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Year: 1861

This German-like lyric is from Adelaide Ann Proctors new volume of poetry: Just when the red June roses blow, She gave me one-a year ago A rose whose crimson breath revealed The secret that its heart concealed And whose half shy, half tender grace Flushed back upon the giver's face.

 A year ago-a year ago

 To hope was not to know. Just when the red June roses blow, plucked her one-a month ago; Its half-b blown crimson to eclipse, laid it on her smiling lips; The balmy fragrance of the South Drew sweetness from her sweeter mouth.

 Swiftly do golden hours creep

 To hold is not to keep. The red June roses now are past, This very day broke the last; And now it's perfumed breath is hid, With her, beneath a cofin-lid; There will it's petals fall apart And wither on her icy heart;

 At three red roses cost

 My world was gained and lost
Year: 1861

A WITNESS on recent trial in one of the superior courts admitted that she had seen the respondent tipsy," but denied that she had seen him "drunk." Upon being asked to define the difference between the two ex- pressions, she said that drunk meant Every stupid" but tipsy only meant not bright"
Year: 1861

YT,HIS IS TO INFORM ALL THOSE WHO ARE l owing me, either by note or account, to come forward by the 18th of February next and pay up or they will have to pay the same to an officer Money I must have to pay my debts. word to the wise is sufficient.

 ianl8tf1 JNO. A. FRITH.
Year: 1861

The plan of adjustment submitted to the Peace
Convention by the Conference Committee of that
body does not differ very materially from the Ken
lucky plan presented by Mr.. GUTHRIE.


l. 1t disposes of the Territorial slavery ques-
ton on the basis of the compromise of 3G:30-
prohibiting slavery in all territory north of the
line, and permitting the taking of slaves into all
territory south of the line and holding them there
during the Territorial condition according TO the
laws of the State from WEIGH they came and pro-
viding for the admission of States on either side
of the line with or without slavery, their Con-
stitutions shall determine, whenever they shall
have populations equal to the Federal ratio of
representation.


2. Territory shall be acquired only by treaty,
and four. .Effhs Of all the n'tnt6ers Of The Senate
shall be required 10 ratify treaty for the acqusi
ton Of territory.


3. Congress shall not abolish or control slavery
in the States where it exists by law, nor in the
District of Columbia, without the consent OF
Maryland and Virginia, and without the consent
of the slave owners in such District, and without
compensation to such owners; nor shall it inter
fere nor prevent the bringing of slaves into the
District by members of Congress or others; noI
shall it abolish slavery in places within the ex-
elusive jurisdiction of the Federal Government in
States where it exists by law; nor shall it inter.
fere with the inter State slave trade


a. The fugitive slave clause of the Constitu.
ton shall not be construed to prevent the State.
from enforcing the delivery of fugitives


5. The foreign slave trade is forever prohib
tied.


6. The first, secord, third and fifth of these
articles, and the articles of the Constitution re
specting fugitves and the basis of representation
shall not be amended or abolished without the
consent of all the States.


Z. The United States shall pay to the owners
of frgitives who shall be rescued by violence the
full value of such fugitives.


Such is the substance of the plan We de
clare that it is just, fair and right, and that il
ought to be accepted, North and SOdth, as final
settlement of the present difficulties and OF the
slavery question forever. In the light Of com.
promise, slavery comedies more than anti. slavery
and both slavery and anti slavery can agree to il
without humiliation or sacrifice. We mean
the anti-slavery, of course, which does not de-
nounce the Constitution can agreement with
hell"


But intelligence from Washington does not
furnish such ground for hope that the Republi-
can leaders will accept it. They are bent on
rule or ruin. They are resolved that the Chicago
Platform shall prevail though the Union do
perish.


