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Year: 1861

Ii you invest money in tools, and
then leave them exposed to the wealth
cr, it is the same as lending money to
a spcndthritt without sccurity-a
dead loss in both cases.


If You invest money i'll books, and
never read them, it is the same as
putting your money into bank, but
never drawing either principal or
interest.


Ii you invest your money in fine
stock, and do not feed and protect
them, and properly care for them, it
is the same as dressing your wife IN
silks to do the kitchen work.


II, you invest your money in choice
fruits, and do not guard them and
give them chance to grow and prove
their value, it is the same as putting
a good hand into field with poor
tools to work with.


If you invest your money III a good
farm. and do not cultivate it we'll, il
is the same AS marrying good wife,
and so abusing and cnslaving her as
to crush her energies and to break
her heart.


If you invest your money in fine
house, and do not so cultivate the mind
and taste, as to adorn it with intcIll-
gencc and refinement, it is as if you
were to wear broadcloth and silk
hat to mill.


If You invest your money in fine
clothes, and do not wear them with
dignity and case, it is as if plow-
man were to sit at . jewellers table
to make and adjust hair springs.
If you invest your money in strong
drink, it is the same as turning hun
CRY hogs into a growing corn-tic!d-
ruin will follow in both cases.


If you invest your money in every
new wonder that flaming circulars
proclaim, it is the same as buying
tickets at lottery Office, where there
are ten blanks to one prize.


If you invest your money in tho
"last novel," it is the same as en-
ploying q tailor's dandy to dig YOU
potatoes.
Year: 1861

Secretary Holt publishes an over
whelming expose of the treason OF the
late Secretary, Thompson. The fol-
lowing are the material points


We have here distinct cxultant
avowal on the part of the Hon. Sccrc-
tary, that while yet member OF the
Cabinet, he disclosed to those in open
rebellion against the United States in
formation which he had derived from
his official position, and which he held
under the seals of confidence, that
from the beginning of our history as
a nation, had never been violated.
This step not merely endangered the
highest public interests, but put III
imminent jeopardy the lives Of two
hundred and fifty innocent men, who
had never wronged the Hon. Secretary,
and who in proceeding to Charleston
harbor were simply obeying the law
full command Of their superior officers.
The armed enemies of the government
he was serving, under the solemn
sanctions Of an oath, were, as he de
clarcs, thus put upon their guard, and
the frail vessel that was bearing sue
cor to its friends, received warn
welcome from booming cannon.


1t is well known that a pers!sten


Justification of the policy and conduc


of the late administration III its re


lations to the South, has proved po


tent instrumentality for inhaming tn


popular mind Of that distracted por


ton of our country, and thus givlnl
an ever increasing impetus to the rev
!. olution. And the fact that the tclc


graph and the press have been unde
/ the absolute direction of those col
5 trolling this movement, has rendere


resistance to this instrumentality Ill
Year: 1861

every accent of the voice and glance
Of the eye humble dress and occnpa-
ton cannot conceal them neither can
vulgarity put on those high qualities,
though it be clad in purple and gold,
and housed in palace.
Year: 1861

CORNER OF EAST WATER DETROIT STREETS,


NIL WIIkEE


This House is located i'll the business part of
the City, convenient to the Cars and Boats
Ga Omnibus and Baggage Wagon always
on hand to convey Passengers and Baggage to
and from the Boats and Cars free of charge
Year: 1861

OAMP OENNlsON, may <Jtn, lOOl


EDITOR JoURNAL:-You will find, should you
try it, that to make up readable correspon-
dence under the circumstances that surrounds
one here, as a common soldier, is next to impos-
sible. Inthe first place the private here unless
he presumes very much upon the good
nature of his Captain, has very little op-
portunity to know even what transpires in
camp. Again, there is little going on here, even
in the routine OF camp life.


