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Year: 1863

main. We owe it TO the good mothers, the
kind hearted sisters and wives whose
brothers and husbands have gone forth TO
the conflict. We owe it to the character of
our institutions, because if they go down,
they go down i'll eternal night as the last
effort for free government in the world
We owe it to all the considerations that Gu
mulate upon US from the ages ofthe past;
we owe il TO the uncounted generations of
the future that we, in this day OF our coun-
try's trial, do our duty like men; and woe,
woe be unto those who fail 10 do their du-
~. We had a class of men in this country
in that struggle which resulted in the es-
tablishment Of our Government, known as
Tories. They were unspotted patriots COM
pared with those men to-day, but still our
fathers eXiled them. and drove them from
the land into a distant province in the east.
You had a class of men in the war Of 1872
that rendered aid and comfort 10 the ene-
mics of the country, and they were exclu-
ded mainly from officer of civil and polite
al trust until they ceased to exist as par
ty. Let me tell you that the men who to-
day Join hands with the Rebels in the
South will meet hereafter the accumulated
judgments that were visited upon Tories,
and upon the Federal party of 1872; and
they viii go down to their graves ''unwept,
unhonored and unsung.'' [Applause.] 1
cannot doubt, Mr.. President, from the spirit
that pervades this vast meeting, that your
State will speak in thunder tones, that she
will sound the cheering note of victory to
encourage your armies in the field, and to
discourage the rebels in arms. will not
for single moment believe that on the
night that will crown your election, but
what the cheering fires of liberty will be
lighted on all the hilltops, and the shout of
freedom will go up along all your vallies,
that the old Empire State has nobly re
sponded to the call of the country. [Ap-
MI
Year: 1863

s-Stewart, the great New York mer-
chant, is reported to have paid S245,000 as
his income tax for last year! A bogus re-
port we suppose. No doubt his income is
large, but it probably did not amount TO
quite eight millions.
Year: 1863

A JoKE,-Three candidates on the Cop


perhead ticket in this county, for county
offices. were out on an electioneering tour
few days since. They had made positive
agreement to meet the Union candidate for


Representative, at TaylOr's school house
on a certain evening, But as the said Union


candidate is q man that secesh are not gem
eralIv very anxious to meet in debate the
aforesaid perambulating Cops, concluded
that discretion was the better part of yalor,
and they would 90 around Taylor.s school
to, leaving Mr.. Bell alone in his glory
They accordingly shaped their course
southwark, intending to strike Silver Creek
a few miles south of Taylor's, and there
have meeting of their own, with no Abol-
itionists to hinder or make afraid. But
being anxious to get as far away from Bell
as possible, and possessing only Copper
head knowledge of the country, sunset
found them putting up at house away
down in Mills county. several miles from
the Pottawattamie line. Being in blissful
ignorance of their whereabouts, they pro-
ceeded at once to call the sovereigns to-
pether. and had meeting in the school
house. They industriously pressed their
claims upon the people for their sufferages,
and dilated at length upon their own pecu


liar fitness for the various offices for which
they aspired. They harangued the people
to their entire satisfaction, and after the
meeting had the consolation of learning
from one of their auditors, that by pecu-
liar arrangement of our State affairs the
citizens of Mills county were debarred OF
the privilege of voice in the election OF
officers for Pottawattamie! Three Copper-


head candidates might have been bought


cheap just then.-CoaaelL Buys NoapdresIs
Year: 1863

1 have been appointed by the Secretary of the
Treasury Chief Agent for the purchase of Cotton for
the Confederate Government within the State of North
Carolina, and will pay for the in per cent Bonds
Cash.


Sub visiting the different parts of the State,
buying in my Eame will have written certificates of
appointment.


By order of the Secretary of the Treasury all Cot
the 18th day of March, 1868, will be paid for in per
Bonds Cash, and per cent Bonds as stated
in former advertisement. Up to that time, however,
the s per cent bonds will be furnished as stated
Patriotic citizens offered an opportunity to
aid the Government by selling it their Cotton rather
than to private capitalists.