A few days will determine the fate of the
ITnion
Year: 1861

The "unsophisticated and simple hearted"
speeches of the President elect on his route to
Washington are making the Republicans some
what nervous. They think the President is too
honest when he not only confesses but displays
his ignorance upon leading questions of national
policy and the present condition of the country.
Such an exhibition of craftsmanship is notifying
to all who have the honor and interest of the
country at heart. 1t would have been better for
the reputation of Mr.. LINCOLN if he had continued
to "hold his tongue" and made quiet and un-
ostentatious trip to Washington. The Wash
ington dispatches to the Cincinnati Commercial
says of OLD ABE's speeches:


These wayside remarks are doing the new
President no service here He is too unsoDhis-
ticated and simple sedrted to meet the standard
Of politicians.


The Philadelphia Press comes to the rescue of
the President elect by making the following apol-
ogy for his Columbus speech:


When he stated that nobody is suffering any
thing in consequence of the present agitation, his
mind evidently reverted rather to the fourishing
and prosperous agricultural region in which he
has long resided, and to the fertedstricts through
which he has recently passed. than to the com
mercial and manufacturing centers, where bust
ness arrangements most keenly felt, where
thousands of operatives are thrown out of en-
ployment, and where bankruptcy stares in the
face many of the most enterprising and useful
citizens of our country.


Such is the man who was presented to the
country not only the equal, but the superior OF
Mr.. DouGLAs. He has presented no evidence OF
capacity for the position to which he has been
called since he left Springfield. He is either in.
toxcated with success and the attentions shown
him. or else he is deficient in those qualities neces
sary TO a successful administration ofthe Govern.
ment at a time when it requires ability and states
manship of high order to safely guide the ship
of state from the breakers which surround her
AS the Commercial justly remarks, Old ABE 81:
too unsophisticated and simple hearted" for the
station to which he is called, and to meet the ex
igencies in public affairs. The only hope is ii
his selecting an able Cabinet to administer tn,
Government, but we fear his simplicity in that
Year: 1861

The Philadelphia Public Ledseris very calm.
judicious and straightforward paper. decidedly
Republican in its principles, but moderate in its
tone, and very candid in the discussion of all po
litical questions In the issue of that psper of
the 10th of February, the editor expresses his
opinion of the performances of "0LD ABE" on
his journey to the White House, without reser-
vation and in very frank and plain way.
We extract the following from what the Ledger
says:


We confess we are somewhat disappointed in
the speeches which Mr.. Lincoln is making while
ON his way to the seat of Government, where he
is to be investei with the chief executive author
ity. To say nothing of the tone of these speeches
viii ch is not always becoming the serious situa-
ton of affairs in which the country is placed.
he does not seem TO have fully apprehended the
difficulties he has 10 encounter at the very begin
ming of his administration, and which the wisest
statesman in the land would approach with dread
and hesitation. There is degree of tiippancy IN
his treatment Of our national difficulties, when
he does approach that subject, even in a remote
manner, that shows he is not vet sufficiently
impressed with their real significance, and has
presented to his own mind no definite course OF
action which is likely to lead US to peace and
safety When Mr. Lincoln attempts 10 ignore
the crisis which now threatens the existence of
the Government and the peace of the country,
and declares that ..there is nothing wrong, or
nothing which keeping cool on both sides will
not correct, he shows very shallow and SUI
pefticial appreciation of our difficulties. There
is something more than q mere ebulhtion OF
temper in the actual severance of six or seven
States of the Union and the attitude and de-
mands for guarantees of security by seven or
eight others. There is something seriously
wrong in the utter prostration OF business over
the whole land ana the suffering and distress
which have come upon thousands of the indus
trial classes of society. If Mr.. Lincoln does
not know these facts, and has nothing 10 offer in
/ the way of adjusting the difficulties which have
produced them, he is not the man for the times,
and his presence at Washignton may rather
aegravate than heal our troubles. The appre-
tensions of danger, which have driven the
Southern States into secession, have been slim
ulated by as reckless and unprincipled set Of
dcmagogues as ever dsgraced country, but
the public mind in that quarter is not the less
deeply effected on that account, and il Is the
part of sagacious statesman at once TO allay
these apprehensions, not by treating them as
the captous irritabilty of children, but by show
1 ing that he is profoundly sensible of their cause
and far wise words, prudent Suggestions
and cOnciliat0ry language can restore confidence
will endeavor to remove the fears and hold out
hope of just and honorable compromise, with
out which the two sections of our country can
never harmonic again.
Year: 1861

