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Year: 1864

two Counties, he Is entitled to the seat; and the
manner in which the election was Conducted ct
Kinston will justify him, it seems to us in contest
ing the election. -


We shall reeur to this subject in future issues
We repeat so far Ss we are personally concerned We
have no wish to dwell upon the manner in which
the late elections were conducted, but as the con-
ductor of public press our duty plain, and must
be,performed. We shall not 60 out Of our way to
Assa any one in performing this duty, but we Shall
state facts and then leave our readers to their own
reflections and conclusions. Let the record be made
up for the future The right of the people to gov
ern themselves depends absolutely on the freedom
and the purity of the ballotbOx. The ballotbOx is
the fountain of an free government Let it be cor.
rupted let it be closed to one portion of our oi
zens and opened to another, no matter with what
view or by what means, and free government at
once becomes q nullity.
Year: 1864

WHAT MIeuT BE DONE WITH THE MONEY WASTED
IN WAE-Gve me the money that has been spent
IN war, and will purchase every foot of land up
on the globe. 1 will clothe every man, woman, and
child in an attire that kings and queens would be
proud of; will build schoolhouse upon every
hill side and in every valley over the whole habi-
table earth; will supply that school house with
competent teacher; will build an academy in
every town, and endow it; college in every State,
and ill it with able professors will crown every
hill with church cOnseerated to the promulgatioa
of the gospel Of peace; will support in its pulpit
an able teacher of righteousness so that on every
Sabbath morning the chime on one hill should an.
swer the chime on another, around the earth's
broad circumference, and the voice of prayer, and
the song of praise, should ascend like an universal
holocaust to Heaven. u.--Ste6kins
Year: 1864

The EXAMINE OF OUR CHIEFrAN.-Geu. Lee
crossed the James early in june he called his staff
round him, and kneeng under the shade of q
spreading oak offered up most fervent prayer for
Divine guidance and strength, and success in the
new stage of the campaign upon which he was
Just entering
Year: 1864

FALSE STATEMENT CoRREcTEB-An intelligent and
truthful friend, writing US from Wilkes County,
says:


The story about the deserters taking possession
Of box in this County and voting 100 ballots for
you, is false, and should be denied instantly. I
have no doubt if the matter could be investigated,
that it would appear that your opponent received
many Illegal votes in this County as you did"


There is no doubt that our opponent received
thousands Of illegal votes both at home and in the
army. We have information in our possession,
which abundantly justi6es the statement In addi-
ton to this he received thousands of legal votes
cast by persons in the hope that by so voting they
would keep themselves out of camp as conscripts.
Every detailed man and every soldier was free to
vote he pleased, but the distinct understanding
was, as general rule, that if he did not vote for
Gov. Vance he would be punished This was the
understanding in France when the Bonapartes were
elected Emperors, Armed troops were present at
the polls in France, as they were at hundreds of
precincts in this State at the late election overaw.
ing the people and controlling their suffrages.
Year: 1864

PROCLAMATION BY THE GovERNoR..-It will be
seen by the Proclamation of Gov. Vance, in our
paper to-day, that that functionary, responding to
the late appeal of Gen. Lee to deserters and to the
general public wish as expressed in the newspapers
of the State has issued urgent call to deserters
and absentees from the army to return to their
posts, and has enjoinedrit as duty on the entire
body of the militia to exercise the utmost vigilance
in ridding the State of deserters. We trust this
call will be needed. We think it more than proba-
BILE that majority of the deserters lurking in this
State soldiers from other States who have made
North Carolina sort of halfway house between
Virginia and their homes ; and it is due to the char
acter Of the State to the Confederate service and
to m>ny Of our citizens who have been injured by
these deserters from other States as well as from
our own State, that they should be banished from
our midst and returned to their duty. Let those of
citizens who belong to the militia home guard
and who have been thus far exempted from active
service in the Confederate army in consideration of
the important duties they are expected to perform
at home, at once respond to this order of the Gov
ernor and execute it faithfully, and the evil com.
planned Of will soon cease to exist.
Year: 1864

We publish to day the'opiniOn of Chief Justice
Pearson in the OF Russell against Whiting, and
portion of the Argument of B. F. Moore Esq, in
the case The Opinion of the Chief Justice is
marked by that clearne.s and thoroughness of anal
ysis which characterize all his decisions; and the
Argument of Mr. Moore is eminently worthy ofoneof
the ablest and most profound lawyers Of the OOnfed
crate States. We shall conclude the Argument in
our next, so as to present the whole case in our
Weekly issue of the 3lst August
Year: 1864

