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Year: 1862

Captain John Sebastian, of this city, who
is row with the gun feet, writes home that
the Union feeling as expressed by the people
up the Tennessee River is uumistaksble and
cheering. He says: .t.s


Since our victory at Fort Henry we have
been to the head of navigation on this river
| write this on our return to the fort. You
would be surprised to know the extent and
character of the Union feeling on this river
through Middle Tennessee. / have never
seen any people more devoted to a govern
ment than they are to the United States.
Hundreds Of country people came to see US
men, women and children. Old gray headed
men wept like children aud implored US to
stay with them. They would fight for the
Union, but have 10 guns, having been dis
armed by the Confederate authorities; even
shot gun is scarcely to be found in the
county. We have thirty or forty men who
have joined the eunboat service. We have
on board young man whose mOther-a
very old woman-has been running about
the country for weeks her life having been
threatened by the Seeessonists. There is
also an old man of sixty years, of very fine
intellect who has been sleeping in the woods
for the past six weeks; he has wife aud A
largo family of children. There are not a
few people of this kind in this section. Wa
have not in the State of Ohio batter or mora
loyal citizens than these poor, prosecuted
people of Tennessee. OF this fact have be-
come fully convinced during my short stay
here.
Year: 1862

There seems to be considerable misapnre


hension in the minds Of many persons in re-
GARD to the relationship existing betye "a
servant and master or mistress. Cases of
assault and battery are tried in the Quarter
Sessions occasionally, where the eyidenca
discloses that the servant has become i'm
pressed with the idea that she is the mis-.
tress, and, when the head Of the family ex-
ercises the rig bit given him by the law, he is
met with prosecution for assault and bat.
terry. In a case tried on Tuesday, the iury
convicted gentleman of assault and battery,
preferred by his servant, who had been dis
charged, and who returned to the house and
abused the mistress. The defendant made
his own statement after the conviction, aud,
in passing sentence, the Judge laid down
some principles which it would be well for
persons concerned to ponder over. Judge
Allison said: IF the prosecutrix (the SER
vanD used improper language toward her
mistress, defied the proper authority OF the
defendant, refused TO leave the house when
ordered by him to do so, the law would ius-
tify him IN using so much force as was neces-
sary to put her out Of doors. 1t was yery
common impression among house servants,
that, instead of entering a family for the
purpose OF serving, it was their right to rule,
and set up an authority superior to that
OF their employers; and, from the depend
eDce of many persons upon this descrip-
ZION of help, the relations of parties be-
come substantially changed; the real and
proper head of domestic establishment be-
comes subject to the rule of an imperious,
hiPh.tempered servant. The sooner this class
of persons understood their true position in
the family, the better it would be for them,
which was, that they were bound to give
respectful obedience to all lawful commands
of their employers. If a servant, instead of
thus conducting herself becomes impudent
and sets at defiance the proper authority TO
which, as a part of her contract, she prom
ises obedience upon being taken into the
family, she may be ordered to leave the
house, and if she refuses, she may be put
out, and ali the force necessary to enforce
the ovder may be used, and the law would
hold person thus maintaining his authority
in his own house responsible only for the
employ ment of more violence than is neces.
sary to accomplish the object. But in case
of this description, where party is charged
with an assault and battery, court and Jury
ought not to hold defendant to q strict ac-
countsbiiity, for few things are more
provoking Than to be thus dsfied and in-
suited, and where q jury convict because the
strict limit of the law is exceeded, the light
est possible sentence ought to be imposed,
which | shall do in this Instance, by requir-
ing the defendant to pay fine of one cent
and costs. philadelphia Ledger.
Year: 1862

Without the girdle of truth, you may fall
into error. Without the breastplate of
righteousness, you may fall into lethargy
Without the shoes of the gospel of peace,
you may fall into dependency. Without
the shield of faith, you may fall into apos-
tacy. Without the helmet of salvation, you
may fall into despair. Without the sword
of the spirit, you may fall into cowardice.
And without praying and watching, you
may fall into any thing, however bad or
dangerous
Year: 1862

