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Year: 1862

Avoid Extremes.


When We write Tor the Educational Col
umn, We generally endeavGr to produce
something that Will, either directly or in
directly, benefit cur schools. For this rea
>on, He wish to caution lhIee classes OF
persons against running into extremes, viz:
directors, parents and teachers; because
the actions OF these more directly infu
encc the school than those OF any others.


We wuuld, in the Erst place, caution di-
rcctors against showing too much partiality
to any one school visiting it perhaps TWEEN
" times during IA term, and negiecting all
the rest. The School Law requires that
they make this nulnter and even more than
this number OF visits during term, but
they are to be divided among the schools
OF the district aud re not to be confined
to any single one.


We would also caution them against en-
couraging old tangled and improper prac-
tees in the school, merely because they
imagine a teacher has gone too far in intro
duclng new tangled requirements. BY
so doing, they run into an extreme oppos-
tie % that OF which they accuse the teach
er


To parents We wonld suggest that they
be careful how they interfere with the au-
tlority of the teacher If your child has
been severely punished, do not keep him
at home and call the teacher a monster or
brute, or what is worse 90 to law about
it. simply because children have been beat
en- too much under the old system of edu-
cation. The fact that pedagogues used the
rod improperly in the olden time is no
argument against IS use, when necessary,
at the present time. Be careful, too, that
you do not run into the opposite extreme
Of sparing the rod aud spelling the child.


Second, we would suggest that parents
be careful how they talk to their children
about their conduct at school. Never tell
your boy that he is so bad you fear his
teacher can do nothing with him You
can take no surer method of making him
bad But, on the other hand, do not &c
to the opposite extreme, and have him IN
derstand that be can do no wrong, and tha
Year: 1862

Men seldom think of the great event Of
death until the shadows fall across their
own path, hiding forever from their ewes
the traces of loved ones whose living smiles
were the sunlight Of their existence
Death Is the great antagonist OF life, and
the cold thought Of the tomb is the skeleton
OF all teasts. We do not want to 20 through
the dark valley, although its passage NAV
lead to paradise; and with Charles Lamb,
we do not want to lie down in the muddy
grave, even with kings and princes for our
bed fellows. But the fix of nature is mex
oFable. There is no appeal from the great
law which dooms US to the dust. We
flourish and we fade as the leaves of the
forest; and the flowers that bloom and
wlther III day have not Trailer hope upon
lie than the mightiest monarch that ever
shook the earth with his footsteps. Gen
eratlons OF men appear and vanish as the
grass, and the countless multitude which
fills the world to day, will tomorrow disap-
pear, as the footsteps on the shore
Year: 1862

NATION


The Presidents proclamation gave the
1ehels 100 days in which to lay down their
AIMS and return to their allegiance, under
the penalty Of having their slaves emanci-
pated. Many persons expressed dissatis-
faction, because the President did not de-
clare slavery abolished at once, in Seces-
sia~ But the long probation is likely to re-
suit in good. The pro-slavery party in the
North, which has heretofore held back in
the breeching, are now beginning to clamor
fora vigorous prosecution Of hostiliies,
and to shove up the lagggard pro-slavery
West Pointers to.greater action. The lead
ers see that the divine institution" will be
knocked on the head On the first of jan
uary, in all the States then remaining in
rebellion. Hence their newborn zeal for
forward movement What they now
want Is to have our army achieve one OF
two decisive victories that will have the
effect to discourage the rebels, and make
them lose hope Of final SUCCESS. When
this point is reached, the conservatives
believe that the rebels will submit in order
to preserve their sacred Institution from
inevitable destruction. It Is funny to hear
these secesh sympathisers clamoring for a
general advance Of the army. They have
suddenly fallen in love with fighting gen
erals. They have even ceased to abuse
Hunter, Sigel, Lane, Mitchell, or Fremont,
and express their Willingness that these
officers shall be allowed to lead columns Of
soldi.rs against their Southern brethren -
They are growing very impatient Of the
| long inaction Of the Potomac army, and
wonder why Mcclellan don't pitch into
the rebels more actively They mark the
exit Of each Of the hundred days, and
count those that remain, with so1icitude
wishing that they could avert the flight d
time Sixteen Of the hundred days are gone
eighty-four remain, and the army may be
arrested by the mud and rains Of winter
before half the remaining period expires
Who knows but Old Abe may have put Of
the decree Of emancipation for so long 1
time for the express purpose Of spurrins
up the friends Of slavery, and making then
anxious to push forward the war? Their


