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Year: 1865

More blood must be poured out, more treasure ex-
pended, more wretchedness endured, because JEFF
ferson Davis and Zebulon B. Vance are not willing
that peace shall be made though the intervention
Of the States. Gov. Vance declared during his
campaign that he was better peace man than we
were; that he was better peace man than Gov


Brown, for that he had been more or less instru-
mental in inducing Gov. Brown to take the position
he then occupied that he so cordially approved
the sentiments of Mr. Stephens that he could cheer
fully put the great seal of the State to his speeches
and letters and he also told the people that his
policy would bring peace to them before the leaves
then green, should fall from the trees. How has
be redeemed these pledgesi He is now as bloody
q war man as the bloodiest war man in the Confed-
crate States He cannot bear peace man. The
idea of State Convention, or of State interven.
ton, enrages him. He is afraid to trust the people
with their own affairs. He ignores the people
He is doing every thing in his power to bamboozle,
amuse, mislead, and silence the Legislature now in
session. We repeat the question, will that body
tamely submit to the will of one manP The eyes
of the people are upon them. The people want
Convention. They are determined to have Con-
Vsntion. But we are answered, i've must wait
for some one of the cotton States to move" Nust
zoe still toloU the cotton Statesi Must We drift to
our doom because the cotton States will not moveP
But how can they mover They are subjugated,
and therefore powerleSs. And yet we must wait
for some one Of the cotton States to move !"
North Carolina is sovereign State-let her act for
herself She not responsible to the cotton States,
or to the Yankee States, for what she may do. She
does not belong either to Jefferson Davis or to Zeb-
ulon B. Vance. The hand of the despot may be
raised against her. but to the despot who shall
strike hcrt Her chosen representatives are now in
session in Raleigh. If they regard only two man,
or . few men clothed with authority, they will par
ley, and hesitate, and fail to act; but if they
gard the will of the people, the cries of their suf
fering and ruined country, and their own solemn
duty, they ,OiH act, and act at once.


We learn on good authority that six of the mem-
bers of Congress from this State are in favor Of
Convention, and that two others are "almOst per-
suaded to take ground for it Prompt action by
the Legislature would do much to strengthen the
hands of our members of Congress, as well as to
encourage the people and the soldiers.
Year: 1865

In the course of the debate in the Senate of this
State, on Tuesday last on the subject of arming
the slaves, Mr. Hail. of Hanover, said "he believed
the salvation of the Southern Confederacy depend
ed upon putting arm in the hands of the slaves"
If this be so, then the Southern Confederacy is
gone If the only hope of saving it consists in
armng and freeing the negroes then there is no
hope for it And it is on this black basis that we
are called upon to fight on and Eight it out!"
Year: 1865

We shall publish in our next the speech of Mr.
Hanes, Of Davidson, delivered on the occasion of
the introduction of his resolutions in the House of
Commons Extra copies of the Standard contain
ing the speech can be obtained application at the
Office
Year: 1865

We learn that the recent sleet in the Western
counties Of this State was very heavy. The trees
were broken in all directions, rendering it difficult to
travel even on foot and horseback. We learn that
the fruit trees were much injured.
Year: 1865

The most recent sdvices at the War
Department give assurance that neither
Lee nor Johnston can retreat or offer bat
tie without the certain destruction of their
armies.


It is understood that there must eesss-
tlon of fighting on both sides, and sdvices
from Richmond state that every resort Of
diplomacy will be used for arranging q
peace during the interim.


Secretary Seward left for City Point
yesterday. Hon. Millsrd Fillmore pre-
ceded him, at the suggestion, it is under
stood, of JEFF Davis, and it is believed that
negotiations for peace are now going on
aboard the River Queen.


Later important military movements are
known to be in progress.


A portion of Sheridan's cavalry have
been dism united. The remainder will
soon be heard from in a new direction.
Year: 1865

COLUMBUS, March 80.


Ny dispatch last night, announcing the
passage by the House of the bill to permit
competition in the telegraph business, by
the decisive vote of II to 9, failed to get
through. This morning the Senate agreed
to the House substitute, and the bill will
become law as soon as it is signed.


The Senate also agreed to the House bill
making provision for assessing for the tax
alton of National Bank shares, whether
held in or out of the State.


Also the House bill to authorize County
Commissioners to borrow money for the re-
lief of the poor, in case the tax is not suf-
fcient.