In reply to a request from prominent cit zens of
New York, the Right Rev. j. H. HOPKINS. ID. d.
LII. d., Bishop of Vermont, has published a let
ter the scriptural authority for slavery, in the
course of which, and near its close, occurs this
passage regarding ST. PAuL's position toward
slavery:


Look next at the contrast afforded by the in
spired Apostle of the Gentes. He breaches to
the slave, and tells him TO be obe,lient To his
master for Christs sake, faithful and submissive.
as a mans branch ofreligious duty. Hepreaches
10 the master, and tells him to be jus. and equal
10 his slaves, knowing that his Master is in heaven
He finds fugitive slave and converts him 10 the
Gospel, and then sends him back again to his old
home, with letter of kind Recommendation Why
does st. Paul act thus? Why does he not coun-
sci the fugitive to claim his right to freedom. and
defend that right if necessary, by the strong hand
of violence, even unto death! Why does he not
write to his disciple, Philemon. and rebuke him
for the awful sin OF holding fellow man TO bond
age, and charge it upon him, as a solemn duty, To
emancpate his slaves, at the peril of his soul?


The answer is very plain: ST. Paul was in
spired, and knew the will of the Lord Jesus Christ
and was only intent on obeyiEg it And who are
we, that in our modern wisdom presume to set
aside the Word of God and scorn the exomple OF
the divine Releemer, and spurn the PREACHING and
the conduct OF the apostles, and invent for our
selves "higher law than those holy scriptures
which are given to us eight to our feet and a
lampto our paths, in the darkness of a sinful and
polluted wordl Who are we, that virtually blot
out the language of the sacred record and dictate
to the Majesty of Heaven what He shall regard as
sin and reward as duty? Who are we, that are
ready to trample on the doctrine of the bible. and
tears to shreds the Constitution of our country,
and even plunge the land into the untold horrors
OF civil war, and yet boldly pray to the God OF
Israel 10 bless our very acts of rebellion aOains;
his own sovereign authority? Woe to our Union
when the blind become leaders of the blind
Woe to the man who dares to "strive against hi:
Maker"
Year: 1861

In 1850 Ex-Governor WRIGHT delivered an ad-
dress at Greencastle, at tire installation of Rev.
DIR. BERRY as President of the Asbury Univer
sity, portion of which may now be read with
profit. A Republican friend has called our at
tention to the address, and requests the republica
ton of a few extracts as forcibly expressing the
sentiments which should animate every patriotic
Of our public affairs. We commend the follow
ing almost prophetic views of the address to the
attention of the reader, with the hope that its pa
triotic and conciliatory spirit may have its inAu-
ence upon the public mind


] trust you will inculcate in the minds Of the
young men who shall come here for instruction,
burning love for the union of these States 1t is
too common an occurrence TO see our young men
in the North and South on examination DAYS, and
at school exhibitions, engaged in rehearsing the
beauties of this, or the evils OF that section of
the country, fostering in the youthful mind big
oted love for this or that section of the country,
at the expense of the other. have no patience
to sit down and hear men talk about this or that
section of the Union, or Of the peculiar frame
work of society in this or that State in opposition
TO those of other States. This continually speak
ing of Northern interest, Southern interest, North-
ern population and Southern population, is an evil
that demands remedy. This Union is not com
posed of few cities in the North or South; the
people of this Union consists of something else
than iron mills and wooden clocks in the North,
or of rice or cotton bales in the South We of
the West have something to say as to who and
what compose this Union; and it is a glorious
truth that there is spot of earth on this CONT
nent known as the West in which there are now
more than six millions of inhabitants engaged in
all the duties of active life-the great mass of
whom know nothing short of this Union as CON-
posing the Republic, and whose voice in the pub
lie councils, all the great questions of the day,
have heretofore been, and trust, will so continue
to be, conservative. The time has now arrived
when the influence of the West in her conserva-
tive spirit, should be felt in the settlement of all
our national questions. Ii is high time that she
should say TO the North and to the South, "Thus
far shalt thou go, but no farther From our po-
stion, intercourse character of pursuits, variety
| of productions, our numbers, and strong attach
ment TO the Union, will necessarily in some
measure, mingle with every portion of our great
C0nfederacy. Ii we are true to ourselves, 10
our country, to our high destiny, and to the cause
! of civil and religious liberty, may be able
Year: 1861