The Sabbath comes. How perfect and how
grateful sits silence Dumb is labor, and
hushed all tumult and care. Even the great
marts of trade are deserted, and cities rest.
Thevery birds sing a new song--and GER
tain, delicious soothing greets you at your
waking, and murmurs to you gratefully:
This is the day the Lord has made" Dull
and dead must he be beyond the dullness
and deadness of the mere sluggard, who does
not fe ell some awakening of the better man
within him at the hallowed advent Of the
Sabbath morning


To consecrate and complete the home.
there must be religion in it, and, as the
world and life are, Sunday must be looked
to mainly for the giving that conservation
and completeness. In itself the home is
sacred place. Its founder is God. Its oifls.
its possibilities are His The things sacred
to the soul and life are oft. 1t is the place
otbirtb, of growth, ofdeath-and these three
great mysteries these processes in our being,
sanctify it unto us. Distinctively religions
then should be the home made by us, and
every father and mother be known as the
priest and priestess of the domestic altar.
The old Levitical law should be revived
among u.s.. and every man "sanctify his
house to be holy unto the Lord"


The religion of home should be broad and
genial as religion in itself is, not confined TO
seasons and to tasks, not to catechisms and
articles Of faith, not to set acts and forms,
not to the Bible and devotion, but liberal
aud complete, enfoldiug aud touching every
thing, every position, relation, act-ioys,
as well as sorrOws--the least, the common,
as we'll as the greatest and the exceptional
1t should have all the reverence of the first
commandment, and all the scope of the sec
opd-and this secured by word and work, by
precept, by influence, direct and indirect,
not BY causing TO Bno v and do, but by lead
thing most to be apprehended, most TO
guard against, is distinguishing the members
Of the home with the subject of re)igion-a
thing many well meaning homes have
done,--J. r. W. Ware
Year: 1862

The Holy Spirit will work without the
fire of Providence, in changing us into the
image of Christ just in proportion as we
look with open face to the glory of Christ,
for the express purpose of initiating him.
Yes; let his glory change us from "glory
to glory" and from one heavenly virtue on
to another; and whatever conformity to the
divine image we gain by this purifying
process of holy contemplation will lessen
the necessity for severe purifying disci-
pline. -
Year: 1862

JUST IN TINE The Charleston Is o.
papers announce an abundance of green peas
in their markets. The Union troops on the
coast of that State will doubtless have an
opportunity of partaking Of them before the
war is over. -rr.
Year: 1862

There is an interesting Grim. con- case in
progress in one of the churches of this city,
an erring brother being hauled up sentiment
ally to the bull ring for loving not wisely
but too we'll Full particulars will probably
appear in a day or two in the Indianapolis
American, the Rev. Parson Goodwin, editor.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Year: 1862

Express and the Journal of Commerce in
New York. Does any one fail to see
that Congress is hated by the enemies of
the country, because it has been true to
the country


We hope to see goodly proportion of
the men reelected who have made this
Congress 50 effective Of good, and 50 much
hated and feared by all tho various grades
an4 shades of sympathixers with treason
And this, not solely, or principally, be
cause they deserve it, but because they
can be trusted, and because it is the in
terest of the country to re-elcct them
+ Wash. Rep.
Year: 1862

1t is generally Acknowledged that the
South was indebted for its former in-
fucucc in Washington, very much to lis
practice OF giving its Representatives in
Congress long terms of service, Wheth-
er this practice was deliberately adopted
upon considerations Of Foley, or whether
it grew out OF peculiar social condition,
it is not material to enquire. The prac-
ticc existed as a matter of fact, while the
contrary practice Of rotation in the choice
Of members OF Congress has gcuerally ob-
tanned at the North. The consequence
was, that the Southern Representative,
with no advantage III ability. and inferior
in respect to education and general intor-
nation, had an undoubted superiority in
parliamentary experience; and the i'm
portance Of superiority in that particular
cannot be orer estimated.


