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Year: 1863

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their bill and give notice to discontinue them.


4. If subscribers move to other places without
informing the publisher, and the paper Is sent to
the former direction. they are held responsible.
Notice should always be given of removal.


5. The courts have decided that refusing to take
a paper from the office, or removing and leaving it
uncalled for is prima facia evidence of intentional
fraud.
Year: 1863

UNANIMOUS VERDrcT.-The most rigid
analysis BY good chemists has failed to
discover anything in the Chemical Sal
erasas which can, whom properly used.
be in the least degree detrimental
to health. While the women of our
country entertain sentiments widely diff
ferent upon other matters, all concur in
q verdict that the. Chemical Saleratus is
the only infallible article in use for light
and sweet bread. For sale by all Whole
sale Grocers in Chicago. ....
Year: 1863

I A private letter from son in the army
at COrinth to his father in this city gives q
soldiers opinion Of aPeace Men Of the
North. he says: a. cannot think this
Is so-fhat there are men advocating peace.
The Southerners will not give in if they
fnd that We are willing to give way 10
them. They viii be more obstinate and
exorbitant in their demands, and separa-
tion viii be the least they will ask for.
Upon ali those who advocate giving way
to the rebels I hope that the blood Of the
slain thousands Of loyal soldiers may rest
like a mighty mountain, and rise against
them at the judgment-day. If we give up
now, we do what we might have done
long time ago without this bloodshed iH
vain. We have been victorious in almost
every conflict, and have gained possession
or a foOthold in almost every State Of the
COnfsderaey. Aud now, fOrsOOth, for the
coWardly and rascslly Secesh at home to
try and make peace with the damnable
secessiOnists. If they do SO, may God in
his mercy blot them and their memories
from mankind"
Year: 1863

We have charged upon the Democrats
persistent opposition to the war and the
Administration regardless of the results
which may follow. Some of them have
taken ofFense at the charge, and declare
themselves in favor of the war. The Col
umbus Statesman comes up boldly and
says:


"Opposition to the Administration, and
even hostility to it, properly and constitu-
tionally expressed and enforced, is the du-
ty Of every Democrat Of the loyal States
Of every true Union man"


When country is engaged in fierce
war, and that war is one for the preserva-
tion Of the country's very existence, these
are strange words to come from any man
calling himself loyal To break down the
Administration the Democrats viii break
down the country. To afford themselves
the opportunity of ruling they would re-
duce the nation to ruin, and then exult
over their fendish work. Was there ever
disgrace SO deep, or perhdy so bitter2


The issue is fairly made up-the rebels
and the Democrats against the Admins
tration and the soldiers. Honor and pa
t-iotism are upon the side of the latter
shame and tOryism are the allies Of the
former.
Year: 1863

There are some miserable COpperheads
in Indiana, but the Union men are thor
oughly and unequivOcaIly Union. The
series Of Union mass meetings which
have been held at Indianapolis have
brought out some of the strongest kind of
Union talk. One was held on Wednes-
day evening. Among the speakers was a
minister, D. R. Vanbuskirk, who told a
tale Of Dr. Olds:


HHe claimed that as a minister he had
q right to wage warfare on the devil. All
the traitors who are trying to build up a
Southern Confederacy were in league with
the devil himself He said DR.. Olds had a
nightmare, and thought he was dead and
gone to the devil. The devil asked him
where he came from; he said he came
from Ohio, Eleventh District. 'WhatP
said the devil, are you Edison B. 0lds p
Yes Then, said the devil, you can
Just unscrew my tail and put 1t on He
thought there was enough Of the same
kind in the Indiana Legislature who would
keep the devil unsereWing tails"


ECOlonel SpOOner, who was just from
Vicksburg, said that he would like to have
the pups who hang a butternut on their
fob-chains where his gallant boys could
5 ,reach them. They would be cleaned out in
khort order. While our gallant boys were
Suffering, were sleeping in the mud, were
starving, all for the old flag, these sneaks
at home, to their disgrace be it said, were
willing to sacrifice it. he said:


"Keep up these Union meetings, and, if
it is necessary to keep down treason,
gather up your hemp and use it. They
talk about Abolitionists-why they are the
Abolirionists They would abolish the
Constitution and the Union. Why, you
dirty, sneaking dogs, don't you know JEFF
Davis despises your It's doubtful if he
would have you in his dominions without
putting you in jail to keep you from steal
ing. He would 60 back to his regiment
in few days, and he would tell the boys
that the Union men were awake in Indi-
ana, and they would sustain the Old Flag
lift took the life Of every man."


