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Year: 1861

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From Tie Springfield (IH) Journal Of Dec. 90.


There are not few who seem to think
that the Union will be dissolved whenev-
er the South Carolina Secession Conven-
ton passes a resolution to that elect
The Union cannot be dissolved by the
passage of resolutions. South Carolina
may resolve that she is no longer a part
of this Union. She may hold Secession
meetings, mount Disuuion eockades,
plant palmetto trees, make palmetto flags,
trample under foot the glorious flag Of
our country, and proclaim from the house
tops her treason and her shame, but all
this will not dissolve the Union. She
may compel her citizens to resign official
place keld under the federal government,
she may close her courts and post Offices,
and put her own people to a great deal of
inconvenience and trouble, but she will
still be in the Union, unmolested. She
cannot get out of the Union until she
couquers this Government. The reye-
nucs must and will be collected at her
ports and any resistance on her part will
lead to war. At the close Of that war
we can tell with certainty whether she is
in or out of the Union. While this gov
ernment endures there can be no disun-
ion If South Carolina does not obsruct
the collection of the revenue at her ports
nor violate any other federal law, there
will be no trouble, and she will not be
out of the Union. If she violates the
laws, then comes the tug of war. The
President Of the United States, in such
an emergency has plain duty to per-
form; Buchanan may shirk it, or the
emergency may not exist during his ad-
ministration. If not, then the Union
will last through his term of Office. If
the overt act on the part of South Caro-
lima takes place on OF after the 4th of
March, 1861, then the duty of executing
the laws will devolve upon Mre Lincoln.
The laws of the United States must be
executcd-the President has ho discr9,
tionary power on the subject-his duty
is emphaticaly pronounced in the Con-
stitution. Mr.. Lincoln will perform that
duty. Disunion, by armed force, is trea
sou, and treason must and will be put
down at all hazards This Union is not,
and will not, and cannot be dissolved un
til this Government is overthrown by the
traitors who have raised the disunion flag
Can they overthrow it We think not.
They may disturb its peace they may
inuerrupt the course of its prosperity !;
they may cloud its reputation for stabil
ity; but its tranquility will be restored,
Its prosperity will return, aud the stain
upon its national character will be trans
ferred and remain an eternal blot on the
memory of those who caused the disor-
der" Let the SccesSionists understand
it, let the press proclaim it, let it fly on
the wings of the lightning, and fall like
a tbunderbolt among those now plotting
treason in convention, that the Republ-
can party, that the great North aided by
hundreds of thousands of patriotic men
in the Slave States, have determined to
preserve the peaceably if they
can, forcibly if they must,
Year: 1861

MACHINE TO ExTINGUIsH REBELLION.-The
Philadelphia Enquirer contains the follow
ing comprehensive recommendation for
putting . speedy termination to the rebel
lion:


Our countrymen at large should be en-
cOursged by the government to direct their
attention forthwith to the improvement of
ell sorts of iustrumenlalities. The records
Of the Patent Office show that The inventive
faculty of the country is in the Northern
States. Let our Yankees go TO work, and
we doubt not but that they will soon be able
to turn out some unheard of and uudreamed
of implement or missile which will sweep
our enemies from the face of the earth.-
Take our word for it, these geniuses will
yet produce some patent Secession-E -Excavs-
tor, some Traitor -AnnihilaEor, some Rebel
Thrasher, some Confederate State Milling
Machine, which will grind through, shell
out, or slice up this war, as if II were q
bushel of wheat or an ear of corn, or big
apple.
Year: 1861

The following article corroborates the asser-
ton we have frequently made in our columns
that the South wants no reconstruction. We
have few restless spirits at the South that are
never satisfied, men who worship only gold, and
who, therefore, growl if everything does not
work to please them, and who. having no pa
triotism and no manhood, would sacrifice their
country on the altar Of their own selfishness:


"THE DREAM OF REcoNsTRUcTIoN.-On Of the
most prominent and influential citizens of the
South; a gentleman of acute observation, ripe
experience, and sound judgment, who has
lately travelled through the seceded States,
gives it as his opinion that there was as much
probability of the return Of the thirteen Col
ones to the British Crown after the battle of
Yorktown, as there is Of the return of the Sc
ceded States to the Union


An intelligent citizen Of Montgomery write
to his friend in Richmond, that, under no cir
cumstances would the new Confederacy ally IL
self to the Free States, not even If they should
permit the Montgomery Congress to make a
Constitution for the whole; for the simple reason
that they do not believe they would observe any
new compact with particle more fidelity than
the old.