There seems now to be a determination on the
part of the authorities of the State, to get all
three months volunteers to go for three years.
Many of the men will undoubtedly go for the
three years; but there is a very considerable
feeling among them to fulfill the three months
contract first. No one doubts the propriety
and wisdom of enlisting men for three years.
A great many, however, volunteered for three
months, who cannot well go for the long period,
but are anxious and demand to be put into SER
vice for the term of their enlistments; and to
tell them now, who have in many instances
made great sacrifices to fly to the instant rescue
of their country, that they must enlist for
longer period or be at once sent home, looks we
think, a little wrong and makes Just cause of
complaint. These men have now been in camp
since the last of April, have endured great pri-
Vatlons ana hardshlps, IN the hopes OF being
soon lead to the scene of action, have been TO
this hour unsupplied with uniforms, till many
are truly destitute, being compelled to clothe
themselves or 60 naked; and now they are told
that they shall be sent away thus unless they
lengthen the months of their enlistment into
years. Many cannot do this, and many will
not.


From the present confused state of military
affairs in this State l beg leave to draw this
conclusion, that there is incompetency and mis-
management some where This seems deduct
bic from all the circumstances of the case.


Col. Robert Anderson was at the camp YES
terday, and swore in German regiment for
three years service.


The Fremont boys are generally well. am
writing this before breakfast while part of the
boys are yet asleep, with some preparing the
morning meal, and others rambling about the
barracks. Yours truly, JOHN.
Year: 1861

LETTHE PEOPLE ARM.-The Pittsburgh


Gazette, under that head, advises the
Northern people to arm themselves. It
says: --...f-


The Northern Arsenals belonging to the
United States have been denuded within
the last three months, every avilable arm
within them having been shipped South.
The State Arsenals are empty. The rifle
and pistol manufactures have all been emp
tied by the Southern demand, and have or
ders far ahead of their ability to supply.
The Government has ordered all the Q. 8.
troops to the pacific Coast, out of the way;
and all the available force of the navy has
been sent to distant stations, where orders
of recall cannot reach them under months
time. All these facts demonstrate that
while the South IS fully armed and ready
for war the North is defenceless.


We are not alarmists; but it would be
criminal to hide from the people the fact
that they are in danger. They bave been
betrayed by their Government into the
hands of their enemies. There is well
settled purpose on the part of Southern
hot-heads to take possession of Washing
ton City, and prevent the Inauguration of
Lincoln. When tha. conspiracy develops
itself, as it will, in what position will the
North be to resist or prevent it! Can she
10 it in her present unarmed condilionl
Year: 1861

How TO Cook HAM.-Never put .
ham into kettle of cold water, and be
equally careful never to place one in boiling
water. First let the water become, luke
worm; then put the ham in. Let it SIM
mer or boil it lightly for four or five hours
five is better than four: then take il out
and shave the rind of. Rub granulated
sugar into the whole surface of the ham,
long as it can be made to receive it. Place
the ham in baking dish, with a bottle OF
prime cider. Baste occasionally with the
juice aud let il bake an hour in gentle
heat. A slice from a nicely cured ham
thus cooked, is enough to animate the ribs
of death.
Year: 1861

PovERrY OF JoB's TURkEY.-"As poor
as Jobs Turkey" is phrase shat troubles
antiquarians, but they do not give up the
hunt for its origin, and one of them says
he has found out that the turkey bad but
one feather in his tail, and was so poor
that he ives obliged to lean against fence
to gobble.
Year: 1861

To judge of the feeling at lhe North, by the public speeches and the tone of the press, we should suppose the people at the North believed that their homes and their firesides, were in danger of Southern invader. This IS all a deIuson. The people of the South, as yet, do not wish to disturb the people at the North, in the enjoyment of anything tha, justly belongs to them. All that we ask, is, that they stay at home and enjoy all the blessings that God has given them, and leave us 10 ourselves, 10 work out our own destiny in in our own way. We dop't want their houses or their lands. We don't want

 Washington City, unless Maryland shall join us; in that case Washington would be. long to us, and we shall take It, but al present, we do not want anything that be. longs to them. What then are they fight ing for? They say, to uphold the Gov ernment. If Mir Lincoln confines the operations of hls-GovernmeH to those States that acknowledges hjs authority, we shall not interfere with hls Governmpnl; We shall attend 10 our own affairs. Bnl they say they are fighting to maintain ,he Union. This IS a most transparent hum bug The Union is lost, irreeoverably lost, and a million of bayonets could not pin Ii together again. It was sacrificed upon the Chicago platform, and the conduct of the Northern people is every day making the gulf which separates Us wider and deeper. What then are the Northern people fighting us for ? IL can be for noth-

