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Year: 1862

Soon after cur last issue went to press, dispatches
were received by the authorities here, Affirming
that information had been received cia New-Berne,
thxrlOo war vessels of the Burnside expedition were
inside of Parnlico Sound supposed to contain $4,000
troops and that 25 large vessels of war were outside
the bar We have seen similar statements tele-
raphcd to the press at different points, with conjec-
lures that simultaneous attack was to be lnaoe
on New -Berne, Washington, and Roanoke Island,
accompanied with the assurance that our forces at
those points felt confident of asuccessu resistance
The shole tenor Of the Northern papers gave color
to the idea that the expedition was designed for
Pamco Sound, and it was also asserted that the
Sherman fleet had left Port Royal to cooperate with
the Burnside expedition. A week before Com.
Hunter commando ono of our small vessels in the
Sound had seen twenty odd vessels inside, but this
was before the sailing of the Burnside fleet


This intelligence of course created much feeling
on our coast, and we learn many persons left New
Berne in anticipation Of an attack The quarter
from whence the intelligence was received, together
with the large number of vessels said to be IN the
Sound (being larger than tleensre number attached
TO the Burnside expediton) led us to doubt whether
the whole truth had been told; yet knowing some
what whom We have to depend on to defend the
coast, and the opinion that our forces ready
and able to resist successfully such an armament
being confidently expressed We of course bore the
dsagreeable ti;rgs with good grace as possible.
One fact however, has struck US as being very sig
niicant, that no part of the latest intelligence has
reached US by the way of Norfolk, which has ready
and frequent communication with Roanoke Island,
where our ''musquto Hee:" must rendezvous, and
whose commanders have courage enough to be
Watching the enemy at Hatteras. If such feet
were actually in the Sound, how is it that several
days Lave elapsed and 1t seems not to be known at
Roanoke Isand-at least has not come to US by the
way of Norfolk, Perhaps the next Eails may re-
leve the difficulty. 20


Up to this present writing, we have the informa'
ton that the fleet hat not left Port Royal and sec
onty that the latest intelligence from the coast IS
that no vessel was to be seen in the Sound.


P. s. Up to the latest hour, We hear nothing
further from the Burnside feet The impression
Seems to be, that the fleet was and may be still at
Hateras but that part Ct it has yet crossed the
sWash into the Sound A letter from Roanoke
Island of the 18TH, says nothing Of :bs feet, oe-
ing in the Sound. 80 ~ ).
Year: 1862

The NEws.-We observe that much dissatsiac-
ton exists among the daily papers of the South,
with the telegraphic operators at some points, who
fail to convey the intelligence either regularly or
rapidly. The complaint is doubtless just one, and
the charge wcud lie equally we'll. Some of our
readers who take the dailies surprised that we
do not furnish the news as rapidly. We make it "a
point not to publish what we do not believe, with
out expressing disbelief In some instances
We omit it altogether, because of its doubtful char
acter We are not fond of sensationizng the public
Year: 1862

We are grat,fed to be able to state that the Con-
vention will most probably take the necessary steps
to connect the coal and iron mines in Chatham with
the Railroads of the State. The ordinance now
pending provides for exchange between the Com
papy and the State of the bonds of solvent corpora
tions for treasury notes. to be used in making the
improvement.


This is an enterprise of the first importance to
the State. The mineral resources of the region
referred to should be developed as soon as prac-
ticate: and BESIDES iron Is needed and must be pro-
dueed. There are immense quantities Of the ore in
the Deep River country, and the proposed Road will
greatly aid in producing iron, and in bringing ont
resources of various kinds for the benefit of the
State.