The House to day finally voted to give
future members of the Legislature $3.50 for
each year in which session is held.
Year: 1865

The following is from Puck, new
funny paper in California


A long article having the above head
ing is going the rounds of the press, and
has beer for some time. Puck, thinking
the old ones are played ont, has manu-
featured some new ones he being a
supernatural being, is of course fully
competent to do so.


The Grtdiron. To take down the
gridiron from the nail where it is hang
ing, with the left hand, is sign that
there will be a broi in the kitchen.


THE Mirror. If mirror is broken,
it is sign that good looking lass will
be missed in that house.


A Funeral. To meet a funeral pro
cession is a sign of a death.


Pockst-6ook. To lose pocket-book
containing greenbacks is unlucky.


Nails. If a woman cuts her nails
every Monday, it is lucky for her hus-
bard.


BOOSTERS. If you hear rooster crow
when you are in bed, and clock strikes a
few times at the same instant, it is sign
of mo(u)rning.


An Itching Ear If YOU have an itch
ing ear, tickle your nose and you will
have an itching there, and i'll luck will
be averted.


Sal, To spill salt accidentally into a
stew while it is on the fire, is proof
that the family will meet with altera-
tons (sater rations).


4 Cat. When "a cat prepares TO wash
its face, it is a sign that one in the house
will shortly receive licking.


Warts. TO have sixteen warts on the
left hand, is unlucky; to have the same
number on the right hand, is sign you
are unfortunate.


Spirits If married man, while bis
wife is in the room, takes up bottle OF
spirits with bis right hand, 1t is sign
that she will shortly be out of spirits, and
her husband is going to liquor.


Stock Raising. II a one-eyed bull
dog flies at a stock-raser's legs, it de-
notes that misfortune will happen to
his calves.


BrjdaI. If you get on horseback on
Monday before the sun is up, j; is sign
that you will have hand in the bridal.


Lucky To stroke green-eyed cat
with a white spot on her nose is lucky,
and heavy purrs viii be the consequence.


Marriage. IL you are in house and
hear a baby cry, it is a sign of marriage
or If it isn't it ought to be.


Red Hair. If red-haired man falls
in love with a girl who dislikes hair of
that color, he will very likely dye before
be is married.


The above signs and portents may be
strictly relied upon; they have never
been known to fail.
Year: 1865

MoLAssEs FROM INDIAN CoRN.-A
discovery has deem made, according to a
report in the St. Louis Democrdt of a
way of making molasses from maize OF
Indian corn, and quality Of which is not
inferior to that extracted from the best
cane, not liable to Fermentation, and Of
good flavor, body, color and saccbarine
properties. The Democrat speaks OF
the cheap rate at which the article can
be furnished, and adds;


From one bushel of grain three gal
Ions of molasses can be extracted, at least.
The market value, therefore, of the corn
staple of our own fields will decide the
quotations of molasses, and preclude the
possibility Of these prime necessaries
from presenting. as has often been the
case, a wide difference in prices. In
deed, the farmer is thus made the recpl
ent Of the additional advantage and profit
of raising his own saccharine, and saved
the trouble and expense Of making an
exchange of products through commercial
channels for the purpcs4.'
Year: 1865

served here, that | have for many years
advocated, q n essential attribute f
State sovereignty, the right of state to
secede from h Union. If, therefore,
had not believed there was ju8tifiable
cause-if | thought the State was acting
without sufficient provocation-still, un'
der my theory of government, | should
have felt bound by her action. ], how
ever, may say, l think she had justifiable
cause, and l approve Of her acts. | con-
ferred with the people b e fore that act
was taken, and counselled them that, if
they could not remain, they should take
the act"


The rest of the history Of this mis-
guided and unhappy man is known to all
the world. He is now a prisoner in the
hands of the government he stroye to de-
stroy, and the question of his fate per-
plexes every thoughtful mind. On the
one hand, it is evident that, in accepting
the presidency of the rebellious States,
he only did what he was fully convinced
he had right to do; and the time has
gone by for putting man to death for
an act which his coscence and his un =
derstanding entirely approved. On the
other hand, while holding the chief com
mand of the rebels, he did some acts so
cruel, so atrocious, so devillisb, that they
close every heart against him. Wheth-
er he connived at the assassination of the
President, whether b sanctioned b e
plot to burn New York and poison the
Croton reservoir, we do not yet know /;
though the facts may be known before
this writing sees t h e light. But e
thing we do know: he permitted forty
thousand Union soldiers, prisoners Of
war, to be slowly starved and tortured
to death. This crime we believe to be
without parallel, for deliberate wicked
ness, in the whole history of man. The
massacre of St. Bartholomew was inno-
cence itself in comparison with it; it was
all over il a few days. Bat at Ander-
sonyille, it took some of our poor fellows
more than year of agony to die.