Elections do not carry themselves. The
county OF Scott nor yet the city O.. Daycn-
port forms 40 exception, to this rulc.-The
moro perfectly a party is organized the
greater arc its cnances of succc ss and roth.
ing is so important to the success of the
Democratic ticket in this cit v and county
as perfect organization. The campaign is
now fairly opened, and irl order to secure
the election OF our candidates there is no
better way than to organize Democratic
clubs n every precinct in the country.
The time between this and the election is
short and there is much work to be per-
formed before VIC so to the polls. Meetings
must be held, speakers and campaign doc
uments must be procured and the necessary
funds to deffay expenses must lie raised.
10 carry out this work systematically and
to properly proportion the work, clubs
must be 70 rrned and that must be attended
to without delay. With the leading demo-
Gratis IN the different wards and townships
call meetings at once and put the tall in mo-
tion. It is all important that every Demo
crat should ,,ut his shoulder to the wheel
and devote his time and money to the
earnest Prosecution Of the good work il
hand Let US begin at cncc and wher
meetings are called let every Democra
make it a point TO turn out.
Year: 1864

functions or duties have been entrusted toI
them by the Republican Union party, and
they do not feel at liberty. to transcend those
red upon them.


We wonder If they havn't. How comes
it then that that word ~ nion,'' appears
in that call. That is word that had no
place in the original designation OF the par
ty, and has been placed their without au.,
shortly. There is no such party as the
Republican Union party. It is plain Re-
publican party, and We defy tie editor Of Ell
ther the Republican or the Press to point to
the day OF, place when or where the name
Of that party has been authoritatively chang
ed since ite organization.
But these party blggots fail to con,pre :
hsnd the position Of the petitioners. 1t is
not to change the name Ct party that they
ask, nor to make a party call more liberal ;
it is simply 20 issue call that will take in
all ulion men, and leave all others out that
that they, ask, and We plead.
| E5&
There sre, outside Of the organization Of
the Republican paaty, million good Union
men In the country, who do not subscribe
to the political dogmas of that party, and
who hate the disunion .procliyities of their
old associates; now whati shall be done
with them ? We say call your conventions
in such way that it shall not bear the
semb'ance of a party call, and thus secure
the hearty cooperation OF these men. The
Republican says force them to Join the Re.
publican party, or drive them back into that
old corrupt party, whose leader is Vallan-
digham. Which is the best craftsmanship
We submit to our readers.


That committee had just as good right tt
call union convention as they had to call
Republican Union convention. In sstrict-
ness ollegal right, they could call only a


hfp"1hca0 Conpention. But if the people
petition, then they might on that authority
not on the authority Of their original ap
pontment, call any sort Of a convention
and they have only shown their bigotry, or
the undue influence tho Press has over them
i'll refusing to comply with the patriotic an d
reasonable request Of those patriotic peti,
TONERS.
Year: 1864




= AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY MEET1NG.-We
want every director to be at the meet
ing on the 4th Of March, prepared to make
some suggestion towards making up the
list Of premiums for the fair.


Agriculture is the business of this coun-
try, therefore let US improve and encourage
agriculture.


REcRU1r1NG.-I.t. Col. Mattson is getting
more recruits than any other recruiting off
Ger we have heard of. Since he came home
he has recruited nearly eighty men, and is
now sending forward eight or ten every
week. This morning he sent up sever
men.


OLD FOLKS CoNcERT.-The "Old Folks
who sung he last week, for the benefit o
soldiers families, with such wonderful sue
cess are going to Prescott to sing to thu
people there for the same laudible purpose
~-~~~,-~-~-~~~-~~
CONVENTION There is to be q conyer
ton Of business men in this city on the Sd
of March, tho principle object Of which il
to agree upon some course Of action by
which the exhorbitant rates for freight nov
being exacted by the transportation compa
MES that no v do the Carrying business ma;
beireduced, Hastings has elected delegates
Year: 1864

The Record. true to its hsbis of snarl-
ing anil showing its teeth at every out.
sider who dares to lay his unhallowed
hand upon the sacred person of its mas
ter. accuses the Chief of falsehooJ, .whe n
it says that Gen. Lane is being pat for
ward for the Vice Presidency. Let us
see where the lie comes in. Early last
Summer, Gen. Lane summoned into his
presence various members of the Legisla-
ture and other prominent men of the
State. supposed to be friendly to him.
and there laid down his plans. He pro-
posed that he be reelected to the United
States Senate this Winter. which would
be strong home endorsement Of him !;
then he would secure delegation from
Kansas to the National Convention. who
would urge him in that Convention for
the Presidency /; bnt would at the proper
time withdraw his name in favor of the
man who would BY that time be known
to have sure thing of it, IN consideration
of which, he would without doubt re-
ceive the nomination for Vice President.