The interest Of constituencies to be ei-
fectiveiy represented, is consideration
of vastly greater moment than the pre-
tensions of aspirants. The first is public,
and effects hundreds Of thousands. The
last are the concerns OF only lew indi-
yiduas


The real question to BE- considered by
Il constituency, is, who can best repre-
sent them and their political principles in
the national legislature. The mere fact
that an individual was selected two years
ago, does not prove that it is now wise to
re-elect him; but SO also, ii is no ground
for assuming that the selection of an in
dividual is inadmissible to-day, that he
has been selected once, twice, or three
times before. The true question is al
ways, who is the best mang--taklng all
circumstances Including experienced in
to the account. 1t is unwise to say that
member of Congress shall have two
terms as a matter of right, without re-
gard to the capacity for usefulness which
he may develope during the first term.
And il is equally unwise to say that any
number OF terms of service should exclude
anybody from the lists from which the
people may choose Representative. The
true question, We repeat it, is always the
same, who is the best man. and expert
ence is never disqualifyinS circum-
stance, but always the reverse.


Without spending any more time and
words in generalzing, We hope to see a
large proportion Of the true men in the
present Congress reelected by their con-
stituents. They have deserved itby their
courage, fidelity, persistency in we'll do.
ing, and the vast results which they have
accomplished for the country. 1t is a safe
rule, to conclude that the point of attack
by all the eyil-disposed, is precisely the
point which the well-disposed should rally
to support That point, beyond all ques.
ton, is the present Congress of the Uni
ted States, It has been the target &c Il,
abuse Of every sheet in the country in the
interest of secession, or in sympaty with
secession, and not few Of them have
gone the length Of threatening to drive
it out of the capital with the bayoncts 81
the soldiery. And it is in the same spirit
ahat they have been insisting for months
that Congress should abdicate its power,
and adjourn. Does any one fail to SCI
why that body is SO offensive to the Wash
ington Star, to the Baltimore Sun, to tho
Boston Courier, and to the Herald, th,
Year: 1862

Imagine 8 hole thirteen inches in diame-
ter, with seventeen inches Of solid iron pour
ed around it five feet long, and the depth Of
the bore three feet, and you have 8 tolerably
good idea Of one Of our mortars. Into this
great engine Of war is placed first Of all Q
large scoop or shovel full o powder (twenty-
five pounds, or an ordinary powderke fun, J
tied in flannel bag, then covered by pecu-
liar kind of waddiDg. After this one of the
enormous bombs, weighing when filled over
220 pounds, in which is placed a metallic
fuse. The bag is pierced, the mortar is ad-
justed to the proper angle Of inclination, and
the right direction attained first by the gem
eral position Of the boat, and in a minor de.
gree by the training of the carriage. The
Runners stand back behind the tsrpaulins,
the ooncussion is SO tremendous as TO endan-
ger their sight and hearing when exposed ;
the match Is spplied, and away goes themes
senger of death, Kissing along in its fiery
course. The mortar boat meanwhile is COW
cred with dense smoke of ''villainous salt
petre, which slowly drifts away. The great
thunderer sits there few PAGES to the rear,
light smoke family curling from his caver-
nous mouth, as if nothing had happened. In
q few Eainutss he is spOnged out and Is ready
for another charge.
Year: 1862

ii ne q ever heard OF charcoal dressln


being good for vines, and said he'd rea


In book that it was SO, but had neve


tried it. He kindly lent me the bool


which was translated from some forre
one. And after had picked out of


all | could, / tried the charcoal in th


way the book told me to try it and that
how the grapes and flower beds came t
please you, my lord. 1t was luck
chance that even l heard those gentle
men taking in the news, please you
lord"


"Chance happens to ALL" answere,
the peer, sententiously but to turl
chance to account is the gift Of few"
His lordship returned home, gazee
gloomily on the hues of his vast partner
es he visited his wineries, and scowlet
at the clusters he summoned his heat
gardener, gentleman Of the highest re
pute for science, and who never spok,
of a cow-slip except by its name in Lat
in.


10 this learned parsonage my lo:c
communicated what he had heard anc
seen of the benignan, effects of charcoal
and produced in proof very magnifi
cent bunch of grapes, which he had
brought from the squire's.