This is the crime, that seems to rise
up like an impossible wall between JEFF
ferson Davis and the mercy Of the gov
ernment. If this does not justify bis ex-
ecution, let no man be hanged henceforth
as long as hemp shall grow.


These. however, are only the thoughts
of an individual. We leave him to the
justice of his countrymen, not doubling
their ability t o decide upon h s case
Alright.
Year: 1865

BLACKBERRY RooT GooD FOR SUM
MER CoMPLAINT.-We have great faith
in decoction of fresh ackberry root
for looscness of the bowels. Last sum-
mer it completely cured severe case of
chronic Southern or army diarrhGa
after the other remedies of the best ply
sicians had proved unavailing, and it in
variably cured in many other cases where
it was afterwards recommended. Dig
the green roots, rejecting those that are


large and woody. Wash thoroughly
clean, and steep in water at the rate of a
quart to half a pound of the root. Boil
down one half, and then strain or pour
off. Pot the liquid in bottle with about
one-eighth its bulk Of brandy, whiskey,
or alcohol, to keep it from souring, and
cork tight. A tablespoonful Of this,
rather less for a child, is to be taken
three or four times day, say before
each meal time We would not 90 from
home, especially southwark, without TAX
ing this preparation along. The black
berry brandies or cordials made from the
berries are of little account as remedy
for diarrhna. The virtus lies IN the
roots, not in the berries.
Year: 1865

Ifmen cared less for wealth and fame,
And less for battle-felds and glory -
If writ in human hearts, a name
Seemed better than in song and story
If men, instead of nursing pride,
Would learn to hate it and abhor it


IfmOre relied


On Love to guide,
The world would be better for it.
If men dealt less in stocks and lands,
And more in bonds and deeds fraternal;
If Loves work had more willing hands
To link this world to the supernal;
If men Stored up Loves oil and wine,
And on bruised human hearts would use it,


If"yours" and "mine"


Would once combine,
The world would be the better for it.
If more would act the play of life,
And fewer spoil it in rehearsal;
If bigotry would sheath its knife,
Till Good became more universal
If Custom, gray with ages grown,
Had fewer blind men to adore it


If talent shown


In Truth alone,
The world would be the better for it.
If men were wise in little things
Affecting less in all their dealings;
Ifhearts had fewer rusted strings
To isolate their kindly feeling,
If men. when Wrong beats down the Right,
Would strike together and restore it.


If Right and Might


In every fight,
The world would be the better TOR it.
Year: 1865

THE Cross BEFORE THE CROWN
The way to the crown is by the CROSS
We must taste the gall if we are to taste
the glory. Ifjustilied by faith, we must
suffer tribulation.


When God saves soul, he tries it,
Some believers are much surprised when
they are called to suffer. They thought
they would do some great thing for God /;
but all he permits them TO dc is to suffer
for his sake. Go around to every one in
glory each has different story to tell,
yet every one a tale of suffering. But
mark, all were brought out of them. II
was dark cloud but it passed away
The water was deep, but they reached
thu other side. Not one there blames
God for the way h 6 led them thither.
+" Salvation y is there only cry. asa


Child of God, murmur not at your
lot, You must have palm as we'll as
a white robe. Learn to glory in trib>
uations also. M Cheyae.
Year: 1865

SUGGESTIONS TO YouNG MEN IN
LovE.-If you wish to win th g hand
Of young lady, all that is necessaryto
secure a favorable response to the mo.
mentous question is for her parents TO
speak unfavorably o { you. A girl al
ways likes to be contrary; and, if her
parents tell her they g would rather
follow her to the grave than have her
wed certain young fellow whom she
adores, t is certain that with IN a
year she will pass the parental domicile
three or four times every day, drawing
after her pretty little wagon, in which
sits a pretIier little baby.
Year: 1865