was no other way to enlis:: their exertiona
and prevent them from pulling back. a


all events, the proclamation has had tha
effect On the lovers Of the peculiar institu


ton.
Year: 1862

E- The American Institute Of New York
Is to follow the example Of other Institutions
Of like class throughout the country, and
forego Its annual fair the present year. This
Ia right When the war Is over these exhibi-
t1ons will again be timely. The only exhlbi-
ton now to be attended to is that where lib
erty and slavery are entered for competition,
and award the people committee Of the
tnho{e.
Year: 1862

For some time past the officers Of this city
have been On the alert for the detection OF
certain parties known to be engaged in fnr-
ntshirg the rebel army with large quantities
Of drugs and medicines, It vas not generally
Year: 1862

which cali for the introduction Of these books with
usual force. alude to the relationship Of the parties,
and the fact which is not denied in the answer that
the respondent this kingdom at the request Of
complainant There other considerations-the DIFF
ference of education and the withdrawal of the
painant from the estate by the sentence of the law for


year, after the respondent commenced to occupy
the estate. Was this q case at common law and the
respondent declined introduce the books, it would be
legitimate for the complsnants counsel to comment to
the jury on the nOn-producton, and which could be
done with great force There cannot be in this the
special exemption that the required documents relate to
the respondents case, and not to the complainants


The case of Harris Harris, Hare, 179, for
account in respect of alleged partnership. The
respondent denied the partnership. He admitted the
possession Of books accounts and documents relating
to the business which formed the subject of the alleged
partnership, but asserted that they related exclusively
to his title, and to matters connected with his
property and sairs. in which the alleged partner has
interest," and that they did not relate to any business
carried in partnership, in connection with the al
legged partner-a production of these documents was,
under these circumstances ordered, upon the ground
that it consistent with the answer that they might
afford evidence for the plaintiff in the Wigran
V. c., concluded by saying: The use Of the
title the allegation that the documents relate
eusyc to the defendants title, is Of avail to the
defendant in resisting the production If that conclu-
sion be opposed by the character Of the document


it be not supported by specific averment excluding all
probability that the documents would furnish evidence
in support of the plaintiffs The Court in


like this must exercise its own judgment as to the ef
feet which the evidence may have.


am of opinion that the motion should be granted.
Let order issue for the production of books, etc.
prayed for.


Mr.. HARRIS, for Complainant.


Mr.. BATES for Respondent.
Year: 1862

and from foreign countries France and the
American Provinces eXcepte be charged
single of postage if not exceeding the weight of half
double exceeding half but exceeding
quadrupe exceeding but not exceeding
and changing rates for every
fractional part of an the first ounce


To France and Algeria.


Foreign postage letters for the above countries Is
exceeding the weight of double that exceed
but not exceeding and addition
being charged for each fractional part
ounce, addition of Hawaiian postage, the
each fractional
with cents postage added to the total amount.


BIZ Sealed Nail TO Great Britain direct.
Hawaiian Postage only collected the for
each Il ounce in weight.
Year: 1862

\ la BrNSBY.-A correspondent who
doesn't like recent subjunctive Geliyerence
lthe presidents letter TO Horace Greeley on
slavery in the war uf the Union, insists that
it is only parralleled by charge of an Illinois
justice 10 a jury impanneled to try an issue
between two partners who had quarreled
and broken up. The charge ran thus:


'lf the jury believe, from the evidence,
that the Plaintiff and defendant were partners
in the grocery, and gave this note for the
interest, and that the defendant paid for the
note by delivering to the plaintiff COW which
he warranted not breachy, and the warranty
was broken by reason of the breachiness of
the COW, and ne drove the COW back and ten
dered her to the defendant, but the defendant
refused TO receive her, and the plaintiff took
her home again, and put heavy poke upon
her to prevent her from jumping the fence,
and by reason of the poke she broke her
neck. and died; and if the jury believe that
the defendants interest in the grocery was
worth anything, the plaintiffs note was
worthless, and the COW good for nothing Ell
ther for milk or beef, then the Jury must find
out how they will decide the case; for the
court, if she understands herself, and she
thiuks she do, is at considerable nonplus how
such a case should exactly be decided"
York Tribune.
Year: 1862

TIE LESSON OF TIRE HoUR-I think this
That millions of our people have been
brought through suffering, bereavement, and
sore humiliation, to realize that whatever is
unjust is alway. Improbable and perilous-
that any fabric of prosperity and luxury
founded upon wrong is destined speedily
10 crumbIe and vanish-that whatever denies
and tramples on the rights of the lowly and
despised undermlnes and endangers the pomp
of the lordly and powerful-and there is no
safety and no true prosperity for any save in
ample Opportunity and absolute Justice for
each and all. So much everlasting truth has,
l believe, been flashed from the blazen ,truc,
lures and written on the redeemed sky of our
last memorable year, so that many who were
previously oblivious or least careless of its
existence, and steeled against its obvious an.
plication, have taken it deeply to heart
Horace Greeley.
Year: 1862

The hundred rebel prisoners who refuse to
be exchanged and have taken the oath of al
legiance tell many interesting things about
the rebels. These men are nearly all foreign
ers, who were resident of the South and were
pressed into the rebel service, where they
have fought against their will, and are glad
to escape. They are mostly from Stonewall
Jacksons army -


"They universally admit that the southern
cause is reduced to hopelessness unless the
rebels succeed in carrying out the offensive
policy they have inaugurated. The southern
country districts are in many cases almost de-
populated,all the white males being forced in
to the army, leaving only the women and ne
Sroes to carry on the cultivation of the farms.
In Virginia, the seat of war proper, one of
them, who had been fifteen months in the re-
bel service, said he had often marced for
miles and miles through sections of country
that were once fertile and popuious without
finding ali inhabited house, or seeing anything
but devastation and destruction around him.
The rebel troops are subsistlng on half IA
tons Of half pound of flour and a half a
pound of beef or bacon. Much of the beef
being fresh, soon becomes worthless, in con-
sequence of the impossibility Of procuring
salt with which to preserve it,


"These prisoners also state that many OF
the rebel soldiery are without shoes, and are
compelled to march over stonyroads, through
briars and swamps and to fight without them
as there is no means within the confede.
racy for supplying this deficiency. The shoe
less appearance of many of these men is fully
confrmatory of this statement. No money
ii. e., confederate notes., or very little, is now
paid to the rebel soldiers. One of them told
US that he had not received a cent in twelve
months time; and as for specie, they never
see it at all. The grossest misrepresentation
are made to the soldiery by the rebel officers.
They are continually told that any one OF
them who deserts to the Yankees will be
either shot Or hung by the Union soldiers, as
they are tiendishly vindictive, and on this ac.
count hundreds are deferred from coming
over to our lines. The desire of large mum.
Ders to leave the army is well known to the
rebel officers, and they are obliged to use the
utmost vigilance to prevent their desertion.
Year: 1862

Hon 1haddens Stevens. member of Con.
gress from Pennsylvania, having been unani.
mously nominated to the next House, made
short address to the nominating conyen.
ton, in the course of which ne said I


I" l have protested against the present poll
cy, not only to the people, but to the face OF
the President and his Cabinet, and on the