We believe the ordinance will be passed, and the
Road speedily constructed. The eye of the Con-
federate government is already on this region. 1t
is anxious to avail itself of the resources Of coal
and iron which this Road will reach; but its hand
of patronage and enterprise is stayed for the want
Of means Of transportation. Let the State actin
this matter at once, and thus benefit its own cit
zens and at the same time open these resources 10
the common government.
Year: 1862

The Permanent Government of the Confederate
States will be fully organized on the 2ad day Of
February next The new Congress will meet on
the lSth and the Presidential vote be canvassed on
the 18th. The President will be inaugurated on
the ODD
Year: 1862

e The probability that the Burnside expedition
was intended to operate on our coast led the au-
thoritles We suppose some ten days ago or more to
notify the Colonels of some thirty three Counties
lying east Of Raleigh, to summon the militia by
companies together for the purpose Of securing and
having enrolled either by volunteering draft, one
third of the whole militia in those Counties, to be
prepared in an emergency to meet at moments
warning. This order, made privately to the Colo
nels, unaccompanied with explanations or reasons
for the call, has caused good deal Of excitement,
as was to have been expected-which full explain
alton OF the reasons and necessity for the CALL would
doubtless have prevented


We cannot doubt the readiness of our people to
answer the call Of the State to fly to her defence,
whenever adequate cause exists for the call and
yet the complaints as we'll as the backwardness Of
the people to volunteer for the States defence in
some sections, might lead some to question their
patriotism. In some Counties, we are glad to say,
more than the requisite numoer have volunteered,
but in others it has been quite different This we
persuaded was owing to the general impression that
the call was not strictly necessary-was not made,
as usual, by proclamation, and because many thought
they were to be called off Immediately, without arms,
ammunition, or tents, or any of the usual prepara-
tons for the field.


The object appears simply to have been to have
one-third of the militia properly organized and as
we'll pr p eed as possible, to meet the emergency
which might arise. Of the propriety or manner Of
the call, under the circumstances, we express no
opinion


1t may, however, be oise Eterest to our readers to
know, that we learn from letter addressed to Hon.
s. II. Rogers, by Adjutant General Martin, that all
persons who volunteer for the war are exempt from
the draft and are excused even if they have been
drafted. The State and the country demand the
services of all who can possibly so to the field
Should it turn out to be true that the enemy
will, in shcrt time, attack our exposed coast, we
hope no man who can shoulder gun will hesitate
to fly to the rescue The enemy must be met
and resisted at the threshold. Many Of our
noble boys are there to meet him. TO conquer Or
or die. Will any be laggard unwilling to bear
with them the brunt OF the contest? We hope not.
Year: 1862

women particularly admire One s patriotism, the other
the habit OF wearing Knox Hat No others could prove
test of merit; indicates the brave the
other the gentleman and both together the brave gentle.
mhn of hero who fail TO win the love or Il
true No 2l2 Broadway Is the depot for the Hat
Year: 1862

Immerse them in solution of dis.
solved camphor and water; three or
four hours is, in general, sufficient
length of time to effect restoration,
although at times it will be attended
with beneficial results, to continue
them in the water for a greater length
of time. 1t may also be applied with
excellent effect, in restoring nosegays
which have begun to decay, either by
sprinkling the foliage, or immersion,
and also by placing the ends of the
stalks in the water.


AS camphor is but slightly soluble
in water. to prepare the liquid it is
only necessary to dissolve a little
camphor in spirit or alcohol Three
or four drops of this prepared liquid is
added to an ounce of water, and to
any greater quantity in the same pro-
portion. As this simple experiment
is attended with so little trouble, in
preparing it and making the trial, it
may be found useful; and it may be
that some experimental:st will apply
it to purposes even more important
and useful than this.-FL0rists' Maya
azine.
Year: 1862

examination of the character Of the
soil, fine as powder to a great depth.
and full of decaying vegetable matter,
made the cause plain.


