far up into the yards. the
leviathan was moving steadily at the rate
of ten knots an hour. Twice or thrice
the vessel was put of her course by
couple Of points. 10 make fast the upper
works. Then the real greatness OF the
Great Eastern appeared. With her head
on the wind, she stool perfectly firm and
composed Her motion was again easy
There was no strain. The labor was with
the sea, and it was in vain. And there
was no fault to find with the movements OF
| her engines. That was perfect. The
distance performed in this day Of "wea;h-
er," not including the miles travelled out
OF course, was 2l knots.


To this rough and yet satisfactory ex-
perience succeeded fine steaming with
abated wind. A chill in the air bespoke
the near neighborhood of ice; then, on
the Banks, a fog came up, through which
the vessel moved at full speed, sounding
her shrill whistle, sud closing The day SO
spent with the best record of all the voy-
age $50 knots. On Thursday last
soundngs were taken and fog fought
on Friday the weather was beautiful
welcome home, and the ship was steered
for Sandy Hook, although the pilot was
directed TO meet her off Montauk Point
This morning found the leviathan roaming
alone shore. The pilot boats were all
chasing her far out at sea, and she actually
reached Sandy Hook before she caught
one of them. Her anchor was dropped
about two miles outside the bar. The
actual time Of the voyage was nine days
thirteen hours aud twenty minutes, and


the last days run was 344 knots.
Year: 1861

No. 4S AN ACT.


To amund sections 323 and 344 of the civil


procedure.


SECTION I. Be ii enacted By The General
.7ssrmbiy Of the Sidte Of Ohio. That section
three hundred and thirteen of the code of
civil procedure be so amended as to read IS
follows, to wit: Sec 3i3 No party to a
civil ac ion shall be allowed to testify by
virtue of section three hundred and ton in
any action when the adverse party is the
guardian of child or children of a deceased
person or IDIOT or OF iunatic. or OF a deaf
aud dumb person, or is the executor or ad
ministrator of deceased person, except in
tho following cases, namely:


l. In actions with au executor, admins
traitor, or guardian of infants, as above
specified, party may testify to facts which
occurred after the death of the 6ecedent
or parent.


e. In actions upon contracts made by
deceased persons through agents, and in
which tho agent shall testify, u party may
testify to all that transplred between him
and the agont in relation to such contract
and the making thereof, and IN relation to
any conversations or transactions between
himself aud such agent, testified to by the
agent.


8. In actions with trustee of either Of
the classes above specified, in which any ad-
verso party, or any other person having
direct interest in the matter in controversy
shall be called as a witness and testify to
transactions or conversations with party
to such action. such party shall also be per-
mitted to testify as to such specific transac'
tiOns and conversations.


4. In actions with trustee of Other of
the classes above specified, in which the
claim or defense is founded on book account
a party may testify to his account book, that
the same is book of original entries, that
the entries in the same were made by him
self or by deceased person, or by disin-
torested person non resident OF the state at
the time of trial and on such authentica-
tion of the account book and entries, said
book and entries shall be admissible evi.
dence in tho case


5. If the deposition Of party. who had
died during the pending of suit shall be
given in evidence on the trial Of such cause
the opposite party may testify as to oil
matters and things contained in said depo'
sitou and not excluded for irrelevancy OF
inadmissibiliiy.


In all actions by or against surviving
partner or partners, or q surviving joint con
tractor or contractors, no adverse party "a
tho suit shall be competent witness TO tes
Year: 1861

on guide the action of the government from which
we have separated a policy curious to the
civilized world, the Northern States included,
could not be dictated even by the strongest de-
sire to lnfict injury upon But if otherwise,
terrible responsibility will rest upon it. and the
sttferings of millions will bear testimony to The
folly and wickedness of our aggressors In the
time there will remain TO Us, besides the
ordinary remedies before suggested the well
known resources for retaliation upon the COM
EIerce of eur enemy


Experience in public stations of subordinate
grade, to this which your kindness has conferred
on me, has taught me that care aud toll and dis
appointments, are the price of 'cial elevation.
Iou will have many errors to forgive, many eti-
clencieS to tolerate but you shall not t!?i in
me either a want of al or fidelity 10 a cause
that has my highest hopes and most enduring at
fections. Your generosity has bestowed upon me
undeserved distiuction-one whish l neither
sought nor desired. Upon the continuance of that
sentiment and upon your wisdom and patrlO tISm
rely. to direct and support me in the performance
of the duties required at my hands We have
changed the constituent parts not the system CT
our government The Constitution fyrmed by
our fathers is the Constitution ''the Confederate
States i'll their exposition of it and in the Judi
cial constructions it has received. have light
that reveals its true meaning. Tins INSTRUCTED
to the Just Interpretation of that instrument,
and ever remembering that all public offices
but trusts. held for the benefit of the people and
that delegated powers to be strictly construed
L will hope that by due diligence in the dis
charge of my duties, though [ may disappoint
your expectuti"ns, yet to retain when retiring,
something of the good will and confidence which
welcome my entrance into office. 1t is joyous in
peIlons times TO look around upon a people uni
ted in heart, who animated and actuated by
one and the same purpose and high resolve;
with whom the sacrifices to be made are not
weighed in the balance against honor right, lib
erty and equality. Obstacles may retard but
caunot long prevent their progressive move
nents. Sanctifed by justice and sustained by
vrtuous people, let me reverently invoke the
God of our fathers to guide and protect us in
effort to perpetuate the principles which by HIS
blessing they were able to Vindicate, establish
and transmit to their posterity. and with the
tinuance of HIS favor, to be gratefully
knuwledged, let us look hopefully forward to
success, to peace, and to prosperity.
Year: 1861