Colonel Branbam said that be would
say to these armistice men that they should
60 to Dixie and try it on JEFF. Davis, and
see how quick be would hang them. He
would take every able bodied man in the
North, and put a musket in his hands, and
that's the way in which he would make an
armistice.
Year: 1863

The Baltimore American, one of the
truest conservative papers in the country.
in an article on General ROsecrans' noble
letter, which has so excited the ire Of the
malignant traitors to their country who
are in our midst, says;


HGeneral ROsecrans has been as true to
himself as to the cause Of his country. He
is q fighting General par excellence, and in
the few occasions that we have heard from
him on paper there has been downright
single-hearted patriotism and devotion to
the cause, which will insure his elevation
to other trusts should the opportunity oc-
cur for this after the war is ended. The
people know their friends-the politicians
know theirs. Let all, in these times, who
do not wish to sink as in a quickssnd
which will never give them back TO the
public view again, keep clear of Peace
Democrats, compromise men, 'srmistice'
plotters, for at the proper time the people
VIII stamp all such as base metal"
Year: 1863

business was transferred to the War De-
partment. The schooner Flora was used
for Transporting property to New York,
and for military operations, and can now
be sold at an advance above cost The
Secretary says that no expenditure what
ever has been made from the Treasury on
account Of the cultivation Of cotton, or
the educational or benevolent care of the
labOrers, the rations furnished by the War
Department being compensated for by the
use of the Flora, and that more than half
a million of dollars had been saved
through these perations, and is in the
hands of the Assistant Treasurer at New
York.
Year: 1863

A dispatch from Evansville to the Gin
einnsti Gazette says that an interesting
affair occurred at Henderson last Sunday.
Green, the editor of the Vincennes Sun,
was visiting Henderson, stopping at the
Hancock House. During the evening,
while Colonel Foster and most Of the off,
GERS were at church, nearly all of the SOL
diers NOT on duty formed and marched to
and drew up in line in front of the hotel.
Mr.. Green thinking they had come to call
upon him for a speech, appeared with sew
eral others upon the balcony, when the
soldiers gave three hearty cheers for the
Union, three more for Governor Morton,
the soldiers friend, and three for Colonel
Foster. They then gave three groans for
Green and his dirty secesh sheet, the Vim
cennes Sun. Mr.. Green was seen to wilt.
It is presumed he is fully satisfied that he
was in the wrong pew.
Year: 1863

We are glad to see that Congress has pro
hibited the whipping of soldiers in the army.
We make the following extract from recent
general order by Adjutant General Cooper:


'The following acts have been Gully approx
ed by the President are published for the in>
formation of all concerned.


San act to prohibit the punishment of sol.
diers by whipping"


The Congress of the Confederate States Of
America do enact, that from and after the pas
sage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any
court martial o. military court to cause any
soldier in the service cf the Confederate States
to be punished by whipping or the infiiction of
stripes upon his person and that all laws and
customs contravening the provisions OF this
act be, and the same are hereby repealed.


Sec. 2. That article 90 Of the Articles OF
War be so amended as to read as follows: A II
officers and soldiers who have received pay or
have been duly enlisted in the service of the
Confederate States, and shall be convicted Of
having deserted the same, shall suffer death or
confinement in a Penitentiary, with or without
hard labor, for a period not less than one year
or more than FIVE, or such other punishment
not nconsistant with the provisions Of this act
ss the court martial or military court may de-
termine. Approved April 13, 1868.
Year: 1863

| Seated in the Methodist Church, a few
Sundays ago, We observed an item of
benevolent character among the colored
congregation which pointed cut the easy
ilvlng Of the slave, and hard times of the
zee eolored population. A colore d class
leader arose and said to his colored breth


ren, that one Of their number was very


poor-entirely destitute of the necessaries


OF lite, and was in fact in starving con-


dition. He said the suffering one was a


tree person, and called upon the colored


congregation composed Of slaves to be lib


eral III contributing of their means to re-
lleve the distressed. The hat YVES passed