 Ing else but revenge. They had better stop and count the cost. If the War goes on, the Southern people will not always remain on the defensive; and We will tell them a solemn truth, that New York and Boston, are as likely to be sacked before il closes, as Charleston or Savannah TGeorgia Southern Union.
Year: 1861

DoN'r FORGET THE SoLDIER.-In a speech at Atlanta, Ga, few days since, Alexander H. Stephens said:

 My friends. forget not the soldier! Send him contributions to make him comfortable while he Is in the service. Take care of his family while he is absent. Employ your hands and your substance in doing works of charity in this day of your coun-> try's trial. If any should fall in the battle, remember the orphan and the widow, and take care of them God will bless you in such noble performance of a patriotic duty.
Year: 1861

to destruction and ruin. So much for the mora


movement against slavery. Hereafter, oppositioi
to slavery will naturally take a new form. Tb,
I fire is kinded, and cannot be extinguished. Tb,
! "irrepressible conflict" can never cease on thi
continent. II will change lite methods and mani
fesa,ionsj but !; will be rone the lesS real for ali
that. siavSs will ron away, and humane men and
women will help :hom; slaves will plot and con-
spire, and wise and brave men will belp them.
Abolition may be postponed, but it cannot be pre-
vented, If il comes not from enlightenment nor.
al conviction and civilization, it will come from
the fears Of tyrants no longer able to hold down
their rising slaves.


During the first few years of separation, anti
slavery men viii; have to keep an eye on those
ruthless doughfsce politicians Of the North, who.
longing for the eeks and onions Of Egypt, servile
in spirit eager to bo kicked by the slaveholders
who have spit upon them, will bend all their en-
orgies for reconstruction Of the broken Union.
II eauhot be expected that this recreant race will
die out at once upon the death Of the Union
Southern trade will still remain to tempt them;
Southern pride and assumption will still remain to
awe them; Southern bluster will still remain to
frghten them; Southern visitors to Saratoga, New
port and Niagara will still remain to dasse and
corrupt them. They may even attempt TO get
down lower out Of the Union than in it, to accom-
modate the wishes Of the atfronted South. 1t would
not be surprising if they should propose to grant
BY treaty to the ncn-saVehOldag confederacy, oil
that the slave States have claimed within the
Union. They will endeavor 70 secure the return
Of fugitive slaves, prevent invasions of tho slave
States to put down slavery, harrass and degrade
the free colored population of the North, and al
low Shareholders to bring and hold slaves, for q
timc in the free States,. $50 that Mr.. TooMBs may
get out of the Union, what he could not obtain in
it, the right to call the roll Of his slaves under the
shadow Of Banker Hill monument. But all this
will be in vain to win back our dissatisfied" late
fellow-citizens. Nothing short of guarantee
that the Shareholders shall enjoy the luxury and
honor of governing the country will avail to bring
:hem back and not few at the North would
gladly assent to that. In England they have a
party which is for peace at any priceI SO here we
have party which 10 for Union at any price. To
watch, circumvent and defeat this seryle party
will be the immediate mission of oil who value
freedom moro than gain, and who prefer truth,
honor and manhood more than union Hith slave
holders, for slaseholding.
Year: 1861

as any. All notion that the non-slavehodng white
people in the border slave Stated Sili keep Their
in the Union, is founded on the very esroneou,
supposition that that class Of persons have more
than nominal political power in those States. The
on-slaveholding people Of the South are such
simply because they can't be Otherwise. The
highest ambition Of that class is to be able to own
and fog a negro They are the utmost dread Of
the slave. They furnish the overseers, the negro
drivers, the patrols, the ncgro-hunters Of the
South, and are, in their sphere, completely the
tools Of the slavehoders as the slaves themselves
They are ignorant, besotted and servie, and have
no opinions Of their own upon political affairs.
smile or nod Of appreciation from wealthy slave
holder would make most Of the class happy for a
month. we at the North have no adequate idea
of the power Of these master spirits Of the South;
and yet the fact is we at the North are uuder the
same influence. mau here feels more Aauered
by the attentions Of man who owns a hundred
slaves, than be would feel if the same atten-
Iion were paid him by millionaire at the North.
To have slaveholding relations is even here q mat
ter OF boast and men are not ashamed to tell that
their fnthers and mothers were Shareholders. Du-
ring the meeting Of the Old School General AS
semby IN this city last Spring our citizens, reli-
gious and otherwise, did their best to show their
respect TO this class Of criminals. Pulpits few
open, and people aocked to hear the gracious
words that fell from tho lips Of DR.. TnoRNwELL
Of South Carolina, as if he were really messen.
ger from heaven. The chief consequences Of this
wordy decaimer was that he was q representative
of a slaveholding gospel, and we believe, himself
an owner of slaves.