The farmer may learn from the gar
dener many useful hints. Let hot
bed be started early in the spring and
We will say planted with cucumbers.
In a little while the plants are up,
have their rough leaves, and are mak-
ing rapid progress. Here we have
most Of the conditions favorable 70
growth, deep, mellow soil, warmth
and moisture but select one plant and
allow it to take its course without stir
ring the soil, or only occasionally, and
in a shert time it will become stunted,
make but little growth, and never bee
come a vigorous, strong plant. Give
the others different course Of treat
ment, tighten the earth around them
every day, or every other day, with
the fingers, and draw the fresh earth to
the stems, and the difference in growth
will be sueh as to convince every OBJ
server Of the necessity Of frequent
stirring of the soil to obtain for plants
a rapid growth and full development.
Another and very pleasing test Is 70
SOW in the garden little patch OF any
of our common farm plants, as oats or
wheat let a part be sOwn broadcast
in the ordinary way and receive no
culture; the remainder be drilled and
the soil kept we'll cultivated during
the season. In the latter case the
plants will attain double the size ofthe
others, and the product will be from
two to three-fold greater, furnishing q
lesson that viii need no repetition.
Year: 1862

Men are wanted who are Willin0and
able to do the work Of life faithfully
and unfinchingly. The Church Of
Christ wants men! Oh, it is pitiful to
look over the vast hosts which are pro-
fessedly marshalled on the side Of the
Redeemer, and see the numerous dead
bodies among them--soulless, hfeIess
forms of forgive the paradox animate
matter, which which clog the enter
prise Of those who, accepting their po-
sitiOn in the church as men, strive to
be something better than dwelling
parodies upon the name. Who has
not seen and felt the want here spoken
of? How many churches are fast
sinking in the mire and quicksands Of
a spiritless orthodoxy, or heartless
morality How many ministers Of
the cross are struggling against this
fearful want Of the times Their hands
are almost powerless, because, to the
ordinary opposition to truth is added
the weight Of soulless bodies, which
like all other matter-pOssesses immo'
bility, and will neither assist nor get
out of others way.-Chris. Guardian.
Year: 1862

Mr.. EDITOR: have noticed an in-
quiry recently in the Farmer, how to
match horns Of steers, if one horn
grows down. In reply to that ques-
ton would say that five years since,
I had very fine pair Of Devon steers,
nicely matched, with most beautiful
horns, except one horn on one Of
them inclined to turn down, 80 as to
look very badly, and the question was,
how to remedy the defect and have
the horns grow alike. As had pre-
viously tried scraping steers horns to
change their shape, and without any
benefit in a single instance, fastened
a pulley to the floor directly over the
steers head, and another pulley at q
point where weight could safely be
suspended, then passed a cord over
each pulley, putting one end Of the
cord on the horn that was down, and
to the other end Of the cord a weight
of two pounds, kept the cord on the
horn most Of the time during the VIM
ter, when my steers were in the stable.
In that way raised the horn 50 that
at the close of the next autumn my
steers horns matched perfectly wslll
Since that time it has been tried re-
peatedly by farmers in this vicinity,
with the like success. The horns Of
steers while growing, can be turned in
any direction, by the continued use Of
a weight over a pulley, which is but
very little trouble and no injury to the
steers Cor NesO England Farmer.
Year: 1862

velers suspected Of Disappearing slavery
the South as universal aggressor, bully,
braggart, traitor, mischief -maker, and tho
rough bore that society was getting to
detest more and moro every year. What
follows, if this same South, inflated with
pride and revenge, could actually recover
her dominion? 4 III rsro ae,as


The Dred Scott decision would be ac-
lively enforced, and the whole territory of
the Union made slave soil. v The popular
vote would be overruled, or rpractically pre-
cluded, as hitherto in the South; and rights
Of education, Of free speech, and a free
press would be extinguished. Labor being
discredited by the extension Of slavery, the
pauperism and degradation of the free
workers Of the north would corrupt socie-
south would spread beyond the present di-
viding line, and the morals Of the whole
nation would be in danger of becoming
like those of the slave states, which are
grosser than can be conceived of in any
other part Chfistendom. Every other
nation would be perpetually on the verge
of war, or engaged in it, because the slave
power cannot abstain from aggression, nor
maintain it's position by the arts ofpeace. We
should see retrograde period arrive more
disastrous to civilization than the advent of
the first Napoleon. We should see buc-
caneering nation turning the progress of
political liberty into mockery, destroying
the freedom of the seas, and the security
Of territory, and the prosperity Of labor.
We should see the natural laws of industry
and trade tampered with, civilization
turned back, a canting paganism set up in
the name Of Christianity, and the old world
infested with the piracies of the new, in
every department of politics, of business,
of territorial possession, and Of intellectual
and moral intercourse. If the Confederates
could prevail, and reinstate the spirit and
policy of the South at Washington, it would
be the greatest calamity that has befallen
the world for centuries. But it will not be-
The American people will not permit it;
and the rest of the world, once aware of
the danger, will not endure it.
Year: 1862