floor of Congress, as those know who have
done ME the honor to read my speeches; told
them that they were exercising too much leni-
ty at the request of border statesmen-not
one of whom, in my judgment, has loyalty in
his heart. have accused the prime minis
ter to his face for having gone back from the
faith he taught US, and instead of arming
every man, black or white, who would fight
for this Union, Withholding a well-meaning
President frcm doing 50 until, as we advance
into their country and our armies dwindle
away from miasma and disease, they
spring up behind US, and retake what We
had gained. They still hold the Mississippi,
and threaten us even on the banks of the
Ohio: all because the slaves at home are
giving them no trouble-because ue are. at
the point of the bayonet, keeping them loyal
TO their masters instead of to the Tnion.
have told these things to the President and
Cabinet, and they replied" it may CONT to
this" Come to tbs ~ when 100000 men
have melted away, and $4,000, 100000 spent :
Come to this" when another half million
lives shall have been lost, and billion of
dollars more laid upon you in taxation.
cantot ami cW not stand Ms-and if you
elect mt, | shall vote that every man be
armed, black and white, who can aid in crush
ing the Rebellion that every inch of Rebel
soil be taken and sold to pay the debt of this
war. will rot go with the President in
paying for al the slaves-I did not vote for
his reso.ution-I wU not vote to pay for any
slave OF a ReJel! But will uphold the Ad-
ministration as far as possble-saying at the
Same time that it is all in vain unless thev
change their policy. Would it no: be better
that $4,000 armed slaves should lie unbur-
ried around the bait le-iields near Manassas
than that your friends and mine should thus
be there The Rebels might have slain
them they would have saved US, and our
own men would have gone fresh into action
and to victory. Yet at this sympathizers with
treason at the North cry" -iJotition !" Abo-
lition-yeS abolish everything on the face
OF the earth but this Union free every slave
-slay every traitor-burn every Rebel man.
sion, if these things be necessary TO preserve
this temple of freedom to the world and to
our posterity. Unless we DO this, we cannot
conquer them. have spoken thus in Con-
gress-and in the last week, after Il
few remarks of mine, the vote was 81 to II
81 agreeing with me, where year ago not
fifty could have been found, and if 60 back
there again, if we have any one left to fight
by that time, tie whoic nation will be with
NE. Either We must pursue that policy, or
the war will be disgracefully abandoned at
last and our country divided-and he is q
traitor who talks of separation on any
terms "
Year: 1862

4 PRESSING MEDIA citizen who vent
down 10 the battle field Of Bull Run to rem
der assistance TO the wounded gives leng-
thy account of the work performed, and the
gross neglect of our poor wounded soldiers,
and closes as follows:


There should be thorough and efficient
organization Of ambulance corps, after the
manner of the French army, and each amhu-
lance should be provided with small amount
of provisions, such as crackers and concen-
trated food to be made into soup, when ne
cessary, so as to be independent of hospital
supplies through the regular process. The
War Department should not lose moment
in eEecting such an organization. If he
country could but witness the suffering wh'ch
| have beheld among the wounded on The
battlefield, the people would imperatively
demand that surgeons should be made to do
their duty strictly, and that there should be
thorough efficiency given to the ambulance
corps by their proper and systematic organi-
zation under competent head and proper
subordinates."
Year: 1862

LETTER ASKING FOR COURT OF INQUIRY.


WASHINGTON, September 6.


To his exeellency the president: Il have
been informed by senator that he has seen
note in pencil, written by colonel of caval-
ry, mortally wounded in the recent battle,
stating among other causes that " he was dy-
ing victim TO McDowelI's treacherv," and
that his last request was that this note might
be shown to YOU. That the colonel believed
this charge and felt that his last act on earth
was great public service, there can be, l
think, no question. This solemn accusation
from the grave of gallant officer, who died
for his country, is entitled to great
consideration and l feel called upon to endea-
vor to meet it as well as SO general charge
from one now no longer able to support it,
can be met. l therefore beg you to please
cause a court to be instituted for its investi-
cation, and in the absence Of any knowledge
whatever as to the particular act or acts, time
or place, or general conduct the deceased may
Year: 1862

"Come home, my son." said a parent to
one who had been absent from home for some
time, come home, and you. mother will kill
the fatted calf for YOU" "Tell her not to do
it, father" replied the offspring, " for have
lived on veal ever since I've been here. Tell
her to kill quarter of pig instead"
Year: 1862

SNAIL ARMs.-One or two recent arrivals have
brought small arms for the Confederacy, but are
inclined to believe that there is pressing necessity
for more arms 1t is certain that when our or 500
Regiments are filled up to the maximum number of
1850 men, we shall need all the muskets, rifles, and
double-barrel guns which can be commanded