A Coop 'UN.-Some Of the bevfr
age dealers in this city have the reputa-
ton of using very small glasses in which
they deal out their beer. The other day
returned soldier man called for drink
at one of these places, and it was dealt
out to him in small glass. lie asked
the saloon keeper if he h d pocket
handkerchief to lend him. The rag was
handed over, d he deliberately tied
one end to the handle of the mug, and
told the saloon man to hold the other end,
while he drank the beer. Very much
surprised, he asked the soldier what he
meant by such strange proceeding
"Nothing," he answered, so IN y the
glass was so small | was afraid of swal-
lowing liza Crosse Wis.) RePabh>
can.
Year: 1865

God is above all comparison. There
is no pagan god, no angel in heaven, nor
king on the earth like unto our God
none so wise, so mighty, SO good neither
are there any works like unto his works.
Who, then, is so great as our God?
Year: 1865

THE ARGUS WORKS CnEAP,


For Pay In Ad-.ue,
THE ARGUS WORKS CHEAP.


For Pay in Advance
THE ARGUS WORKS CHEAP,


For Pay in Advance
THE ARGUS woPKs CHEAP,


For Pay In Advance
THE ARGUS WORKS CHEAP,
For Pay In Ad,ans.
fNE ARGUS WORKS CHEAP,


For Pay h Adv.nsa
ALL BUSINESS MEN


Should Subscribe for the Argus
ALL BUSINESS MEN


Should Subscribe for the Argua
ALL BUSINESS MEN


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ALL BUSINESS MEN


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ALL BUSINESS MEN


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ALL BUSINESS MEN


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ALL BUSINESS MEN


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ALL BUSINESS MEN


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ILL BUSINESS MEN


Should Subscribe for the Aryn
Year: 1865

The Secretary of the Treasury has
made highly favorable report of the
financial affairs Of the government, and
the progress made with regard to the pub
lie debt during the month of September.
The actual reduction of that debt, exclu-
slve OF the amount saved by the cancela-
ton of compound interest notes received
for public dues, was 2,541,765 5,28.-
The decrease in the interest Of the pub
lie debt was S502,41l,90, which exceeds
the decrease in the previous month by
S27l, All, SO. This is the first time since
the commencement of the war when the
monthly statement of the Treasury had
exhibited decrease of the public debt.
Year: 1865

Nature decked in gayest beauty,


For It's summers last goodbye
Why should all things fair in nature
Don their livelist tints to diei
Why upon the loftiest branches


Should the leaves be blushing So
To impress US with their beauty,


And TO conquer ere they GO!
Some have chosen scarlet dresses,


Some are decked in green and gold.
Others were their summer garments,
Though the winds are growing cold.
All are happy, all are joyous;


'Tis perhaps their gala day,
And they meet with blushing beauty
Ere they hasten far away.
All! but listen, is that music!


Are there greetings gay or sad!
DO they trembIe now for sorrow
Or because they're gay and glad!
'Tis not music that we're hearing.
1t is but the north winds breath
As he issues forth his orders,


and their sentence now is death.
Look upon the messy green sward,
1t is not their gala day;
They are dressed in gold and crimson,
For they're fastening to decay,
And the blush we're so admiring


Is the forerunner Of DOOM;
Like the hectic flush of beauty,


Ere it shinks into the tomb
Or the rosey hue of even,
That is glowing in the West,
When night impatient seeks 10 reign,
And the sun sinks TO his rest.
Year: 1865

A musical prodigy, an idiotic negro boy, is
causng considerable excitement in New
York by his wonderful powers, being able
to execute the most difficult compositions
after single hearing
Year: 1865

The following liues are inscribed on
board near watering place in Vermont
Temperance fountain, good as can be,
Better far than ruin or brandy.


If this truth excite your fury,


Let your horse be judge and jury"
Year: 1865

From Reno we take the cars for Frank
lin tonight, thence back again to Mead
Vile On the whole, though the elements
have been very much against the excur
sion, it has been success. It's commit
tee have done all in their power to rem


der it comfortable. [ should mention
that Messrs. Culver & Grow have matur-
ed a plan which is destined to effect a
great revolution both in the oil trade and
in the society here, which will also prove
Year: 1865