LEWIS S. WILLIAMS.
Charlotte March "a 1863 IF
Year: 1863

other powers, 1t will come out SO plainly
the offspring Of hereditary hostility to our
Institutions that the oct will hose half It's
effect, and the situation and its'duties be-
come unequivocaL


Let loyal men be thankful today that
we haveyet country; that the spirit Of
loyalty has grown by our vicissitudea;
that our armies have added q brilliant
page to the annals Of human heroism !;
that the devotion Of our people has freshly
illustrated the power Of patriotism; that
We have purer Liberty; Tor the demon
st1ation before the world that man~selliug
was never national; for the proofs that
a peaceful solution Of the slavery
question has already begun, in
the experiments of Free Labor, and the
enrolment Of the blacks in the armies of
the Union; for the mad zeal with which
the frantic actors in the great rebellion
hare thrown themselves into their schemes
Of treason: for the efforts Of the Copper
heads whereby completely with treason has
been made openly 1oathsome- Let US be
deroutly thankful On this day for these
croWulug mercies,
Year: 1863

We enter this week upon a new stage Of
the great rstruggle--that inaugurated by
the policy OF Emancipation. What are to
be the effects of that policy Z aIapswerg


"a There Is no longer a sAadOlO of doubt
that the great plass Of The slares aydently de-
sire fAsiy Freedom On this point, lbe les


timony afforded by the experieDes Of The
last two years is uniform and emphatic,
There are many who still assert that The
slaves will not fight for Freedom, OF will
fight to little or no purpose :: there sTs
none remaining who insist that thay Will
Year: 1863

WHIsKEY NEwsPAPERs.-A glass of whiskey
is manufactured from perhaps dozen grains of
corn, the virtue of which is too small to be est


mated. A pint of this mixture sells for one sh-
ling, if of good brand ia considered well worth
the money. 1t is drank in minute or
two. 1t fires the brain, sharpens the appe.
tite, deranges and weakeus The physical
system On the same sideboard upon
which this delicious beverage is served lies
newspaper. 1t is covered with half a
million of lypes-it brings intelligence from
the four quarters of The globe. The news
paper costs less than the glass of grog,
the juice OF few grains Of corn bnt il is
no less strange than true that there is a
portion Of the community who think corn
juice cheap and the newspaper dear '
Year: 1863

We print this morning the very elaborate ana
extended opinion Of Judge Dayic, OF the Court
of Appeals, affirming the constituiionaLiy oi
the act Of Congress by which Treasury Notes
were declared legal tender. Our readers havo
heretofore had an opportunity to peruse the
opinions of Justices Enott and Wright on the
same side, and that of Judge DEMO dissenting
from the majority of his colleagues. Tire argu-
ments on both sides are therefore fully before
the public and the substance Of them has been
so repeatedly stated in these columns, that we
may dismiss Judge Dayiess opinion with less
copous review than if the subject were wholly
unfamiliar.


The power of Congress to establish legal
tender has been most commonly, and is beyond
oueston most wisely derived by implication
from the grant Of general powers to regulate
commerce, to raise and support armies. to sup
press instructions, and the like, which are
mowers expressly granted to the General Gov
crnment, and which carry with them such other
mowers as are incidental and necessary to their
complete execution. IL il also dcduccd from
that proysiOn of the Constitution which confer
upon Congress tho power to com money and
regulate the value thereof, and we prefer to
state the argument Of Judge Davies On this
mint because il il less known and is more
clearly put than in any previous opinion.


There il NO dispute that Congress bas power
Year: 1863

OswEGo COUyTy.-A letter from Constautis
SAYS. last Fall this town gave Seymour small ma
jority for Governor Since then marked change haS
been going in the public mind and the majority Tor
the Union ticket will be at least 80 similar
change is visible in the adjoining towns. Oswsso WIN
give 3 90 Union majority this Fall"
Year: 1863

A. usual, political meeting. thicken as as We
approach election-day, and rapidly that our
already oycrburdcncd columns can do hardly
more than give sketches Of the stirring speeches
which are delivered at them and only family
echo the enthusiasm and spirit by which they
are characterized. We give all the space we
can spare to the two held last night: one at
the Academy OF Music in Brooklyn, the other
at Cooper Institute in town. The latter in
augurated the campaign, hardly yet begun, for
the charter election. and gave promise of a
contes, warm and earnest, which wo shall all
enter upon with undated zeal and energy, after
the State shall be wheeled into line for the
Union on Tuesday OF next week.
Year: 1863

Europe as allies and fast friends Of the
rebellion, they rejoice and swell with
pride that their labors and frauds have not
been in vain; and that they are worthy
to be named among those who fight for
rebellion, and against the Union. There
are men so srnken, that with them crime
is distinction, and treason glory.
Year: 1863

the other, opposition. We may be me
, by being pointed to Ohio. Very well
Ohio was never democratic State. w.
happened TO carry it last year, but it ha:
been constantly against US for ten years
And no sane man will hazard the asser
ton that another man than Valandigham
would have got more votes than be.


