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Year: 1863

to lay our lives upon the holy altar sacrifice
to principle and patriotism.


These duties are made the more binding
by the war onr mean and wicked enemy is
waging against us. For it is a war whose
object is our subjuga.ion or determination.


lie will be satisfied with nothing shor: of our
destruction or our thraldom. He purposes to
despoil US of our substance, TO overthrow our
institutions, to subvert our liberties, to de-
grade our honor, to inaict upon us every i'm
aginable woe and misery. All the interests
that are most dear unite in enforcing the
claims of patriotism. They give utterance
to the same sounds. They sre in perfect har-
mony. We consult our highest profit in yield'
ing to the demands of our country. We dis
charge our duties to our families by girding
on the sword. We defenasShr domestic sane.
tuaries by going forth to the battle against
the brutal invaders who would apply the
torch to those homes and stain the purity of
their inmates. So that indeed We give the
clsarest proof of cur affection for those we
profess to love by complying with the demands
made upon US by the authorities Of our imper-
illed country.


Engaged in a righteous cause, upon which
We can with propriety solicit the blessing of
Heaven, in the maintenance of which it is
made our duty TO take part, he should be
stigmatized as traitor who, from any con-
sideration whatsoever, refuses to lend his aid
in its support and achievement. Condemn
ed by public opinion, and OF the bar of his
own conscience, such man should be &C
cursed.
Year: 1863

was nc. of sufficient strength to sustain her
with the impetus given to her fall, and, oh
horror, the dress gave way, leaving piece
in the unfortunate mans hand as he hung
suspended from the rope, sustaining himself
by the joint of his knee by means of which
he had saved himself, and she went down
crashing upon the seats that ascend from the
curb of the ring to the top Of the inclosurr.
She was taken in hand by the ladies in the
neighborhood, and every thing that could be
done was done. 1t ia said that from $4,000
to $4,000 will be raised by subscription for
the child she has left behind.
Year: 1863

the Court j. ac.e.vus and shall also take
and subscribe All oath before the Clerk Of the
Court, to be fled in his Office, that they will
truly comply with the terms of their contract,
and will distll no more, nor dispose OF any
portion of that distilled, otherwise than is
mentioned in th, ir said contracts, upon which
oath, il violated, perjury may be assigned in
the Court of Sessions.


SIC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the
Magistrates of this State, in their respective
Districts, to see that the provisions Of this
Act are enforced, and if. from personal obser'
walton or information on oath, it shall come
to the knowledge Of any one Of them, that
any person or persons, are engaged, OF nave
been engaged, in unlawful distilling, it shall
b. the duty Of such Magistrate to issue his
warrant commanding the arrest of the party
or parties, and the seizure of the stills sud
other apparatus used in the distillaion; the
party or parties to be held to answer to an
indictment as herein provided, and the stills
and other apparatus seized to be detained,
pending the prosecution, and on conviction to
be appropriated to the public use, as may be
ordered by the Court.


SEC. 4. That every Captain Of Patrol shall,
in his regular return to the Captain of the
Beat, report any violations of this law, and
said Captain shall Immediately report the fact
to the nearest Magistrate for action thereon.


SEC. 5. That this Act shall continue in ex-
istence for .ix months after treaty Of peace
With the United States, and no longer.
10 the Senate House, the eighteenth day Of


December, in the year of our Lord one


thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and


in the eighty-seventh year of the sorer-


eighty and independence Of the State Of
f. South Carolina.