A gentleman of Richmond now travelling in
the South, gives the same account in his letters
to his friends in this city, adding that there ap-
pears to be a feeling of relief among the peo-
pie. as if they had been delivered from some
dreadful incubus. ."-Richmond Dispatch.
Year: 1861

SrocK RAIsISG.-In an article on stock raising
a Southern journal has some truthful remarks,
applicable to any meridian, as follows: ai er


at is choice cows, sheep, horses and mules
that yield the greatest returns to skillful hus-
bandmen. The production of scrubs, or mean
stock Of any kind is rather a mean business, in
a pecuniary point Of view Raise superior ami
mails, on rich perennial grasses if you seek a
good income from your farm-stock husbandry
Such animals may obtain part of their living
from unimproved old fields, particularly sheep I;
but they want good clover and pea hay in the
winter, or hay made from the English grasses
The most prominent error in stock-growingis the
attempt to rear fine hogs. cattle and sheep. on
scanty and detective food Some want great
deal Of neat milk, or wool from little or nothing
They ask nature to make them rich while they
lie in the shade in summer and sit by the fire in
winter, and ieaee their poor animals to nearly or
quite perish from neglect" S4fh-
Year: 1861

1, The President SHALL nom time to time,
give to the Congress information Of the state OF
the Confedcracy, and recommend to their con-
sideration such measures as he shall judge nee
essary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary
occasions, convene both Houses, or either Of
them; and in case Of disagreement between
them, with respect to the time of adjournment


he may adjourn them 10 such time as he shall
think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and
other public ministers; he shall taks care that
the laws be faithfully executed. and shall com
mission all the officers Of the Confederate States
Year: 1861

l. Any person may become member of this Society for one year by paying into the treasury the sum of S1, or may become life member by paying at one time the sum of $10.

 ARTICLE X.

 s 1. This Constitution may be altered or amended by vote of two thirds of all the members present at any Annual Meeting, or at called meeting, provided thirty days public notice of the same be given.
Year: 1861

DEFENCE OF MoBILE-It said that the citizens of Mobile being thoroughly aware of the unsafe condition of their city against an attack from the fleet, held a private meeting a few days ago, and appointed a committee to make known to the Secreta- " of War and the Governor of the State, the state of things which existed there.- This has been done recently and 200 kegs of powder, several cannon and other things in this connection, were forwarded from Montgomery to that point. Mobile will be hereafter able to defend herself effect ively against all hostile corners.
Year: 1861

ARTICLE I.

 TITLE OF THE SOCIETY = This Society shall be known by the name of the 'EPrairie County Agricultural Society,"

 ARTICLE IT,

 S l. The officers of this Society shall con- sist of President. Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Directors.

 s 9 Officers and Directors shall hereafter be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting of the Society in March, and shall hold their offices one year, and until their successors are chosen.

 3. In the election of officers and direc- tors, plurality of votes cast shall be necessary to elect VacaAcies may be filled at any meeting of the Society.

 ARTICLE TIT.

 s 1. The President. Vice President, Secre- tary, Treasurer and Directors. shall compose Board of Managers, majority of whom shall constitute quorum for the transaction of business, and it shall be the duty ofesaid Board to manage the property and business of this Society as shall best promote the interests of Agriculture, Horticulture, the Mechanic Arts and Household Industry; and they shall hold and conduct Annual Fans and Exhibi- tions, and distribute premiums to the persons exhibiting the best and most mertorious speci- mems in these several departments.

 ARTICLE "

 2 l. IL snail De the QuLy or the PFeSIQenC to preside at meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Managers The Vice President shall perform the duties of the President in his absence.

 ARTICLE V.