Senator SLIDELL, one of the shrewdest and
ablest of the seeding Senators, and can speak of
the Gulf States with perhaps more authority than
any other man. In his farewell speech to the
Senate he said:


We will adopt all laws not locally inapplicable
or incompatible with our new relations: we will
recognize the obligations of all existing treaties
those respecting the African slave trade included.
We shall be prepared to assume our Just proper
ton of the national debt; TO account for the cost
of all the forts and other property of the United
States, which we have been compelled to seize in
selfdetense, if it should appear that our share of
such expenditure has been greater than in other
sections, and, above all, we shall, as well from the
dictates of natural justice and the principles of
international law as if political and geographical
atnities and of mutual pecuniary interests recog-
niZe the right of the inhabitants of the VALLEY of
the Mississippi and its tributaries to its free navi
cation; we will guarantee to them free inter-
change of all agricultural productions without
imp0st, tax duty or toll of any kind; the free
transit from foreign countries of every specie of
merchandise; subject only to such regulation as
may be absolutely necessary to the production of
any revenue system we may establish, and for the
purposes of police
Year: 1861

We commenced, yesterday, the publication of
the names of the signers to the call for the Con-
vention of the 22d, to take into consideration the
exigencies of our public affairs, which we will
continue from day to day as handed to us. A
large portion of those who have subscribed to the
call are Republicans who voted for ABRAHAM
LINCOLN for President We will again state that
the proposed Convention is to be composed of the
people of the State without regard to past polit-
cal afiliations-of all who desire to preserve the
Union by any honorable adjustment of the diff
cultes which have caused the existing alienation
between the two sections of the country. Mr..
LINCOLN remarked, when here, that the people
themselves should take the matter in hand. This
is right. Let the popular sentiment be expressed
and needed, and who can doubt but peace, har-
mony and reunion would be the result?
Year: 1861

We care nothing about what mere party tenn
porlry organizations may resolve upon at this
crisis; We ask not man where he has been or
what he has done; we only inquire if now he be
willing to do all that may become patriotic cti-
zen to relieve his country from the peril hanging
over her. and if he assents to the fact proclaimed
by those who have been warm party lenders, that
"a great many partisan interests are to be sup
pressed, and great many party platforms are TO
be saoept arody before the Union can be saUed?''
For to this conviction must a majority of the
people come-upOn this conviction must they act,
before our land shall know peace
Year: 1861

of the population of the Northern seaboard are
reduced practically to the condition of white
slaves, while a considerable proportion are sickly
and very unfit for an army.


The South therefore, is perfectly able to main
tain the contest. What she wants most is navy.
But she can build one in the Mississippi and
meantime she can hire a feet Of privateers, as
did the colonies against England in the Reyolu-
tionary War. which viii do the commerce of the
Northern States more injury than our war ships
can ever inAict on the Southern seaboard.


But Mr.. LINCOLN says nothing is going wrong
when six States have seeded from the Union
and organized separate Confederacy-Oh no
he exclaims the crisis is only an artificial crisis,
when it is altogether probable that within few
weeks the other Southern States will unite Their
destiny with the new Republic. We have often
charged that the Republican party were incara-
BILE of administering the government, and the
truth ofthe prophecyis about to be verified in
the disintegration of the Union, and the train of
evils which will follow that calamity. But Mr..
LINCOLN says cit is a consoling circumstance that
when we look out, that there is nothing that re
ally hurts anybody" When such twaddle is ut
tered by the head of that party in crisis like the
present, what have we TO hope from the body?
Year: 1861

Ofcourse the ships were not obliged to
wait until they got abreast of the works to
commence firing, but the make Of the river
permitted them to begin to throw angular
raking shots at distance of three-qusrters
Of mile, firing down the river, keeping it
up as they slowly drifted past; aud finally
finishing the round by pitching some part
ing shots up the river at similar angle
with the ones first fred This plan per-
mitted seven or eight Of our vessels to play
on the Notifications at tho same time.