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Year: 1863

REMEDY NEEDED.-A Government wood yard


been established in the rear Of the Smithsonian
grounds, between Eighth and Ninth streets, in
consequence of which the South sidewalk, OF
South street, ID completely destroyed by the
Government wagons, which daily assemble to cart
away the wood, and the residents of this vicinity
are compelled to wade through mud foot deep,
% Obtain communication with the outer world.
Year: 1863

Macauly, the historian, will certainly
never be suspected Of hostility to freedom.
He thus explains even the horrors Of the
reign of terror. His apology carries with
it an awful warning against the election Of
incompetent persons to Office. he says:


'Unbappily, the republic was subject to
men who were mere demagogues, and in no
sense statesmen. They could declaim at a
club. They could lead a rabble to mis-
chief. But they had no skill to conduct
the affairs OF an empire. The want Of skill
they supplied by atrocity and blind yio-
lence. For legislative ability, fiscal ability,
diplomatic ability they bad one substitute
the guillotine. Indeed their exceeding
ignorance, and the barrenness OF their in
vention, are the best excuse for their mur
ders and robberies. We really believe tba
they would not have cut of so many
threats, and picked SO many pockets,
they had known how govern in any othel
way.
Year: 1863

GENERAL ScHfEK, now tae blood and
thunder General of Baltimore, was 10
Congress in lS49, and held forth in q speech
thus


II We of the Northern States will not
vote for Southern. man merely because he
is Southern man, ,,aod men of the South
will not vote for . Northern man merely
because be is q Northern man, and if that
principle is to be carried out in all our ma
tional politics and elections. what must be
the result Disunion That itself IS dis.
union You may disguise and cover il up
as you please, but that it will be. 1t may
be regarded as but the 6rst step in disunion
but its consequences follow IS inevitable ss
fate. One section--the North or the South
must always have the majority. Dis.
franchise all upon the other side, and the
Union would not hold together adsy; IL
ought not to hold together upon such cOndi-
H0ns day.
Year: 1863

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Would ye know the grand song that shall sing out tn.


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That ehall flow down the world as the lines dewn IN,


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That shall break through the Eones like North and South


river, 7-~
From Winter to Spring making music forever.
l heard its first tone by old fashioned hearth
The cry of an anthem on the brink Of its birth
Twas the tea-kettle's drowsy and droning refrain
AS sang through its nose, as swung from the crane
Twas being begun and awaiting It's brains
10 be saddled and brided and given the reins. -.f
Now its lungs are Of steel and its breathinss OF Gre
And ~ crannches the miles with an iron desire;
its white cloud OF a name like banner unfurled, a
hows through the hills and II pants round the world
II burrows the forest and lashes the food,
lis syllable dropped from the thunder Of CfoD
on; stand We. TO- night, in the door Of the heart,


WIN ts nerve raveled out floating free on the air
AndfseAa0 its way with ETHEREAL art


by the flash OF the Telegraph everywhere,
And then think, If you can, Of mission more grand
Than mission to lice In this time and this land
kound The world for sweetheart" an arm you can
And your lips to the ear Of the listening mankindl
Year: 1863

The large vote polled in the Sixth Ward on
Tuesday last renders il matter Of no doubt
whatever that frauds Of the most glaEing char
acter were perpetratcd there. At least three
hundred persons voted who do not reside in
the Ward, and the whole 1nattcris undergoing
Investigation. From the absence Of Union
challengcrs and ticket-pedlars on the after
noon of election day, and the carclessness
manifested by those whose duty It WAS to see
that not an Illegal vote was polled, there is
too much ground for damaging suspicion
copoorharH
Year: 1863

No CHANCE FOR D1ssAT1sFAcTroS.-DeLa
Il Co. authorize those who ecll their goods to
tell purchasers to use one-half Of paper OF
their Chemical Sa}c1atus, and then If they are
not entirely satisfied with Its superiority oyer
Soda or any other brand OF Salcratus to return
The balance and get the money for the whole
refunded. This Saleratus is perfect, therefore
they are willing to Let it stand or fall upon its
own merit.
Year: 1863

Senator Cowan, OF Pennsylvania, IN
the last speech he made in the Senate. at
its last session, just on the eve of its ad
iournment, made the following reference
to the Democratic party. He said:


"Now, it seems to me that ii we of the
predominant party were more tolerant of
the opposition, and instead Of taking pains
to insult their beliefs and misrepresent
their opinions, we should be very careful
to avoid any allusion to them whatever,
we should soon disarm that oppos ton.
! have been from the first of opinion that
the introduction of any measure no mat
ter how important it might appear to be
in the eyes of their friends, calculated to
provoke the hostility OF the Democratic
party and incite it to opposition, was
mischievous to the highest degree, and
that all we might gain by such a measure
would be nothing compared with what
we should lose by arousing it to resist it.
| Their harmonious cooperation with us IN
/ the prosecution of the war is worth more
/ to the country thousand times over than
any measure we could propose, and which
would tend to ALLEVIATE them from us. Is
there any man living to-day, who loves
his country better than his own hobby


who would not be willing and ready tt
give up all the causes of difference will
that great party, composing one-half oul
people, for the sake of inSuring its hearty
and cheerful co operation with us in car
rying on the war? Sir, had rather have
the moral and material aid of the Dem
ocratic party in this war, than all the leg
islative projects that could be hatched in
the brains of Congress composed en-
tirely OF reformers. One kindly pulsation
of its great heart ond one sturdy stroke OF
its mighty arm would do more to put
down the rebellion than all the laws we
could possibly pass. ! would cheeriully
yield all my preconceived notions at any
time to secure its al in this extremity,
and with its aid l believe the unity OF
the republic would soon be restored, and
the old flag again float everywhere, still
more the subject of veneration and still
more the assurance of safety and protec'
ton than it ever was. would respect
the traditions of that party, and deal ten
derly with its likes and dislikes, and
surely under no circumstances would
offend it when it could be avoided.
Year: 1863




The following extract is from Mr..
Voorhees, late speech in New York. We
copy it because IL is true as Holy Writ


"Mr. Voorhees, read from the debates in
Congress, showing that Douglas said in
the Thirty sixth Congress that if his par
ty had triumphed in the last q lection, the
people of the Southern States would have
rested in the security that they were safe,
and the Union would never have been dis
solved. Washington, Jefferson, Jack
SON, Clay and Webster, predicted that
the result of a sectional party would be
disunion and civil war, and yet the Re.
publicans are excessively sensitive about
being charged as the apthors Of this war
| am sure, said the speaker, if felt that
the blood of this war was in any way on
my hands, or that any vote of mine had
brought into existence thousand miles
of graves upon the borders Of the South
had caused this mourning of mothers for
their first born, like Rachael weeping for
her children because they are not /; if |
thought that was responsible by word
or deed for this war, | should feel that
upon my fingers was the blood red damn
ed spot of murder, that would incarna-
dine great Neptune's wave, and that all
the waters in the ocean would not wash
out. Great applause, and three cheers
for Voorhees,, the patriot given heartily.
There would be no rcpose for me this
side or the other of the grave. l would
have to keep lighted candle in my room
to keep away spectres of the murdered
dead and slain in battle. thank Goo
to night, and love to look in the faces o
an audience that participate in the feel
ings that no Democrat has to take thc
guilt of this great crime against nature
and humanity. You know it well tina
if every body had voted as you voted
and talked as you talked. aad minded
their own business as you minded yours
and let the slave States alone in slavery
and let them have the guarantees of tin
Constitution-who does not know tina
there would have been peace and Uniol
before to-day.


The man who pretends he don't know
it falsifes his own internal convictions
Every man knows it. He who stands
before you and says it is not true dom
even represent his own heart. 1t is al
inactive feeling in your own breast, ant
you know it. Consequently, when yor
ask this question of Republicans, how
anxious, how nervous, and sensitive the
; are; how they put up their hands and say
: "Let's argue this question when the wa
, is over;" it is like Banquo's ghost threat
, ming McBeth. Their eyeballs are scare
by the awful sight. They ask that tn
day of reckoning may be postponed, lk
9 some guilty wretch upon the verge of he