The true issue was made in Connect
cut. The gallant Seymour, on a popular
vote, was successful, but the administra-
tons money and soldiers beat hlm at the
last hour. Honestly, he is Governor to.
day. but technically he is 5000 in a
minority.


We cannot fight the Republican party
with its money, and the administration
with its armies. Give us fair poll and
an open field and we will show you that
that party which grapples boldly with
the Issue is in nine cases out Of ten sure
of success, when its faint hearted coad
tutors continually miss the prize.


But, whether successful or not we are
honest, we are manly We profess 10 be
honest in this matter whether to our det-
riment or not, and we plainly inform the
trimmers Of the ship that when they next
attempt TO creep up the rivulets ard
around the headlands of popular favor,
they must disembark one portion Of their
crew. We are going to fight fair fight
from this on. If we go down, it shall be
with our colors at the mast head, so that
our enemy may bear witness that We
have been bold, an open, an honest
enemy, and that too much discretion fail
ed to turn us into towards.


If the game Of 81 and '63 is ATTEMPTED
in '64 or IS, the tricksters had best buy
up our paper, for the pen of its editor
will not be held in their leash nor direct
ed to their interest.


We do not regret our action in the
past, for it has shown that we were will
ing, for Policy, TO organize its forces and
win what victories ii might. But lett
Policy be superseded now BY Principle,
or else with scores Of others, we hand in
our resignation.
Year: 1863

UNDERWATER AND GENERAL INSURANCE


AGENT,


ADJUsTER OF AVERAGES AND NOTARY PtB1rc
He continues to issue Policies from several First
Glass and most reliable


INSURANCE COMPANIES
In the Country, on Inland and Fire Risks He will
also receive applications for


LIFE INSURANCE.
lie Will attend to the Adjustment of Losses of
every description under policies from other agen-
cles, and attend to the settlement of ali matters
connected with INSURANCE, for parties interest
ed. His long experience as an INSURANCE AGENT
mas made him familiar with all subjects connected
with Insurance.


Ez'- Office, on First Street, near the Post
Year: 1863

The Washington Star says there is
nothing known to justify the current ru-
NOR that Lee has 100000 men at Win.
chester.


There is no probability in the account
saving that large force Of rebels was
yesterday evening moving from the di-
rectiOn of BOoncsboro TO Frederick.
Year: 1863

JUST THE THiSo.-Lovcrs Of a good
dish OF lee cream will be interested In the sd-
vertisensnt Of Mrs. Lewis in another column.
10 these dog days . cool dish Of rich straw.
berry, vanilla or lemon 10 not at all bad to
take. Give her . call
Year: 1863

TIE WunAr CRoPs. From the in
formation we get from various paris
orthis country we learn that the


wheat crops look very well though
somewhar backward. Farmers think
they will have good harvests the
coming summer. 1t seldom happens
that two disastrous wheat years come
in succession. We have heard the
opinion given by experienced farmers
that snow is beneficial to wheat. Ii
SO we hope the recent snow over the
country is a harbinger Of the good
times coming when cake" shall
grace our tables at every. meal. We
are also informed that there is a good
breadth Of land Sown in wheat in this
county. -Lagrunge (Ga) Reporter.
Year: 1863