around and the change dropped in with
cheerful gee The amount counted up
| near ly forty dollars which was put into
the hands OF a committee to be borne to
its charitable mission. Then how their
eyes danced with sparkling JOY as they
saw handsome election given to feed
the poor and clothe the naked of their own
color. How does this fact preach to the


enemies of slavery. Here, the slave we'll
clad, free Of all care-happy and content
| ed, are actually supporting the freed ones


of their race. While it reflects great cred
1t on their own benevolence, it also illus
trates the Southern doctrine, that slavery
is more friendly to the happiness and pur
ltv Of the negro race than state of uncon
trolled freedom. Look at the generality
OF the free population. What are they
Ill clad, lean and bowed down with the
harrasslng cares Of getting enough to live


on, they drag out most miserable exis-
tence. Whereas their brethren in slavery


are, warmly clad we'll fed, fat and slick,


and go forth to their easy labors with light
hearts and cheering songs. Whya Be-
cause they have the intelligence of their


masters to guide them, their wealth to
feed and clothe them, their kindness to
wait upon them when sick, and the Cos
| pei to make them happy in this life and in
the world to come. BY the way, would
it not be good thing, if our colored peo-
pie conld send some of their means to re-


lieve the deep sufferings Of their brethren
who have been stolen by the Yankees,


and are now wandering homeless, ,foodless


and masterless in the strange land of
emancipated happiness. We religiously
believe that Lincoln's emancipation poll
cy is the devils craftness to ruin their


welfare and exterminate their kind. There


fore we are strong in faith that merciful
Providence has committed the welfare of
the black race into the hands of the
South, and will make those hands strong
to do that benevolent work. For they are
not self,sustaining race, but like the vine
they flourish better and climb higher In


the sunshine of prosperity,by having some


thing stronger to lean upon than them
selves. Greensboro Patriot
The news which we published on yesterday
croao tho Naxy Vail Herald that Lincoln has
Year: 1863

AMONG THE EXEMPTIONS from the
draft in Boston was one case on account
of "baldness." The sale Of hair re-
genators Will experience a decline among
those from twenty to thirty-fve years of
age, whose pates boast but little of the
hirsute covering.
Year: 1863

Ir is AMUSING to hear a grey headed
old man, who amassed his fortune in his
younger days by keeping tippHng
shop, now say he would, had he power,
imprison any man on whose premises
drop of the poison could be found.
Year: 1863

AN OFFICER AND LAWYER were
talking about a disastrous battle. The
former was lamenting the number of
brave soldiers who fell on this occasion;
when the lawyer observed that "those
who live by the sword must expect to
die by the sword" ''By a similar
rule" replied the officer, ''those who
live by the law must expect to die by the
law
Year: 1863

Our lady friends would confer lasting favor by
sending to the Office of the Confederate all the clean
nnin and cotton rags they may have on hand Rags
Will secure Tor us what money cannot-viz: paper to
continue the publication Of the CONFEDERATE High
est cash prices paid on delivery


: We are indebted already to the kind attention Of
several est'mable ladies' from the town and District
for packages of an extra fine article.
Year: 1863

We would call the attention of oil interested par
ties in Kershaw District to Special Order No. T. from
Col BuRwELL JONES The order from the Adiutant
inspector General Of the State respecting non.com-
plance or performance of the duty cf militia officers,
are very forcble and requires roster to be returned
OF all officers and men in their respective BEATS by the
9Th inst See order under our Special Notice head
Year: 1863

The Grand and Petit Jurors for the Court of Com.
mon Pleas and General Sessions for Kershaw District
were impanneled on Monday last but owing we learn,
to the absence of the Judge they dismissed with
out sitting.
Year: 1863

may, under the Providence of God, visit Just
retri button upon az enemy fend-lke.' Con-
curing in the propriety ofthe suggestion, we
have acted accordingly.


We are happy to say that Gen. Gustavus w.
Smith has directed every effort TO be made to
ascertain the name OF the parties, and to de.
a1and their delivery for trial and punishment.
We hope copies Of the depositons have been
forwarded TO the authorities Of the enemy
Surely there some even among them, who
would be Mortified by such conduct The ven
gence OF Heaven must light upon them and
their cause!