ITSELF they say, "Forbear for few days
let us not discuss these questions now
How loving they are with Democrats tha
will give them time-with men who vii
agree to say, "We will speak of thes
things when the war is over" All, gen
tlemen, short accounts and quick settle
ments are best. Great cheering


propose to settle this account all along
the inc. 1t is best to do so because the
will be asking us to trust them again.
Year: 1863

A woman will never acknowledge to
defeat, You may conquer her, you may
bring her on Eer knees, you may wave
over her head the very flag of victory.
but still she will not acknowledge she is
beaten.
Year: 1863

DRUNKENNESS IN THE MY-Drunk-
enness among the officers of the,army j. ,
terrible vice-in itself, but espAially in
it's consequences. We can judge soma
thing of the extent of this evil in.Wash.
ington, for We see many intoxicated Off
GERS here. It was but the other day that
I saw noble-looking young lieutenant
staggering up the Avenue, and inquiring
the position of the National Hotel, which
was right before him. Yet in time of bat
tie the lives of true and honest men are
put IN his charge, and he cannot even
govern himself or his appeticer Ne
drunken officer should remain an hour in
the army. No officer who has ever been
seen drunk should be permitted to remain
An hour in the army, for he is IN unsafe
man. Let us have reform in this respect
in the army. Away with the worthless
officers, and let faithful men be promoted
from the ranks. There is not regiment
in the service which has not in it twenty
privates fit to be ieutenants and captains.
These are the men for such places-the
bold, brave, loyal men. -.
Year: 1863

If we assume that at the opening OF
1868 our national debt will be eight hun
dred millions of dollars, it will even then
be less then one fifth of that OF Great
Britain, one half that of France, the same
of Austria, and even the little kingdom OF
Holland. Our capacity to meet it is real
" greater than that of all these nations
together; for while they have reached the
limits of their expansion and resources
deyelopement of ours There is nothing,
therefore, to discourage us in the expec-
tation of a happy tissue out of all our
troubles" We may look cheerfully at
the taxation which we are about to en-
counter, and adopt the philosophy OF an
irish member of the House OF Commons
who said that the " true way of avoiding
danger was to meet it plump. ~ Z
Ereaing Post.
Year: 1863




We are aS.waiting with patient anxiety
for the first day OF January. Rebellion
then receives it's heaviest blow, and must
give way before it. The great question Of
the age will then pass from the halls Of
debate to be settled by the sword. Will
abraham Lincoln do the act which cuts
iff slavery from oil constitutional fights !?
Two days viii tell. We believe he will,
for his mind has long since been made up
that the institution must die ere peace can
be restored to onr distracted fufid. God
speed the day that strikes down the cruel
gstem of wrong! God nerve each patriot
10 do his full duty in carrying out the laws
of man and the laws of heaven. May the
New Year bring with it sunshine to dis
perse the dark clouds Of 1862, and may
the year to come, be at its close, one OF
peace and prosperity. A. b.
Year: 1863

New York is beginning to speak pretty


loudly over the unreasonable neglect. IN


the army payments. Our people think
that there is money enough to pay up, If
there was the right spirit among the proper


authorities. Depend on it, this delay will
not last much longer nor happen again
yery soon. On whatever side our city
takes stand, she commands respect, and
in this matter of paying our soldiers she
must soon have it acceded to. We all feel
that the brave fellows who have gone from
us to fight the battles of right and justice
ought to be properly paid and not permit
ted to wait for their money. They car
rest assured that their claims are iookee
after by their friends at home who WI
Year: 1863

70 FAR as we can learn las rot rained this forenoon
This IS Ut7y ordinary it supis ng. Such thing
has not been known in weeks The month of June, Just
past has ceta My been remarkable month in this ati-
tUde To nothing Of the RAIN and recoIIect
quite mUeh the weather has been much cooler than
usual for June. The Thermometer in office is 81 and
think that Just about high have this
Last year in June the temperature
ly above % June Of last year least grees
hotter than the month which clos d with Tuesday.