 $ 1 It shall he the duty of the Secretary to make and keep a neat record of the proceed ings of the Society, and of the Board of Mana gers, and to perform such other appropriate duties as may be assigned hitn by the Society or its Board of Managers.

 2. The Secretary shall keep book for the special purpose of recording the names of the Annual and Life Members, and the names of donors, and the amounts contributed by each; he shall as soon as practical pay over all monies received by him to the Treasurer.

 ARTICLE VI.

 s 1. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all monies aud property due the So ciety or donated for it's benefit. and to dispose of the same only as directed by resolution of the Board of Managers, certified by the President and countersigned by the Secretary. He shall keep an account of his receipts and disbursements, and report the same with proper vouchers to the Society, at its annual meetings, and to the Board of Managers as often as they may require; and shall give bond for the faithful discharge of his duty in such surety and sums as they may deem proper.

 ARTICLE VII.

 $ l. The Annual Meetings of this Society shall be held on the 2d Monday in March of each year, at such place as the Society may designate.
Year: 1861

b "A QuEsnos.-suppose Kansas were
not yet admitted as State. Would the


"New-Lights" still insist upon electing


another set of State officers? And il
she should still be out in the cold two
years hence. would they 90 about it and
elect another set! They are the very
men who would have clamored for hold
ing on to the Wyandotte Constitution
until public opinion compelled Congress
to accept it; yet to be consistent with
their present bubble. they would have
to proceed. every two years. to elect State
officers. just for the fun Of the thing.
who would bear the name without enjoy
ing the game
Year: 1861

INTERESTING PUBLIcAroN.-See the
advertisement of Putnam's Record of
the Rebellion. the first volume of which
is now ready. 1t is the most complete
and reliable history of tho present war
yet undertaken.
Year: 1861

Since the dear people have forced .
nomination upon Us against our will
forced it down with the aid of funnel
and being fully impressed with con-
sciousness of the fact that il we refused to
accept it would be public calamity, and
the ruin Of our country. we have "gone
in lemons" and want the votes to "be
there" on election day. If elected. we
shall pass the wisest and most bene6cent
laws the world has ever seen. A few Of
the planks of our platform may not come
amiss.


In the 6rst place. we shall revive the
Mosaic laws, the laws of the Meies and
Persians, and the Blue Laws of Connec-
ticut.


We shall pass law which will put an
end to crime. by netting out to criminals
the most awful punishment ever conceiv-
ed in the mind of man. 1t shall be by
the adoption Of mode of punishment.
amounting to torture. lately devised by
our Government. by which means they
are rapidly crushing out rebellion. When
ever man is convicted of murder, rob.
berry. treason. or other great crime, he
shall be compelled to take an oath to
support the Constitution-of the United
States


We shall revise the militia law, max
ing every man a Colonel.


We shall pass an act declaring that
every man in the State was in the battle
Of Springfield. and authorizing each one
to shoot one or more holes through his
hat. which holes shall be deemed to have
been made by the enemy's bullets in the
aforesaid battle, and shall entitle the pro-
prietor of said holy" hat to pension.


The farmer shall not be forgotten.
We shall pass an act for the encourage.
ment of agriculture, declaring every far
mer's truck little better and worth q
little more than that of his neighbors.


We shall pass an act requiring banks,
whenever bill.holder loses any bill is
sued by them, to pay the loser double the
amount, in gold. {


We shall pass a bill largely increasing
the salaries of all officers in the State,
great and small. This, at a first glance.
may look like imposing additional taxes
upon tie people. On the contrary, it
will be intended for the benefit of oil.
Every man in Kansas is after Office; and
this act, therefore, will be for the increase
Of the salary of every man in Kansas.


We shall early take occasion to offer
bill for our services as legislator.