FooD.-We occasionally find person who
expresses the fear that if the war continues
much longer the South will be starved out
This is great error. There is enough TODD
produced III the Confederacy to feed the soldiers
in the field and tie people ut home. TIE pre-
sent high prices are not in consequences Of q
scarcity, but owing to the abundance of money,
the practice Of speculating in the necessaries of
life, and the disposition of some farmers to hold


on to more than they need for their use.
| The speeulator or trader has alarmed the pro


ducer by the high prices he offers and leads him


to fear that something awful is going TO happen,


or that all the provisions in the country
about exhausted consequently, that nan, thus


alarmed will sell nothing at the usual time, OF,
| if he sells, he demands an eAhorbtant price


famine price. After while, when he sees


that the Confederacy still lives and that the peo


pie continue to eat and drink, he puts his


plus produce on the market. Some time ago


there was great deal of talk about the scarcity


of wheat aud -four (and we suppose these ar:ie.
les were scarce in CERTAIN localities but is it not


well known that those who have money enough


can get as much flour as they want. Let any


man to-day offer $35 and $40 per barrel for


flour and will have more offered than he can


buy or store away. So with corn, meat, &c.
There is plenty in the Confederacy but not
lequally distributed and there will be enongh


to feed all unless there is utter failure of the


crops next year. What is most needed now,
is disposition on the part of the merchant, far
mer, manufacturer and specu!ator to be sasisfi-
ed with smaller profits No, the South cannot
be starved into submission if her people are true
to each other and show disposition to help
each other. We have lived through 81 months
Of war, and the supply of provisions is as abun-
daut to-day as at the commeencemnt of hostii
, tiles. though prices are much higher. Let there
be but little cotton and tobacco planted, aud
there will be no danger of starvation.
ii Charlotte Democrat. -
Year: 1863

Thus far tho <ct ling prevalent re-
lative to the enrolling of the Militia.
which commenced in this Parish on
the LIST inst, is very easily discover
sd. None, except exc,npts. express
themselves in favor Of it, and the few
svho may be So unfortunate. as to have
to leave for deeds Of eaioy, will not
likely accomplish anything beneficial
to the State The consequences to
arise from the act will be various.
should the farce be continued, on. of
which will be a considerable taxation
upon the people ofthis State for, to
carry out the provisions Intended, it
becomes necessary to incur an -x-
pense by the measure wholly uucail-
cd for. If the conscription ac, of
Congress was ris'dly enforced, there
would be no necessity for calling ont
tile few men and boys who should re-
main at home. Texas the Stat, of
StatesAas discovered this and shown
her good sense by acting in accord.
ance. and we venture the opinion that
the Legislature Of this State when it
1t convenes, will reconsider the act
and abolish it. What is going to be
done with the miliaa7 We hope
they are not to be placed in some dis
NAL swamp, or camp Of instruction
with view of killing them of. Poor
devils.


Regarding the constitutionality of
the law, We have nothing to say,
though many persons have asked
our opinion. Those are times entire
~ different to what we have been ac-
scustomed, and therefore ex options
must be made. Our reason for allud-
ing to this is to prevent any attempt
to attack the Militia bill, for, if til
Unconstitutional, we presume other.
Year: 1863

acts passed. which will benefit the
people, must be viewed in tho same
light 1t is not to be presumed that
We can follow out the Constitution to
the letter now, and therefore it be-
hooves the people to submit TO some
things without grnmbling. IF it is
not absolutely nesessary to have mi
liatiamcu, our word for it, those who
20, viii SOON return.


We may add that we consider it
unconstitutional to attempt to put
persons in the Militia, who hold De.
tails by authority Of the Confederate
Government, and unless We are great
ly mistaken the matter will be tested
should the State persist in laying
claims upon individuals oftLis class.
That it is a gross wrong and exhibits
contempt for the laws OF our govern
m.nt, (Which we should think higher
than any o:lcr), all must admit.
Year: 1863