This. Mr.. F. P. Record, is truth,
which can be subst antiated by men who
have never vet in consideration of tho
sum of FIVE hundred dollars to them 10
hand paid" by james H. Lane. made
affidavit that they had on fermer occa-
sion committed perjury Ind al. se1


Do you feel anything stick you?
Year: 1864

Brooklyn CAty Ncws.


TIE BODY or A MURDERED MAN FOUND IN THA


RIvBa-THR REMAINS DIsMEABsRHD AND TIED UP


IN BUNDLE, ETC.


The trunk OF man. who had doubtless been murdered,
was picked up ut the OF Little street. Brooklyn
yesterday morning. A boatman while engaged in pick
ing up drift wood object floating on the inside Of
the Dock and suppoeing u to be clothing, or something
else value picked up and on opening 1t discovered
the be the discovered and mutaed body OF
human being. The remains we're conveyed to the
Forty second precinct station house, where an ex-
animation was made BY Coroner Norris. The lower
limbs and pelvs had been of. The were cut or
az shoulders, and the head severed at absut the
second third cervica vertebra The body Is evidently
that of young man, who dressed in the prevailing
fashionable style had from appearances, been IN the
or ten hours. Around the body we're wrapped several
sheets Of brown paper tied with cord known as hous
len.p white muslin shirt, with q small, narrow eated
bosom, Q white flannel under Shirt section OF coa4
and vest OF gray mixed material, and soft gray
hat, trimmed with black tape, were also found
collar. down the body In jagged mSnnor
sad the arm sleeve cut out evidently with the arm


The entire was wrapped IN two black lnoie ruooer
cloths such used for Kitchen taole covering.
piece OF had been placed with the body doubtless
to assist in sausng to SINK So recently had the re-
ing yet dry There can scarcely be doubt that the
man was murdered land and then, TO avoid identa-
cation up and thrown into the river. The limbs
not yet been found The body was by direction OF
The Coroner conveyed to the deadhouse, where wall
remain short time with view 70 its Identification An
eCam mhaton into tho matter will be commenced TO- day,
with the hope that something may transpire to throw
some light on the subject.
Year: 1864

n N0thtn8s


An Illinois newspaper once spoke Of Jno.
Wentworth's Chicago Democrat "as dirty
enough to be assessed as Real Estate. "
This remark is applicable to too many of
the journals Of the day, but their conduc-
tors are not able to injure any one and
hence their mud-balls thrown against the
character of their opponents are harmless
except in befoullng themselves. 1t wont
do to wallow with swine because you are
dared to do it; nor will it pay to throw
clubs at every NANCY spaniel that sits on
bis launches and says "bow, WOW" to you
as you pass. Every man has to pay some
thing for his position-those who are with.
out character should be permitted to have
the enjoyment coarse mind can derive
from envy and detraction. The highest
type of Humanity was followed by hoot-
ing mob of Pharisees and ANONYMOUSLY
executed st. Paul in preaching against
image-worship incurred the hatred Of those
who made their living by the manufacture
of (wooden and brass) gods, and thus will
it ever be in times of excitement when
REFLECTION is asleep and INTEREST is pick
ing his pockets. We do not charge faults
upon those who are so unfortunate as not
to sec very well. A blind mans fall is a
misfortune, not fault.
Year: 1864

OrrrcERs, ATTENTION There is circu-
lar in this number Of the Daily Democrat,
issued BY Gen. Baker, for your especial
benefit. It 10 not intended for those who
perform the duty but those who do not.
IL this latter class expect promotion they


must first prove that they are competent to
fill the position they already hold. This
same circular should have been issued :
long time ago, tut it is in time to do much
good yet. ey se fs>s
Year: 1864

There's happy time coming w
When the boys come home,
There's glorions day coming


When the boys come home.
We will end the dreadful story


Of this treason dark and CORY
In sun burst of glory
When the boys come home.
The day will seem brighter