TERRIBLE OCCURRENCE AT HAvANA-DEATH OF
THE WIFE OF FARINI, TIE ROPE WALKER-A ter
rible and heart-rendng catastrophe occurred in
Havana on the 9th ultimo at the Plaza Torres-Bull
Ring Mr. Farin the celebrated tight rope walker,
and rival of Blondin advertised, among the many
wonders that he would perform on the light rope,
the carrying of his wife across the rope stretched
from one side of the ring to the other at the height
of about sixty feet, upon his back-a feat he had
performed in other places. He started with the
lady upon his back, and had nearly finished his
journey across within about four feet, when the
audience applauded the daring act it seemingly
being completed; and the lady, in acknowledgment
of that applause, loosened her hold upon her hus-
bands neck, and waved her bands and on the IN
slant of doing so, she discovered that she had lost
her balance and called to her husband to cath her.
as she was falling This he attempted to do, and
caught her by the skirt of her Dress but the frail
fabric was not of sufficient strength to sustain her
with the impetus given to her descent by her fall
and oh horror the dress gave way, leaving piece
in the unfortunate mans hand as he hung sus-
pended from the rope, sustaining himself by the
Joint of his knee, by means of which he had saved
himself and she went down crushing upon the seats
that ascend from the curb of the ring to the top OF
the enclosure She was taken in hand by the ladies
in the neghborhood, and every thing that could be
done was done The wealthiest ladies OF Havana
were at her bedside and Soothed her dying pillow.
She was emba amed and placed in one of the inches
in the burying ground. 1t is said that from $40 900
to $780, 900 will be raised by subscription for the
child she has left behind.
Year: 1863

JANOAhIJ ZouJ 1000 J
4 CoMMANDERs OF BR1GADEs WILL GIVE TO
the officers detailed for recruiting service Zone from
each Company special instructions to arrest and forward
to their Companies all enlisted men absent without compe
tent authority


IL full pardon except to forfeiture of pay for the
period OF unauthorized absence hereby proclaimed to all
enlisted men, absent without leave who voluntarily
return to their respective commands or before the 10th
day OF February next
Ill All enlisted men who do not voluntarily return with
in the time specified and all who SHALL after this date ab
sent themselves from their commands without proper
thory will be charged with deserOn and tried by the
new Military Court now in session. II found guilty. they
VIII be sentenced to DEATH whether present absent and
commanders will be ordered execute the sentence where
ever the condemned can be arrested
Nv. In Companies all the enlisted men of which
present for duty those absent under legal orders
upon regular sick leave Division District and department
Commanders authorized to grant furloughs, the
rate OF one for every twenty-five present for duty in
necessary for travel will permit the parties to remain at
home fourteen days. Whenever they authorized by
the facts to append certificate which will be required in
every instance that enlisted the company is alb
sent without competent authority, Company and Regimen
tai Commanders will forward through the regular chan
nes at the rate and upon the conditions above specified
recommendations of the merOriOus and deser
wing of furOugh.


" All enlisted men who oyerstay their regular sick
burroughs, or these granted above will be Immediately
arrested on their return, examination made into the
circumstances OF each aud the facts reported to the
brgaoe Commander, who will either punish the delln-
quen cause charges to be preferred him to duty
nPunshed as the circumstances of the case in his
judgment require.


these orders TO be advertised week. for three weeks
IN every newspaper published in North Carolina and in
the newspapers published in Columbia, Anderson Green
vile and IOrkve Souh.CarOlina.


BY command Of Maj. Gen. G. W SMITu:


SAM. W.'MELT0N,


Major and A. A. Gen.
Year: 1863

The Empress Eugenio dressed in the most gor-
geous style while at Compeigne She appeared at
one time with quite collection of tropical humming
birds about her person. But says letter-writer,
they were, however, arranged with good effect
She had dress of some very tiimsy pink material,
which looked so light that one would be in no way
surprised to see it floating in the air like pipe
blown bubble. The skirt would have been perhaps
as long as the train of a court dress, it not
what is technically called Z" ooped up" with bunch
es of roses so fresh so fair, and like those which
grow in well cultivated garden, that the tropical
hummIng birds which ftuttered on them seemed as
if attracted there by their beauty. Firesies also
cleaned out from beneath the green leaves, and on
the side of a wreath of roses and rosebuds very
long tailed bird of Paradise had the privilege Of be-
ing perched the whole evening.
Year: 1863

test On the side Of the Union it is
struggle for maintaining in the world that
form and substance of government whose
leading object is to elevate the condition
of men, to lift the artificial weights from
from all shoulders, TO Gear the paths OF
laudabIe pursuits, to afford all an uniet-
tered start aud fair chance in the race
OF life.