During the Abolition Reign of Ter
ror last year and the year before, it
was q common thing for some of the
more reckless and cowardly portion of
the Abolitionists when threatening
and insulting Democrats, to say: 'just
wait till the soldiers come back from
war, and you'll be attended to- inn
plying thereby that the soldiers would
mob Democrats and destroy their pro-
perty, just to please the Abolitionists.
The men who made these threats, had
but little knowledge of the character
and feelings of the soldiers--the great
body Of whom are honorable, intelli-
gent, high minded men, and neither
mobocrats nor Abolit;onists. The
soldiers, whatever may have been their
political sentiments when they volun-
tecred, are now, almost to a man, as
bitterly opposed to Abolition as they
are to Secession, and would this mo.
ment as willingly shoot down one as
the other. When we say this we
speak by the book" We have seen
any number of letters from soldiers in
the army, all of whom speak the same
sentiments of hostility to the Aboli-
tionists and their nefarious and uncon-
,stitutional schemes. From a letter
before us, written by an officer of the
Army of the Potomac, who is well
known and highly respected in this
community, we are permitted to make
the following significant extract:


"a man that talks much nigger TO
the soldiers when they come home had


better make his peace with God, and


all mankind, for funerals will be made


of all SUCH"
We might make other extracts Of
like character, but let the above suffice


for the present. But "a wink is as
good as a nod to a blind horse" - Mt.
Vernon Banner. f
Year: 1863

The New York Tribune, Greeley S
paper and the most influential Repub-
lican paper in the country, in late
editorial says:


"1f three months more Of earnest
fighting shall not serve to make Sc
rious impression on the rebels---if the
end of that term shall find us no fur
ther advanced than its beginning-if
some malignant Fate has decrced that
the blood and treasure Of the nation
shall ever be squandered in fruitless
efforts-let us bow to our destiny, and
make the best attainable peace.


Three months will put the matter
through by the first of May. Certainly
by that time we shall have been long
enough engaged in thr effort to whip
the South into the Union; but we are
willing that the Administration shall
take a few months longer-say to the
1st of September--and if by that time
the job shall not be done up, it is to
be hoped the Administration party
will gracefully decline to solicit the
the people to put any further conf
dence in them.- rChilicothe Adv.
Year: 1863

FOUND DROwNRD-The body of man par
TALLY dressed In soldiers ,slothes was picked
up yesterday in the Potomac, off Glymont
Landing. The body had evidently been in the
wafer tor some time, and was much decom-
posed. a mum Der of papers were found upon
his person, but the action of the water upon the
ink had rendered them unintelligible. The
body was buried at the landing.
Year: 1863

HIGH WINDS from the northeast ragged to
such an extent on the Potomac yesterday, that
the Aqua Creek boat due here at malt past six
O'Clock, did not reach her wharf until two
hours later. Passengers say they never saw
the river in rougher condition, and the trip
was rendered very unpleasant by the crowded
condition of the boat.
Year: 1863

New York Dry Goods mnrket-5une s.
from the New York Independent
The following lare the whosale net cash prices


of ali The leading styles Of domestic dry goods sold
| In the New York market:
Year: 1863

Tos7roTED.-The Gift Concert Of the Great
Western Band, which was to have taken place
last night, has been postponed two weeks,
the tickets not being all sold The scale Of
prizes is 30 liberal TINT all Of the tickets must
he sold in order to balaoce the account.
Year: 1863

nAll is lost unless the loyal blacks shall
fight for US u


But let us 60 back little:


Who inserted the clause in our Federal
Constitution, and pressed it to its adop
ton, extending the slave trade down to
the year 1908, thus giving themselves
twenty years more in which to spread and
deepen the "hated institution, and to
wear their ships to the very waters edge
in this lucrative trade?


Who have persistently denounced this
same Constitution, the sacred legacy from
our fathers, as "a league with death and a
covenant with hell" because of its re
cognition of slauery?


Who, when they found it uuprofitable
among their bleak and steril hills to hold
slaves, sold them to the men of the South
and built factories with the proceed?


Who own these factories now, started
with the profits realized from the impor-
tation and sale of slaves, and run from the
first to the present hour with the products
of Slave labor?


Who roll up their pious eyes in holy
horror at the great sin of slavery, "the
sum of all villanies," and yet clutch with
frantic zeal the wages and profits of this
sin


Who have filed the whole land with
loud -mouthed professions of philanthropy
and brethren in bondage" and yet, when
the commandant at Fortress Monroe beg
ged them to take five hundred of these
poor starving fugitives and feed them in
honest charity, positively and inhumanly