When the boys come home;
For our hearts will be lighter


When the boys come home.
Wives and sweethearts will press them
In their arms, and caress them,
And praying to God to bless them,


When the boys come home.
The thinned ranks will be proudest
When the boys come home,
And their cheer will ring the loudest
When the boys come home.
The full ranks will be shattered tH
And the bright arms will be battered,
And the battle standards tattered,
When the boys come home. ....
Their bayonets may be rusty


When the boys come home, ..
And their uniforms dusty


When the boys come home;
But all shall see the traces


Of battles royal graces
In the brown and bearded faces


When the boys come home.
Our love shall go to meet them


When the boys come home,
To bless them and to greet them


When the boys come home; p" q
And the fame of their endeavor


Time and change shall not disseyer
From the nations heart forever


When the boys come home.
Year: 1864

oUs political relations and consecrated him
self evermore TO reiterating and enforcing
that dem md for Justice to the Slave which
was, to the great mass Of his country men,
mtst odious aud abhorrent, but in which
be recognized the mandate not of public
duty than of National interest and safety.
Say, If you will, that be thereby evinced
only superior discernment is not that dis
cernment intimately allied to nicer moral
sense, more incorrupt perception Of that
eternal rectitude which underlies and con
trolls all the issues of human endeavor,
educing order from seeming chaos, and ret
rioution even from the seeming triumphs OF
unhallowed ambition and lust ? s


From that hour, Mr.. Chase has been
faithful to his paramount conviction. What.
ever else may have been alleged to his dis.
paragement, no man has hinted that he
was not sincerely an Abolitonist; no one
but Wendell Phillips ever accused him OF
subordinating bis Anti.Slavery convictions
in any instance to the promptngs of ease
or ambition. Twice elected to the U s.
Senate, twice chosen Governor Of Ohio,
and at length required to reliuqnsh his
seat in the Senate when be had Just entered
upon new term, in order 10 assume con


troll of the National Finances, he has borne
an ample share of the labors aud respon-
sibilties of Office without concealment or
compromise of his hostility to the giant
crime and shame of our age and country


1t he should never again hold a STATEN, he
cannot be accounted disappointed or un.
successful aspirant. Yet it is scarcely pos
sible that the People should consent that
one who hos served them so ably aud wor-
thiiy should serve them no more. He
leaves in public life few men better fitted
10 dignity or adorn any station--even the
highest. ar


WILLIAM PIrr FEssENDEN, who succeeds
Mr. Chase, is signal exempificaton OF
the irrepresslble might of Industry and
Talent, eunobled by Integrity. Thongh
the greater part Of his adult life 10 mi
nority .jn his State and in the Nation, be
has neiur fawned on the dispensers of pow
er, but always proclaimed his convictions
and patiently awaited their endorsement
by those be sought to enlighten, SO that
he might favorably serve them. Always
Wing until the dissolution of that party,
| he was known as an earnest antagonist of
| the Slave Power when to be such was an
lnsurmountable barrier to popular favor or
public trust. In an age of trucking, no
man ever deemed him q time-server; at a
! time when corruption stalked unabashed
( no one ever suspected him OF venality. No
| other man in either House has done SC
much as, he to retrench expenditure and
enforce rigid accountability for every
dollar that leaves the Treasury. OF the
many thousands who regret the retirement
of Mr.. Chase, there is hardly one who will
not agree that his mantle could have falleI
on no man more worthy to wear it thai
William Pitt Fessenden.
Year: 1864

''It (peacel has become a hateful word, and
should be left exclusively to the use of Buffalo
orators in a neighboring State, if any of that
sort still drive and sniyel Let us get rid of the
whole vile cant, and say at once We are for war,
and nothing but war, until, as Davis is said 10
have said, "the last of this generation falls in
his tracks" and then We mean to pass it To the
next as an inheritance. II is for those who have
unjustly invaded our country to offer US peace
and when they do, they will still offer it in vain
until their armed men are withdrawn from the
soil Of these Confederate States, and the felor
flag of stripes is hauled down from every for
within our borders. After that it will be tim,
enough to prate about peace. Now the yer,
word is snonsense.-l Richmond Examiner.
Year: 1864

cTatS.