" regret to learn that good deal of low ground
is likely TO suffer from the excessive We learn from
gentlemen cit of different Eastern countless that too
much OF it already shows tendency to turn yellow How
ever, should the rain abate without too hot sun, the
jury to the Low grounds may not be serious


We should judge that although there has rain
in the interior than the farmers could desire in the wheat
cutting there has been much less there than
has been along the seacoast The Cape River which
rises IN the Central and Western countless does exhibit
and has not exhibited that swollen and angry lock which
certainly would have done had there been any such
along its head waters, have had down this way
Year: 1863

margins they have been present, not
only on the deep sea, the broad bay
and the rapid river, but also up the
narrow, muddy bayou, and wherever
the ground was a little damp, they
have been and made thoir tracks,
Thanks to all, for the great republic,
forithe principles by whichit lives and
keeps alive for mans vast future !;
thanks to all, that peace docs not ap-
pear SO distant as it did. / hope it
will come soon, and come to stay, and
so come as to be worth the keeping in
all future time n.t


1t will then have been proved that
among frecmcn there can be no sue
cessful appeal from the ballot to the
bullet, and that they who take
such appeal are sure to lose their case
and pay the costs; and then there will
be some black men who can remember
that, with silent tongue, and clenched
teeth, and with steady eye and we'll
pierced bayonct, they have helped man
kind on to this great consummation,
while l fear that there will be some
white men unable to forget that, with
malignant heart and deceitful speech,
they have striven to hinder it. Still, let
us not be over sanguine Of speedy
and final triumph let us be quite sober
let us diligently apply the means, never
doubling that just God, in His own
good time, will give us the rightful re-
suit.


Yours, very truly, .
Year: 1863

MEssRs HosrErTrR sNtra-GsnaeaeH. Please send


me oue Of your Biers your earliest convenience as
have At all extensive sale for them have mrdi
cine OF which selling much your Bers. have
kep them during two year, last pa They have begun
10 sell they have performed remarkable in Dys
pepa which have been Of long standing and from which
they acquired reputation by other medicine In
send you certificates surprising anything
you published Of any value to you being anxious
such medicine will be introduced In every Place persons
w-r. well acquainted with as they would not De wnn-
out L. Respectfully YOUR, -
Year: 1863

Co17oS SALE AT MEMPu1s.-By reference
to our advertising columns, it will be seen
that regular sales Of captured and abandoned
cotton will take place at Memphis On the first
and third Mondays Of each month, the first
sale occurring on the 18th Of June. The sale
is made by the authority Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, and will undoubtedly command
a large attendance.
Year: 1863

in the affair may have an opportunity of doing
30. This is matter which must be left in the
hands OF tie Mayor and Common Council, and
we have every confidence that in this affair they
Will do credit to the city Besides the banquet
there should be grand ball given at the
Academy of Music, 80 that the ladies may have
their opportunity OF smiling a welcome upon
our guests. This must be left to the manage
meDt Of some Of our spirited fellow citizens, and
We may, with all confidence, leave the matter
in their hands.


Whether this unusual rendezvous OF Russian
war vessels in our waters has or has not poll
tical Significance is question which it is unne
cessary to discuss here. Even though it may
not have been 40 intended it will probably
have political effect. The two nations have
many points Of similarity, and have each
great role to perform in history. Russia has
been, in our present troubles, our steadfast
friend, and the only recognition of that friend
ship which we, az citizens, can give is b! ex-
tending the warmest hospitality to her naval
representatives here Let us, by all means.
have grand banquet and ball. and let Ssw
York on these occasions 6atdo herself IA
liberality and magRifcence.
Year: 1863

A dispatch from Gov Curtin states that
Couch army is advancing in force, and
is likely to render important service. The
Governor is satisfied that the rebel army
is in our power, if we act vigorously and
promptly. The crossing of the Potomac
prepared by the enemy Is destroyed, and
he Is short OF ammunition.