My lord" said the gardner, scarcely
glancing at the grapes, +" Squirs-'s gar.
d'ner must be poor ignorant creature
10 fancy he had discovered a secret in
what is so well known to every professed
hortlculturlst. Professor Lebig, my
lord has treated of the good effects Of
charcoal dressing, to vines especially ;
and it is to be explained on those chemi-
cal principles "-thsrswith the wise man
entered into a profound disputation oi
which his lordship did not understand a
word


Well, then, said the peer, cutting
short the harrangue, "since you know
so we'll that charcoal dressing is good for
vines and flowers, have you ever tried on
mine %


" / can't say have, my lord it did
not chance to come into my head"





Nay replied the peer, chance put it
into your head, but thought never took
it out of your head"


My Lrd, who if he did not know so
much about horticulture, was a correct
Judge of mankind, dismissed the man of
learning, and with apologies for seeking
to rob his neighbor OF such treasure,
asked The squire to transfer to his ssr
vice the man of genius. The squire.
who thought that now the charcoal had
been once discovered, any new gardener
could apply it as well as the old one, was
to happy to oblige my lord and advance
the fortunes Of an honest fellow born in
this village. His lordship knew very
well that man who makes good use Of
the ideas received through chance, will
make a still better use of ideas received
through study, He took some kind but
not unselfish pains with the man of
genius whom he had gained to his SER
vice.


The man is now my lord's 8 head forest
er and bailiff. The woods thrive under
him, the farm pays largely He and my
lord are both the richer for the connect.
ION between them. He is not the less
practically pains taking, though he no
longer saps bent and his :" nor the
less ielicitously theoretical. though he
no longer ascribes successful expert
ment to chance.
Year: 1862

been very freely expressed, and in some=eaaes
the feeling OF Indignation has been so gprofouud
as to require little fostering 10 ripen into
thing nearly akin to mrtiny. have myself
heard many officers and soldiers declare most
positively that nothing shall ever induce them
to fight IN support Of Abolitionisna They
say they are in arms to vindicate the Consti.
tuition and the laws of the land, and will never
consent to be made tools in the hands of dc.
signing fanatics, to ado still further to the hofs
rors of war already of the most sanguinary
character. These observations are sud denly


hnshed, since the issue OF Gen. McCieilari's


order, and no further difficulty on the subject


need be apprehended for the present. The ar.


my will wait till the lst of January next, to see


whether the Government really intends to carry


into effect policy certain to draw from the
desperate chiefs OF the rebellion system of
reprisals whose character, as already FORE
shadowed BY the resolutions offered in the


rebel Congress, is sufficient to make human.


ity shudder. 8
Year: 1862

who, through their respective Captains, are or,
seered Immediately to canvass every county
and visit every citizen in their beats for thi
purpose. A. liberal price will be paid for every
sning wh ere the owner feels that he or, she is
not NO al able to donate it and active agents, will
Immediately forward them to our suffering
REGIMENTS g Expenses will be allowed the off :
cers engaged in this duty. and transportation
furnished the Colonels OF their agents to bring
the articles to Raleigh. -,-.t4,


Ana now my countrymen and women, if
you nave any thing to spare for the soldier, in
his name appeal to you for it. Do not let
let the specuIator have it, though he offer you
eIormons prices !; spurn him from our door
and say to him that our brave defenders have
need for it and shall have it without passing
through his greedy fingers. Do not place your
self among the extortioners-they are the viii
est and most cowardly of all our country's
enemies and when this war is ended aud peo.
pie come to view the matter in its proper light
you will find that the most detested tories are
worse than they. When they tempt you with
higher prices than the State offers, just think
for a moment Of the soldier and what he is do
ing for you. Remember when you sit down
by the bright and glowing fire, that the sol
dier is sitting upon the cold earth, that in the
wind which is whisting 50 fearfully over your
root, only making you feel the more comforta-
Bile because it harms you not, he is shvering
in darkness on the dangerous out posts, or
shuddering through the dreary hours of his
watch. Remember that when you come forth


in the morning we'll fed and warmly clad, lead :


ing your families towards the spot where the
blessed music of the Sabbath bells tells you of
the peaceful worship of the God of Peace, the
soldier IS going forth at the same moment per
haps, half fed after a night of shivering and
suffering to where the of artillery and
shout of battle announces that he is to die, that
your peace and safety may be preserved. Oh!
remember these things generous and patriotic
people of North Carolina, and give freely OF
your perishable goods to those who are giving
all that mortal man can give for your safety
and your rights. st e1s