The Shareholders are the South. They not only
live South, but they practically, and to the tx
clusion Of all others, the South ITSELF They are
tbs only active power there. They rule the States
entirely and tolerate no policy which in the least
degree endangers their power 1t p, therefore,
wholly fallacious to look for any policy in the
South that does not emanate from and meet the
appreciation of the Shareholders The six millions
Of freq non-slaveholding whites are but freight
cars, full of cattle, attached TO the three hundred
and fifty slaveholding locomotives. Where the
locomotives 60, the train must follow Such be-
ing the undeniabO fact, we are - look for the pol
icy Of the whole South, to the sagaci.y, intelli-
gepce, pride and interest of Shareholders alone;
and We have no hesitation in saying that these all
point 10 the entire dissolution Of the Union, aud
to the efsrnaneht establishment Of a grand slave
holding nfederacy.
Year: 1861

what Is Thought and Said Ab0ut Cotton.


From the Liverpool Tines A5g. II.


The effects of the war in America are beginning
to react on this country. Hitherto we have been
mere spectators of the sanguinary struggle hoping
that the course of events would bring it to speedy
and satisfactory close; but recent events show that
we are only at the beginning of the end, and that,
great the suferings of the immediate CONTESTANTS
are, these suferings must be felt more or less by
the whole of Europe, and more especially by the
great producing countries, France and England.


One of the first consequences of this unfortunate
civil strife is a serious dimnutOn In the amount of
English railway dividends. Almost every great ar
terry Of OfcOmmunicGtion which pierces England from
one extremity to the other acknowledges decrease
of business and this is reflected IN the reduced di
vision of profts-a condition of things which Is
painfully felt by th1se whose property is embarked
10 such undertakings and the worst feature is that
bad as the present prospect Is, the future holds
out little encouragement. Every week the stock
Of cotton-for the manufacture of that article is
the staple produce of EDgland-becOmss "small by
degrees and beautifully less" and the question
arises where shall we look for fresh supply when
the present one is exhausted? The East Indies may
send 100000 100000 extra bales; but this is
mere ssOp TO Cerberus,D when measured BY our
actual necessities. What supplies may we hope for
from Australia, from thu West Indies, from the
West Coast of Africa, or the other portions of the
earth to which we were told to direct our eyes?
Ultimately, we may perhaps receive from these and
other sources enough 10 keep the mills OF LaIlca-
shire and Lanarkshire geiDg; but "while the grass
grows the steed stsrves," and the difficulty is how
to manage during the painful interval. This diff
Guilty must have been present to the minds of the
Southern planters when they raised the standard of
revolt They argued that the first law of nature,
selfpreservation, would compel England and
France to force the blockade cf the South
ern ports to supply themselves with an article
the possession of which is essential to keep
down starvation and insurrectIon at home
and in this sense they reasoned wisely. We
may rub on with comparative ease until the Fail of
the year, but toward November and December next,
when eotton-laden vessels from New Orleans, Mo-
bile Charleston and other ports in possession of the
Southern COnfederaey, usuIly make their appear
ance IN Britt h and French waters, the question
will arse-a serious one for all parties-what is to
be done? There are those among US who contend
that unless peace between the North and South has
been secured the interval must in selfdefense
violate the blockade to secure that great essential
of lfe-cotop. Better these persons argue, to risk
a war with America than to millions of our Op-
eratiVes turned into the streets to die of want
better to provide ourselves with what we cannot
do without, at whatever cost, than to bring worse
than waI-famine, disease, and pestilenee-tO our
own doors.
Year: 1861

Correspondencs Of the Lordon Times, August u.