This is the kind Of language that was
made use Of by the representative Of the
Abolition party, the meaning Of which
any one who can comprehend anything,
very well Fnows. And has not the late
Abolition Con- rcss confirmed these decla-
rations by coniering supreme power on
that Id Alb. at the head of government
thereby destroying the Constitution Ex-
cuse me, have been dverging, here boil
dIy aud fearlcssly assert that it has been
through such unprincipeled men as those
have made the subject Of this wriling,
that our once & orious and happy country
has got into the dcporsbIe condition it is
in at present. And they will, I believe,
be held responsible for the lives lost
through the Struggle. But their days are
almost numbered Che Democracy is
rising fast, aud when the Democrats get
in power they will cons;itutioually con.
sign the A oliton traitors to the intamy
they deserve.


AN OBSERVER.
Year: 1863

state of prosperity that has been attain


ed by any of the European nations.
And yet no nations have been called up
on to endure fercer and mere prolonged
wars, domestic and foreign, than they
The effect has been, unquestionably, to-
incur an enormous national indebted
ness; but neither their war nors their
Indebtedness have had the effect to de-
stroy their elasticity, nor TO check the
progress of their general prosperity
The result would have been differently.
probably, if these nations had been fall
ing into decay, instead of being, as they
really were, in q state of development;
and in this respect their case resembles
our own, with enormous advantages in
our favor. These nations, while under.
going the trials of war, were oppressed
by the evils of an immense exodus Of
their people, caused by the density OF
their population, the impossibility to pro
vide occupation for them, the low price
of labor and the scarcity of territory


Compared with our own country, they
possessed slight room for future devela
opment; they were settled in every part,
and no vast territory lay invitingly open
to encourage enterprise and settlement.
Their great problem has ever been what
to do with their surplus population,
which, in its turn, has sought new fields
for adventure and self support in coun-
tries like our own, where an illimitable
territory waits to be developed, and where
incalculable resources invite industry
and energy The encouragement to be
derived from thesefacts and comparisons
Of circumstances is very great, and to
the mind of any dispassionate reasoner
is conclusive that the course Of this great
country is onward and upward, and that.
its credit viii live unimpaired to the
end. - si9sa8 ba# 1ifesq4o So *
Year: 1863

We were informed few days ago
that the Vincennes Sun had promised to
do ali it ceuld towards filing up the
ranks of the l2Oth Regiment. The an
nouneement took us somewhat by sur
prise, but as our informant claimed to
to know whereof he spoke, we accepted
his statement as gratifying indication
of returning reason on the part of the
little copperhead organ. Well, the last
number Of the Sun, sure enough, has
something to say about volunteering.
That our readers may know with what
enthusiasm it enters pom its new work,
we copy its. article in full. The Sun
says: e,-


In various counties throughout the
State, the Commissioners are adding
large sums as additional bounty TO vol
unteers. The Government has for long
time been pandering to the pocket in
stead of appealing to true patriotism to
fill up the depleted ranks of the army
for the prosecution of the war, that which
has become distasteful on account solely
Of. the iniquitous policy upon which it
has been carried on. Very WELL We
would much rather see those go willing
ly to the war who feel that they can do so,
than to see men forced to go who have
no faith in it as practiced. Those who,
voted to sustain this policy had ought so
go, and itsshould be stain upon them
forever if they refuse. ii We are IN favor
of giving them large bounties, but we
want them to go-they endorse it, and
we want them to go and help fight it
We trust our commissioners will aid
them to the necessary funds to support
their families until they make draw,
that is-if they prove their loyalty"


The Snn urges those who voted the
Union ticket--voted to sustain the war
policy of the Administration volun-
teer, but no others. Its friends under
stand they are to remain at home
and vote the Copperhead ticket When
it is remembered that the Sun has no
circulation except among the more vio-
lent type of Copperheads, the benefits
the l20th regiment is likely to derive from
its efforts, to persuade Republicans to
volunteer, may be fixed at its true value.
1t has no influence outside its own inn
mediate organization, and it urges the
members Of that organization to let
those who sustain the Administration do
the fighting. Verify the father of Albert
Sidney Johnston's namesake is doing
valient service in filing up the ranks of
the armyl