| Z. B. VANCE.
| Raleigh, October Is. 1862.
Year: 1862

If you want to see confusion apparently
worse confusioH, go into a general post Office.
Bushels Of letters are tumbled around the cen
ter table. The nimble hands Of the men catch
them up faster than you or can follow them,
and every letter is turned the right way
After going through certain processes they arc
all thrown into leather bags that are scatter
ed all about the room, according to their desti-
nations. The morning comes, and the mails
90 out, and each one Of that enormous pile
that seems so tangled and confused having a
special message and direction, takes its own
course. Though it seems impossible that
they could reach the place for which they were
intended: to north, and south, and east, aud
west, through streams and over railroads, and
one is dropped in this hamlet, another in that
village, and another in some other, till they are
all properly distributed. A million letters
go forth from this single point; and not one
fails 10 reach the person to whoF it was ad-
dressed.


Now the world is Gods great post Office,
where everything is turmoil and apparent dis
order; but there is a distributive hand of Prov
idence by which all things are disentangled. The
issues and results show that in the midst of
this tumult and disorder there is u guiding
power. When a man really believes that, it
is a wonderful comfort to him while passing
through the varied experiences Of human life.


Religion comes to teach us that above eve
ry mans wisdom there is divine Providence;
that men arc in this life not unmatched nor un-
cared for, but under Fathers eye and prUt5c-
ton; that they are provided for by Proyi-
dence that takes account even of the very
hairs of their head Beecier.
Year: 1862

In the Country Gentleman, Of the
I'd inst. S. Edwards Todd treats the
subject of manuring for winter wheat
thus, in preference to mingling the
manure thoroughly with tue soil, as
deep as it is plowed: BY plowing
the soil to a good depth once, and by
working only a few inches in depth
of the surface-rendering it fine and
mellow-and by Spreading finely pull
verized compost on the surface, and
simply narrowing it in about the time
the grain is sowed or drilled in, the
roots, for the most part, viii strike
ont horizontally, or nearly so, and
Nil become SO thoroughly interviewer
with each other near the surface, that
they are not drawn out at the surface,
as they are when they strike down
nearly vertically; but the entire soil
rises and settles back in the same man
ner as sod ground does, without hcaY-
ing out the plants.


l have made particular inquiry Of
those farmers who have adopted the
practice Of manuring on the surface,
i'll every locality where have travel
ed during the past season; and have
found that in most instances they are
satisfied that winter grain viii not
suffer so much injury from freezing
and thawing, wien the manure is well
rotted and spread thin on the surface,
and narrowed in about the time when
the grain is put in, as it will if the
manure is plowed under.


This subject is very important
one to farmers in those regions where
winter wheat is one of the great sta
piles, or even where but little is rails
ed; and l am we'll satisfied that when
our wet soils have been well under
drained, and when a good supply of
compost is made for surface manuring
in autumn, there viii not be so many
failures in winter wheat, provided the
wheat midge does not injure it.
Year: 1862

Our farmers should turn their at
tention to the raising Of horses and
mules in anticipation Of the large de-
mands which will surely come, and at
paying prices too. Here is what the
Secretary of the Vermont State Ag-
ricultural Society says on this subject
in his annual report:


"The number of horses in Vermont
before the breaking out Of the rebel
lion, was about $4,000, since which,
nearly 10000 have been carried from
the State for army purposes. This
immense levy for horses has been made
throughout the entire country. When
it is considered comparatively few of
these horses Will find their way back;
that the number which will die of dis
case or become unfit fod service is TWEEN
ty times as great as it would be were
they used for any other kind of bust
ness; that to meet this great want of the
Government a large portion of the bu-
siness horses Of our cities, which have
been thrown out of service by gemer-
al DrOstration, have been bought up;
it readily appears, that even during
the war, horses must advance in price,
and at its close, when business shall
revive and trade resume its former
channels, the demand for good horses
must exceed the supply. Reasoning
from these premises, no more proiita-
ble labor Can be engaged in than the
production of good business horses" "