a singular story is related of an occurrence
in cotton mill in Lancashire, in 1887. A girl
pu mouse into the bosom Of another girl who


had a great dread of MICE She was Instantly
thrown into convulsions, which lasted "a hours.


The next day three more girls were thrown


into similar convusions, and the following day
SIX more. A physician was sent for, but be-
fore he arrived % girls had been seized in the
same way, and one man who had been EN-.
ployed in holding them during the fits. The
work in the factory was stopped, and the idea
prevailed that some disease had been intro
duced by bag Of cotton which had recently
been opened. This conviction spread through
the country, and three more factories, four or
five miles distant, were infected although the
workers in them had never seen any Of the
original patients, butlike them, were impressed
with the belief that the plague had been caught


from the cotton. The tonvulsions were soyi-
ocnt as to require four or five persons to pres
vent the sufferers from dashing their heads
against the wall. The doctor bethought him
Of trying the effects of electric shocks, and tho
application was uniformly successful As soon
rs few had been relieved, and the disorder
was thus shown to be nervous affection, cas-.
lily cured, and not introduced IS the cotton,
no fresh case occurred. a-
Year: 1862

The Washington Republican notices
the fact that at the commencement Of
this war the 7.30 loan was subscribed
for at par by the banks, as matter of
patriotism Now we are able to sell
the same loan at more than three per
cent. premium, and the bldings are
large for more. The public credit has
Year: 1862

In illustration Of the power of fan
cy, the case of the old lady who
watched the vane to see when her
rheumatism was going to be in, is not
equal to that of the storekeeper, who
painted the lower part of his stove red
and saved seventy-fve per cent. in the
consumption of wood thereby during
the winter. The illusion was SO COM
plete that one man tried to make him
pay for pair OF boots that he had
burned at the stove.
Year: 1862

It is not probable that the policy Of the
Democrats IN Congress, now flushed with
victory, Will be fully declared until after
the meeting Of the State Legislatures,
Their uncertainty in regard to the exact
nature Of the triumph they have achieved,
coupled with doubts touching the real
meaning Of the verdict that the people
have rendered, will restrain them until they
are quite sure Of the ground upon which
they stand. The Spring elections upon
which depend their majority in the next
Congress, also stand in the way; and
though there will be in opposition men
enough who are always ready to show the
animus Of treason, either by direct encour,
agement to the rebels, or By efforts to en-.
barrass the government, they will unques
tionahly be restrained by superior authority
until it is safe to speak. We look for {
short and quiet session.
Year: 1862

We entreat the members of Congress to
resort to almost any expcdicnt, no matter
how costly, for the relief of the Treasury,
rather than authorize another issue Of legal
tender notes. Tie rapid and alarming in-
crease in prices Of all mcrchantable arti-
cles, the furious rage for speculation, and
the heavy debts based upon the expected
increase in the volume OF the circulation,
are warnings that the currency channel is
full-warnings that cannot be sRfcly disra-
Garlcd. Let them remember that the class
upon Which the conduct and 1naiatcnauce
Of the war, and the integrity Of tue wncle
social fabric, dcpeua-the agricultural class
is THAT which Is most oppressed by
thc rise which an excess Of pa
per has induced; because their products
valued at home by the markets Of tie old
world where specie is the standard, Do no.
60 IN will, labor and the ncecss2ries ,hat
the farmers a1e compelled TO buy and that
every new lollar VI paper put afokt will
add 70 the heavy burdens that they already
bear. BY and by, they, unable to carry
more, will resist. LctC,>Dgfess remember,
too, tlat the immense debt That SC are now
piling up in the effort to put doSn rebel
lion must be paid in gold C. its equivalent,
and by taxation. Eence, to pursue tnat
policy tho sure effect CT which is to make
war, always i costly luxury, doub1y expcn-
sire, is surely fatal TO the national credit
and prejudicial to the national honor.
Lastly, let them keep in mind, that, despite
all :hat men who can and do look beyond
the fictitious prosperity Of the present, caa
say to prepare the millions for the crash
that is incyitab1e, the end Of currency
expansion like that winch the war has
made necessity, is almost certainly bank.
1uptcy anu ruin, from which few who dc
business will be able to escape. If, finally
Congress would carry on the war chcaply
If it would add to tue strength Of that clas:
whose prosperity is the prosperity Of tn.
nation; i it would keep the national honol
and national credit unimpaired; if i
would ward of HE danger Of which nov
distan1ly threatens all property and ever,
form Of industry, let il see to ii, if there b.
any way under the sun by which an in
crease Of paper money can be avoided, tha