But this is all we will tell at present
for the people may take notion that they
cannot spare SO much wisdom from home.
II they want to find out the balance of
our Platform, let them do their duty on
next Tuesday. by voting for us frequently.
Year: 1861

~ Own ExcrKssyr and the mental and sn1iety
incident 10 close attention business study the
numerous Of Nervous Headache The disordsed e


mind and BODY incident this distressing complaint sta
blow 10 all energy ambition Sufferers by this disorder can
always obtain speedy relief from these distressing attacks oy
one Of pills whenever the symptoms aPpeAr
II ts the BRAIN and soohe the strained and jar


ring eaxes the tension Of the stomach which tw
Year: 1861

"a well spring of joy" has been OPEN
ed in the house of the Editor OF the La
grange ono. American; and the cOnse-
quence is, the Editor is so delighted, he
don't know which end he IS standing on,
Just listen TO HIM:


Last Wednesday afternoon, "to US a
child was horn" but not son was given
We feel proud Of our baby 1T is go pref
~ and 81 sweet, so tur better half says
1t is a girl, of course-our wife wanted a
girl-so we give up to her--the times
being too hard to splil the difference and
have a girl and boy both at once. Our
time will come nexl-see if it don't. Our
baby weighs eight pounds, and all the
ladies say that it is such pretty lit
tie angel, and looks just like lis papa -
Of course everybody will know its pretty,
when it resembles US. 1t has black eyes
dark hair and The sweetest little face, and
the way it can cry is a caution to Cali
ope--but its little voice is SO charming,
producing such a harmony of sweet
sounds. 1t was the first time we heard
our baby's voice, and what a thrill of
happiness did that little sound send thro'
our bosom.


But we are too happy to express our
feelmgs-we are at least two feet taller
than We were before baby was born and
think oursef good enough to become a
preacher. We pity everybody that hasn't
gor baby, and as for old bachelors, We
entertain a sovereign contempt for them,
and intend to lam the first one that pre-
sumes to have the effrontery to speak to
US. Poor Old maids, from the bottom ol
our hearts we feel sorry for them, Oh,
that they could oaly realize the happiness
of yc ung mother with her first born.--
Young men and young ladies', our advice
to you il "go thou and do likewise"--it
will make you feel so happy to have ba-
by. We warn every body not to Insult us,
for we feel big enough aud strong enough
to whip every one Of the Seeding States
back into the Union and siagle man
wouldn't be taste for US. We are dou5.
y sound on the Uoion issue now.
Year: 1861

SrNER!uR CouRT.--Ihe criminal case referred
to in yesterdays paper an accusation
brought against John S. Whitehead
citizen, and Isaac Brown free negro
for the murder Of Bill Fcnner also
negro, all OF this county It seems that Bill
was found dead and in the water having been
thrown there by the murderer or having fallen
there, with marks of violence upon different
parts Of bis person and his neck bone broken
Several witnesses were examined before his
Honor. but The charges could not be made out
and the parties were released OF course it is
not known how the unfortunate man came to
his death, but We think it most likely to have
resulted from a fall
Year: 1861

tests. citizens and any and all other powers, and
think all newspapers loyal to the cause of the
South should do the same. These are honest
convictions. honestly expressed, without any per-
sonal feeling. likes or dislikes and our friends in
Newbern who getting up this unnecessary
war upon the Military Aathorities who are only
here to protect them and theirs will find too that
the soldiers in camp are all against them. These
men thin k and rightly too that if they are not
too good to cut roads on Sundays the slaves of
our citizeus are not too good to work six days in
the week for their own and their masters protec-
ton.


We should not be at all surprised if this protest
should be re published in New York and else
where North to show an increasing Union senti-
nsent en- Ne,cbers A. c., and TO prove that part of
our people are in rebellion against the Govern
ment and Authorities. We know the gentlemen
of the Board did not mean it to be thus used, but
won't it be made to misrepresent and injure Us
nevertheless


No is more sensitive about the fair fame of
the people of New bern than am and no one will
defend them more readily or zeaously when un-
justly assailed when their loyalty is cushioned,
and think | have given abundant evidence of
this during the past three years During that time
have labored increasingly for their every inte-
rest, and fatter myseIfthat many of the citizens
of the town well as of neighboring commun
ties appreciate these labors. And the corporate
authorities well individual citizens shall
ever have chance to defend themselves in the
columns Of the Progress, while / conduct it, if
unjustly assailed, but object to the further pa
per discussion of this matter between the Civil
and Military Authorities because it will only tend
to make the matter and may do much
harm and can do good. All divisions and ami
mosities among ourselves should be forgotten till
our frcsides are safe, which they are not now by
any meaus


Continue. Mr.. Associate, the same prudent
course yOu have been pursuing, ever endeavor-
inc t. do Justice to all men and not giving cause
of offence any; shall have other and more
important duties t. attend to, until the war Is
over, than wiring iur The Progress.