1.-THE North may cease TO carry on active hos
tilities long before it will consent TO recognize
our Independence, and enter into formal terms
of peace with u.s. They are in terrible
dread of IN invasion by US of the North, and
more busy in trying to devise ways and means
10 rspsl such apprsAsadsd invasion than in re-
Year: 1864

In the Bay Of Bengal, on the very high
road of commerce, is group of islands
thickly covered with impenetrable Jungle.
and swarming with leeehes in the rainy,
and ticks in the dry season. Except a spe-
eies of pig, until recently unknown to sci
enee, there are no wild animals that offer
any molestation to man; but to make up
for this deficiency, the human inhabitants
are amongst the most savage and hostile
that voyagers have ever encountered
They may truly be termed nation Of pig
mics, being on an average only four feet
FIVE inches high, and weighing from seven
ty to seventy-fve pounds; but they are
well proportioned, and display an agility
and nimbleness truly wonderful Their
skin is dark, though not as black as that
of the negro, and their faces decidedly ug-
ly. They 90 entirely naked, shave the
hair off their heads with pieces of bamboo
or broken bottle, and further increase their
unsightly appearance by daubing them
selves all over with a mixture of red ocher
and oil; or covering their persons toward
nightfaI with thick coating of soft mud,
to serve as a protection against the mosqui-
Toes Home Journal
Year: 1864

The following lines written by young wife
formerly resident of Fremont,) and dropped
nto pair of boots, sent to her soldier husband
nave been sent for publication in the JOURNAL:
Go to warm his weary feet,
Be the first the foe to meet;
Be the last in a retreat.


Bear him bravely in the fight,
Faithfully on guard at night,
Never turning from the right.
These can go, but must stay,
Waiting, praying day by day,
For the dear one far away.
Waiting, till the foe shall yield;
Praying, God will be your shield,
When on guard and battlefield.
Oh, what prayers at night and morning,
What a wild and fervent yearning,
For the soldiers safe returning.
For the heart is sad and weary,
And the eyes are dim and teary,
For the life so lone and dreary,
For the chill fears DER me creeping,
F. And the wakeful hours of weeping,
When the world around is sleepingl
Wondering, where is he tonight?
Dreaming by the campfire light?
Or Drawing death amid the fight?
But tho ills may oft betide you, as
Yet l feel that God will guide you;
His right hand will be yourshield,
Day and night in tent or field.
By the precious promise given,
Sure and sweet, from yonder heaven;
By the calmness O. me stealing
When in anguish / am kneeling,
Do feel that he will lead you
Home to hearts that so much need you.


II. s.
Year: 1864

How 10 Discover small Pox in its Early Stage.


The Eclectic Journal in an article on
small pox, admonishes physicians not to
be hasty in passing their opinion that any
eruptiye disorder is that loathsome disease,
until they prove the following diagnostic
systems


''Now we offer this secret to the pro
fession. So soon as the eruption appears,
by pressure with the point of the finger
may be distinctly felt the small, hard sub
stance, precisely as if small fine shot
had been placed under the cuticle of the
skin. This peculiar appearance belongs
to no other eruption disease. While it is
and has been known to few physicians, It
is not mentioned in any of the standard
authorities, nor does the writer claim the
credit of the discovery. After this all
works upon practice viii add thisunfail-
ing diagnostic symptoms"
Year: 1864

We have frequently been asked what
has become of ex Gov. Wright. Well,
the first we have noticed for some time past
of Joseph was his appearance on the plat
form in New York with Garrct Smith
and other noted abolitonists, on the occa-
sion of a lecture by the Rev. Sella Martin,
a negro preacher His next and last ap-
pearance was as a speaker at the Lincoln
ratification meeting i'll New York.-La-
.fdyene -A,yus.


He is still in the sheep business He
was on Rampage at Grcencastle the 9th
er day we will write the rite of Wright
right this fall
Year: 1864

CHAs B. LAssEILE.-We are pleased
10 see that this able and sterling democrat
has been nominated for reelection 10y the
citizens of Cass county, TO the Legislature
Mr. L. was a member at last session. and
took prominent stand as defender of
the democratic faith He will be valuable
auxiliary in the present campaign, and the
people of o!d Cass owe him generous sup
port Miami Couafg Sentinel.
Year: 1864

The Republican papers will soon begin
to tell us. for the one hundredth time,
that the rebellion is on its last legs, and
that it is only necessary to put this 900
600 men in the field to finish it. This Is
the story they would have the impudcnce
to tell for five years