The telegraph now SO busy in keeping the
world posted concerning the movements of
Abraham Lincoln brings us the following:


At North East station a flag inscribed Fort
Sumter" was carried right up to where lin
coin stood, bat he did not to take the
hint, and made no alluSion to it in his few re
marks. At the same station Lincoln took oc-
cason to state that during the campaign he
had received letter from Il young girl of this
place, in which he was kindly admsnished to
do certain things; and among others to let his
whiskers grow, and that, as he had acted upon
that piece Of advice, he would now be glad to
welcome the fair correspondent, if she was in
the crowd. In response to the call Il lasSie made
her way through the crowd was helped on the
platform and kissed by the President


Here is dignity for you. :" \ laSsie," don't
say whether white or black but we suppose
she was white, is hugged and kissed by the
President elect of this great nation before mul-
titude of vulgar spectators at wood station on
a railroad. Rugged and kissed, and they had
never met before. Such indecent exhibitions
are not tolerated even on the stage in Paris or
Madrid before the public gaze. And the thou
sands who saw the rough, uncouth rail splitter
hug and kiss the infatuated "lassie looked on,
admired and applauded. And these are the
puritancal devils whose piOus souls and pufv
hearts revolt at the enormities of slavery. Had
Heenan or Sayers Tom Hyer or Yankee Suli-
van made such an exhibition of themselves
with gal" " by the way-side when making a
triumphal march to or from prize fight the
public might have tolerated it for the world
knows what to expect from men of known
beastly morals and social depravity, but such
an exhibition by the President elect clearly
proves that he is morally and socially as well
as intellectually unfit for the position to which
he has been elected
Year: 1861

The meeting at the Theatre last night was
largely attended by gentlemen from the coun-
try well rs from town, and its deliberations
were harmonious, Nearly all seemed to realize
that the common destiny ofthc South must be
the destiny of North Carolina and the nomina-
tons made for the Convention were hailed with
shouts of applause from the asscnblage


MesSrs. Green and Whtford are gentlemen
of unquestionablc patriotism and integrity and
we firmly believe that the honor of Craven
county will se safe in their keeping if honored
with seats in the Convention. They are con
seryative in their views Yet decided IN their de-
mands for the rights Of the South and the hon
or of North Carolina We shall vote for them
and trust that no opposition will be brought
forward to produce division in the country
Year: 1861

The people of North Carolina and OF the
border slave States are now called on to choose
between a Northern Confedcracy antagonis
teal to slavery, and a Southern Confederacy
favorable to it-between Lincoln and Hamlln
and Davis and Stephens, and between con
dition of independence and equality in
Southern Confederacy, and insult, indignity
and inequality under Black Republicanism.-
The Black Republicans in Congress not only re-
fuse to make concessions but urge war to the
knife upon the seven seeded States; Greely
and Lincoln and all the other leaders of that
fanatical party declare that the South only
having sinned, the South and not the North
should make concession.


Virginia disparing of the Republic will go
out North Carolina too must go out, and so
must all the border slave States if they would
prevent revolution and civil war, results which
must follow attempt to coerce the South
This State should not only decide III favor of
a Convention but they should elect men to the
Convention who have the ability and the moral
courage to meet the great crisis.
Year: 1861

The journal of the present Legislature will
form an important document and We advise
every voter who can DO so to secure copy.
serve it till the summer of 90, when aspirants
for Legislative honors begin to come before the
" dear people," With a depleted treasury and
State bonds IS cents on the dollar the present
General Assembly have increased the indebted
ness of the State about .to,tr million doilars
making grand aggregate of about tl6enty mil
H0ns. We shall have more to say about these
matters after the adjournment and may take
occasion to examine some of these extravagant
appropriations and show by whose votes they
wore passed
Year: 1861

SALARY INCREAsED-We learn that at the
Stockholders meeting of the Newbern Mutual
Insurance Company, on Monday, the salary
of the excellent Secretary and Treasurer, VIM
c. Singleton Esq, was increased from $500 to
$500. We learn that $500 was all that was
expected or desired for the service but the nay
5aaninaous Iiber0lity of some Of our corpora
tions is most remarkable. This is an instance.
But if the Company insist on paying such a
salary for the amount of labor to be performed
we know no one more worthy of it or who
could discharge the duties more faithfully than
our friend Singleton.
Year: 1861

SOLD AT ArcTIoN.-The press, type and fix
lures used in printing the Union Neo0 Era,
Delta, and Enquirer all of which papers have
died in this town in less than three years,
were sold yesterday under deed of trust and
purchased by W. II. Pearce, Esq, for $1,000.
We are not apprised as to what use they are to
be put to but suppose that some one will prob
ably be induced to commence another paper
here. There is room enough for new enter
prize, at least those who have gone before
thought so.