J. LIP
Year: 1861

The Norfolk Day Book of yesterday, the 2lst'
contains the following:


We learn from a gentleman who arrived in
t!is city on Saturday from Roanoake Island and
who was board one of the vesse Is OF the Con
federate fleet that visited in the neighborhood of
Hasteras during the week, that the Yankees are
building something like wharf out from Hat
teras, aud are throwing the stone overheard that
they have been carrying there III vessels sup
posed to be for the purpose of blocking up the
inlet. Our informant was told by one OF the
bankers who had been to Hatteras, that they had
cut a caual twenty feet wide across the beach,
and that recent high tides had made an island OF
Fort Hatteras, the canal forming almost another
Inlet. 1t was also the impression of the banker
that the Federass intended to block up the Inlet
with stone, in order to prevent its being used for
privateering purposes in the event OF their haV-
inc to eyacuate it.
Year: 1861

A Coon MovE.-We are glad to state that
an arrangement has been made at the Virginia
Bank for the issuing of five and ten cent tick
cts, which will not only furnish the pubic
with change but also displace the very many
tickets of private individuals which now flood
the city.


A fund for the redemption of these tickets
has been placed on dcsposit in the bank above
mentioned: and statement to the effect, sign
ed by the teller, is given on the reverse of the
same Of course. with this assurance, no one
will hesitate to take them and their clrcula-
ton must therefore, become general in few
davs=N0r D0W Book.
Year: 1861

SUPERIOR CoURT.-This tribunal was in ses-
sion again yesterday overhaulng and spottin G
the cases most suitable for trial, among which,
we understand, one criminal case was selected
and set apart for 10 o'clock this morning. We
do not know yet what the case is but will prob
ably learn something of it during the day.
Year: 1861

ToRosro, c.. w Oct IA In the case ofCol
r INK n ARE ID he . some days ago tor trying
Lo enlist u.en for the Union army, the nagis
trates have decided to bind him over to lake his
trial
Year: 1861

ALWAYS AHEAD-Pennsylvania made the
first turnpike road in the United States, laid
the first railroad, established the first water
works, ran the first locomotive, established
the first hospital, the first law school, the
first public museum, the first hall of music,
and the first library in the world opened
freely to all. Good for Pennsylvania
Year: 1861

WHITE SLAVERY. a correspondent Of the
London Times describing one of the great
mantua. making establishments in that city,
communicates the following facts:


Work commenced every morning at o.
clock and continued till IL atnight-a period
of sixteen hours-the only intervals allowed
being about ten minutes for each meal-the
total amount of time allowed for eating
their food, | was going to say but surely
"bolting isa amoreappropratep phrase-being
forty minutes day; thus leaving fifteen hours
and twenty minutes as the period devoted to
work. And this, be it ren enbercd is net
merely during the busy seasons, but for all
the year round, from January TO Decem ber
The only day of leisure which Il e girls cf
this establishment have is Sunday. They
are not allowed to cross the threshold ev n
to purchase a pair Of shoes or a new gown
for themselves, and must employ ther friends
outside to do this for them.


Nor is the accommodation in doors such
as in any way to reconcile them to this close
confinement The work-room, in which
ten or twelve Of them are employed is only
about twelve feet square, and is entirely de-
void of arrangements for ventiIlation which
is the more to be deplored, as during the eve
ming they have to suffer the heat and foul air
of three flaming gas burners right over their
heads, every door and window being shut
by which a breath Of pure air could possibly
enter. The bedrooms are equally uncom-
Portable, no fewer than SIX persons being
huddled into one, and four into another.


1T is impossible TO contemplate the condi-
tion of this class of work-women, (as dis
closed by the facts quoted without keenly
sympathizing with it and wishing that some
and misery.