Al good harvest in Europe will be not only pledge
of peace here but will give q hope of peace in
America. There are evident signs that the State
resources at this moment not abundant on either
side That the people of the North viii over pay
the taxes now proposed to be levied 10 one will be


ieve who knows what the objections of the mllti
tude must certainly be to taxes which will be ir the
nature of poll tax, and will be represented as
taking equal suus from the poor as from the rich
That any sane Englishman will send hls money over
10 America to buy paper certain to be repudiated
ia out of the question. The only chance is good
sale for the heavy stocks of food on hand and for
those now coming on. Some thirty millions of Eng
lsh gold might seasOnably light up the fires anew,
and give an impetus to the tagging resentmens Of
the Northern States, well as to the commerce
of the Atlantic cities. Sunshine-a few days Of
this baking sunshine-w relieve US from the
necessity Of paying this tribute and viii enable
to eat our own bread AMI keep our money. The
prospects tempt US to be hopeful. The experienced
folk who gather in Marklsne evidently sangune.
The French, as our trade report of yesterdays
dealing tells have ceased to press upon stocks,
and have therefore, as we may hope, better reh-
ance upon their own. We ourselves have ceased to
buy at full prices the remnant Of our bad harvest Of
last year. The foreign Whests are being brought
forward in anticipation Of downward markets.
American -four was less in demand, and town pri
ees were looking dOWH." 1t is not state of things
for song of triumph or a cry Of safety but it is
state Of things for sanguine hope If France should
be only little short and if England should have
an average crop, there viii be good ehanes OF peace
in Europe for twelve months yet to come. OccuN
pied time and full bellies will keep the world from
auarrelIing But the Heavens-eYen the material
Heavens-have more to DO with il than the passions
or the Vaccinations of men. There is more war
in days rain than in an Emperors most ambitious
project and more peace IN a mornings sunshine
than even in treaty of commerce.
Year: 1861

e s' The State of Matrimony" is bounded BY
a ring on one side and cradle on the other. The
climate is sutry till you pass the tropics of house
keeping, when squally weather sets in with such
power as to keep all hands as cool as cucumbers.
For the different roads leading to this interesting
state, consult the first pair of black eyes you run
against.
Year: 1861

The Union party of Wake County achieved a
brilliant and overwhelming victory on Thursday
last They have carried the County by twelve hum
dred majority, in the face Of the most systematic
and desperate efforts to defeat them. The result is
signal rebuke to the disunionists.


We may have more to say with reference to the
vote of the County hereafter but we may add now that
old party lines were obterated and all portions ot
the County united in the great work of Matching
and vaiting for the preservation Of the Union. The
Union vote in Raleigh and the Union vote in the
County are the largest ever heretofore pollcd for
any candidates.


The County has voted by small majority for a
Convention.


We give below the vote of the County by Pre-
cinets:-


Official Vote Of Wake County for Delegates to tho


Contention and on the question Of Contention.
Year: 1861

The people of this State voted on Thursday last
for one hundred and twenty delegates to Conven-
ton and also for and against Convention. The re.
turns received up to the time Of going to press in
dieate that the Unionists have triumphed by large
majority.


In speaking Of the successful party as Unionists,
we must not to be understood as saying that they
will submit to the administration Of the government
on sectional er black Republican principles, but
that they are anxious to preserve the Union on a
Constitutional basis and to obtain such guarantees
as will lead to permanent reconstruction Of the
Uoion. The Unionists entertain hopes, and nearly
all of them strong hopes that the Union can and
will be preserved, and they arc willing to show their
faith in this respect by their works. They are op-
posed to disunion at this time, and would regard it
at any time as fraught with numerous and great
calanties; and they arc also opposed to the at.
tempts which are being made to Nericanize this Re-
public by breaking it up and incurrng the hazards
Of revolution simply account Of the election Of
Mr.. Lincoln to the Presidency.


We are not sure that the people have voted for a
Convention. In some of the Counties heard from
the vote for it is large and in others the vote against
it is large The vote on Convention will be close
but VIC incline to think that small majority has
been cast in favor of it.