We have heard it said that notwithstanding the
urgent calls made by Gov. Clark upon the people
of this State for their surplus arms, that there are
persons who still keep in their possession two or
three old U. S. muskets, rifles, or double.
gums We confess that it is difficult for US to De-
lieve that this is So One gun every man should
keep, The protection and safety of his family re-
ouires this but those who have more than one who
can still hold on to them at time like this, when
the army needs them so much, must have but little
sense Of their responsibility and duty in this crisis
or Of the danger which may bea us for the lack Of
them. Let such respond to the call of Gov. Clark
at once and let it no longer be said that any man in
North Carolina withholds from the government arms
which he can spare, at time like this. Delays,
inertia or inecency either on the part Of the gov
ernment or people, will prove seriously detrimental
to our cause at this juncture.
Year: 1862

< The Conscfiptfou. = SssS +
Many persons desire information on the operation
Of this law. We have published the law ITSELF the
bill on exemptions, the regulations adopted BY the
Secretary Of War; and to-day We publish the letter
Of the Secretary to Gov Clark, eueidating several
points in its operation. ~.


TO relieve further anxiety and to prevent unnec-
essary trouble either to the people or to the Military
Department here, in seeking information, we will
say, that as yet no arrangement has been made be-
tween the Governor or Adutant General of the State
and Secretary of War; in regard to the Conscrption
that we know Of Officers have not yet been ap.
pointed to enrol the conscripts to draft them
When this is done the public will be advised Of it.
In the meantime We make the following sugges
tions:
l. Let the people remain At home who do not in
tend to volunteer, and quietly pursue their bust
ness. s.-.s,-r . +.


2.Untl the 18th inst, every man between the
ages of 18 and 35--may volunteer and join new
company which can be filled up by that time or one
already in service from this State as a recruit


8. Read the exemption law and see if you belong
to either of the classes therein exempted and you
do, make yourself easy, and answer to your name
when you are called. If no, still wait until you
are called s> -=.7.--


4. When the names of all those who have not
volunteered between 18 and 35 are enrolled, then
the conscription will begin We presume that those
who are necessary to fill up the companies al
ready formed to 125 for infantry, 15o for artillery,
and 80 for cavalry will be selected by draft and sent
at once to recruit the companies; and that those
who are not drafted will be sent into camps of in
struction or suffered to remain at home until call
ed for.


8. Those who intend to hire substitutes need not
be in haste, it is understood to be the purpose of
the Secretary of War to release every man in the
army over S5 years of age Many who are released
will doubtless wish to return, and can readily be
employed as substitutes.


g. Whether the Secretary Of War designs to re.


lease those persons under 1s and over IS years who
are substitutes for the war; has not yet been decided
we believe Ourimpresson, however, IS that persons
who are substitutes for those who are over 1s and
under 35, will be retained in the service, but sub
sttutes for men over IS may be released.
Year: 1862

Itcannot be doubted that the mention of the name
of William 4. Graham in connection with the Gu
bernatorial chair of North Carolina at this crisis,
strikes cord which vibrates in unison with the
feelings Of the people of the State from one end
to the other. In almost every letter We receive,
and the number is very large there is an endorse
ment of his name. An intelligent friend from the
Mountain District says: "This District will give
Graham from FIVE to seven thousand majority over
any other man the squads can bring against hin" !"


The last Greensboro Patriot says:


"a number Of highly respectable gentlemen have
been suggested through thepapers suitable persons
to fill the Office of Governor but none, far as we
have been able to discover, appears to strike the
public mind so favorably as VIM. A. Graham. His
exalted talents, long experience, his high moral
WORTH stern integrity and undoubted patriotism, all
combine in designating him as the man for the present
emergency. We do not believe that there is an
intelligent man in the State who has not full conf
dence in the integrity and patriotism of Gov Gra-
ham. And if he will consent to tho use OF his
name for that purpose the people in this section
will feel that they promoting the best interests
Of the State by electing him Governor Of North
Csrolina" 5.tf