it be pursued.
Year: 1862

The Savannah Republican announces thst
Brigadier General LawtOn has determined under
no Circumstances to surrender the city into the
hands of the enemy, but TO defend il to the last
extremity. This determination was formally
communicated to the mayor, On Tuesday. v here
upon special meeting OF Council was called,
and the following resolution wss unanimously
adopted:


WHEREAS, A communication has beeu re-
ceived from the commanding general, stating
that be viii defend this city TO the last extren-
ity and whereas, the members of council ungni-
mously approve of the determination Of the
commanding general, therefore be it


ResolUsd, That the council win render all the
aid that is in its power to sustain the general,
and to carry ont bis landable determination


The RsPablican, in slluding to this stern deter
mination of the people, says:


We like this way of setting out when people
are struggling for their homes and frssides
against ruthless invader. The bond thus
entered with the public is 8 sacred one, and
every true Georgian will be ready to seal it with
his blood. One thing more remains to be done,
and then we shall be ready TO measure swords
with the enemy. Let the commanders Of our
various batteries call together their respective
gAIisons, snd swear them never to abandon a
gun SO long as it sets on its carriage, and a sol
der is left to man IT, With this spirit 10 ami
mate as, we shall save Savannah, and illustrate
Georgia by driving back the enemy from her
shores. Be it ours to turn back this tide OF dis
sstsr that is now sweeping over cur devoted
land, and, by our example, give hope and conf
dsnce to the country
Year: 1862

The following from the Richmond correspond
encs Of the Charleston Msrerrv win serve to
explain the necessity which induced the evseus-
ton of Yorktown by Gen. Johnston Under
date of April goth, it clearly fOreshsdows the
event


The evacuation of Yorktown may be looked
for at an esrly day. In the first place, the Ysn-
ke8 gunboats in York river are throwing l2O
pound ccnical shell at our shore batteries from a
distance of three and half miles--fer beyond
tie reach Of any cannon We have-thTee Of our
best guns having burst during the last week
Another gun was reeeived on Monday, from
which results were expected Ny informant
says that seven Of these great shells were fred
into the battery while he was present I've e1-
ploded, killing only one man, q Georgia soldier,
who was standing in the door of his tent some
distance in rear Of our batteries. OF the two
that did not explode, one buried itself nine and
the other twelve feet in the earth


In the next place, the Yankees have been per.
mitted to throw up bresstworks a mile long
within twelve hundred yards of the village Of
Yorktown Given the gu1boats and the in
Henchments, with their long range ordnance
sRd the evacuation Of Yorktown follows by
necessity The Enquirer of this morning con
firms the conclusions drawn from the statements
made to me last evening, by gentleman Just
from the Peninsula, and which have just been
narrated Our soldiers have hard work in the
trenches, and many sick have been removed to
the rear. The artillery practice of the enemy Is
said 20 be splendid The probabilities increase
daily of decisive battle near the Chickahominy
Swamp, some ten or twelve miles from the city
The nearer the better for us In that event,
several weeks viii be consumed By the enemy's