We sometimes catch ourselves wonde


ing how many >,f the young ladies whom We
meet with are To perform hr part of house


eeptrs, when the ynung me who now q
them 81 admirIngly. have persuaded them
tn become their wives. We listen 10 those
young ladips If whom we spe. 4and hear
them not only acknowledging. but boasting
of their ignorance of all household duties.
as if nothing would so lower them in the
estimation Of their friends as the confes
sion of an ability 10 bake bread and pies.
or to cook piece Of meat, or disposition
to engage in any useful employment. Speak.
ing from our own youthful recollections, we
are free to say that taper fingers and lily
hands are very pretty to look at with a
young mans eyes, and sometimes we have
known The artless innocence of practical
knowledge displayed bya young miss, To
appear rather interesting than otherwise
But we have lived long enough TO learn
that life is full Of rugged experiences, and
that the most loving. romantic and delicate
people must live ON cooked or prepared
food, and the house kept clean aud tidy by
industrious hands, And for all the purposes
Of married life. it is generally found that for
a husband to sit and gaze at his wifes Ia
per fingers and lily hands. or for a wife 10
sit and be looked at aud admired, does not
make the pot boil or put the smallest piece
of food therein. -Marytand Farmer.
Year: 1865

=
There were shouts in the crowded streets,


And the martial music strain.
And banner waved and loud drum beat,
AS the men of the city came out to meet


The Lumbermen of Maine.
thousand strong and more
+. From the woods and the streams came they,
From where the Kennebec fountains roar
And the swift Penobscot twists the oar,


And the Passamaquoddy bay.
Strong knights of the ak and pole,


Kings of the raft and saw,
In brawny limb and dauntless soul,
BY the breath of the mountain air made whole


And the use of Natures law
They marched with steady tread


Toward the front of death and pain,
Where the splintered stumps of trees were red,
And the rivers waited to raft the dead


Of the Lumbermen OF Maine.
And thousand more forsook


The ak and the setting pole,
And the forest camp by the swollen brook,
And the squads the vacant places took,


To keep the torn ranks whole.
Dusty and hot, and worn,


The regiment came to day,
With a battle flag all soiled and torn,
And dozen footless heroes borne


Behind on q rumbling dray.
Through the city's double tide


Slowly they marched again,
With look of modest and manly pride,
That made them tall as they marched beside


The tbrong of commen men.
Buta hundred strong and three,


They came from the battle plain;
The others will never fell the tree,
Or sing and dance when the raft floats free,


With the Lumbermen of Maine
Year: 1865

There are women who cannot grow old
women who, without any special effort, re-
main always young and attractive. The
number is smaller than it should be, but
there is still sufficient number to mark
the wide difference between this class and
the other The secret of this perpetual
youth lies notcin beauty. for some women
possess it who are not at all handsome !;
nor in dress, for they are frequently care
less in that respect so far as the mere arbi-
trary dictates Of fashion are concerned !;
nor in having nothing to do, for these ever
young women are always as busy as bees.
and it is very we'll known that idleness will
fret people into old age and ugliness faster
than overwork. The charm. we imagine.
lies in sunny temper neither more nor
less, the blessed gift of always looking on
the bright side Of life, and of stretching the
mantle of charity over everybody's fanlts
and failings. 1t is net much of a secret.
but it is all that we have been able TO dis
cover. and wa have watched such with great
interest. and a determination to report
trutbfnIly for the benefit of the rest of the
SEX. 1t is very provoking that it is some,
thing which cannot be corked up and sold
for fifty cents bottle but "a this is i'm
possible, why, most of MS will have to keep
on growing as ugly and disagreeable as pos
sible. t
Year: 1865

Essay ON DoGs.--Josho BilIiags favors
the world with brief essay on dogs, Dogs
in the lump says Josh, "are useful, but
they are not always profitable. The New
Foundland dog is useful to save children
from drowning; but you have got to have
a. pond of water and children running about
kareless or else the dog amt profitable
There amt nothing made boardinga a New
foundin dog. Rat terriers are useful to
catch rats ; but the rats amt profitable af-
ter YOU have ketched them The shepherd
dog is useful tew drive sheep, and pay more
thansthey are worth. to keep the dog busy;
the dog aint profitahle--nOt much. Lap
dogs are very useful ; but if you don't hold
them in your lap awl the time, they amt
profitable at all. The Coach dog is one OF
the most usefnl ov dogs know ov; but
you have got to have coach land that amt
always pleasant or you can't realize from
the dog. Thus we see that while dogs are
generally useful, there are times when they
amt generally profitable"
Year: 1865

Our Office, besides one of Hoes beet Power
Presses, is furnished with good job Press and
all the necessary materials for executing plain
and fancy Job Printing with neatness and dis