Each ship was in effective range Of The
fort for about 20 minutes every time the
Year: 1861

The plan of our attack was equally sim
pie, admirable, and effective, being neither
more nor less than for the ships to steam
in circle, or elipse, running close to one
shore as they came dotUn the river, drifting
or steaming as slowly as possible past the
batteries there, and paying their fiery re-
spects, then making their turn to go back,
and as they went up the river, favoring the
other batteries with similar compliments
the game to be continued ad li6itatn,, or un-
til the rebel flag came down.
Year: 1861

The negroes were evidently armed to some
extent, and now and then exhibited wea-
pons openly. Officer McIlrath took knife
from a negro who was making himself rath-
er conspicuous. Shortly after the adjourn
ment Of the Court, an afray that might have
resulted seriously occurred near the entrance
to the Jail yard. A man named Fitzgerald
was eOnversing with the bystanders, and
said something which offended a negro
among the number, who thereupon applied
to him some opprobrious epithet, and was
Immediately knocked down By Fitzgerald,
who stood over him, but did not seem IN
clined to punish him further. A colored
man by the name of Green, who is a barber
under the johnson House, and who is we'll
known in this city, seeing the affray. 5-sw
out a long butcher knife, sharpened or both
edges, and rushing toward Fitzgerald made
three or four furious slashes at him, which
the latter avoided by springing bacz. Chief
Engineer Hill, who stood within the yard,
Immediately leaped the fence, when Green
thrust at him also, and then started 10 run,

pursued by Mr.. Hill and the police. AS
the former drew near he turned and again
brandished his knife, and as Hill was un-
armed he was unable to get at him. Green
then again turned, and throwing away his
knife, ran up Seneca TO Superior street, and
was there tripped and thrown by gentle
man passing, and at once secured by the po-
lice. Fitzgerald had his knuckles cut, and
another man also received wound on the
hand. This, so far as we could learn, was
the only difficulty Of any moment that oc-
/ Cured.


A good deal of joking was going on in the
crowd, and among the whites there was no
excitement visible, although some indeed
proposed that the slave should not be released
at any rate, until South Carolina consented to
deliver up the forts she had taken possession
Of, which seemed to be considered q very
good joke by everybody. 1t is to be hoped
that the examinations will be allowed TO
transpire without any disturbance.
Year: 1861

Those gentlemen left for the East on Mon
day night. We hope they may be success.
full in their negotiations. These are hard
times TO build railroads, but as this road
will not run through a secession State, and
must pay in the end, we think it may go
through successfully.- ViHcenHes Gazette.
Year: 1861

how Information was obtained as to her
whereabouts, is not known, although it is
almost certain that some one acquainted
with the facts must have written to Goshorn,
and we understand that suspicious are cast
upon one or tive cOlOred persons residing in
this city, by their brethren.
Year: 1861

We believe it was Mrs. Partington who
said that Mr.. Lincoln would never be able
to stop the Southern PORTFOLIOS with his
blockhead.


The Cincinnati Gazette, an old abolition
sheet has come to the same conclusion
1t says:


The whole history Of blockates ought
to show any general that they are a very
poor foundation for strategic policy
The idea was part of an inibecile mode OF
warfare; and all military policy that de-
pended on it and waited for it must ne
cessarily have been imbecile. This war
has got to be prosecuted, if ever prose-
cuted, by fghting-by conQuerng the re-
bells in the field and in their intrench-
ments 1t will never be brought to close
by our blockade, nor by the starvation or
nakedness of the rebels. The sooner we
admit that fact, the sooner we shall begin
the war
Year: 1861

The Richmond correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury says. Our dry goods
men are rejoicing the eyes of the ladies
with the sight of fresh prints and new
patterns just imported from England.
hear that the statistics of the shops will
show that the Bermuda brought over q
cargo twice as large as the Great Eastern
could contain.