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Year: 1863

DAILY MAIL. The people Of thi,
town have made an arrangement


with Messrs Hayes & Co., by which
We hereafter have a Daily Nail. Such
facilities have long been needed here
and s, urgent is the demand that now,
after the P. NJ. Gen. and congress have
refused US any aid, have the people
taken the matter into their own hands
and voluntarily subscribed for that pur.
pose. Our people interested ia the
success Of the enterprise should aid and
encourage the proprietors by their sup
port and patronage for in such manner
will they be encouraged aud enabled to
go on with the contract.
Year: 1863

WANTED-A SITUATION t, nurse where there


W is or has lately bern smallpox in the house by
young person v no has not long since had the
smallpox and therefore is no: afraid of it Please
address Box 81 Star Office and the advertiser will
call, 81 ct
Year: 1863

GENTLY tested and upon the efficiency Of which e very
hard 70 pronounce


He Of opinion tha. II the Monitors under
mand Of Commodore Dupont resist the fire OF the
batteries and Of the forts and succeed occupying
position from whence their bombs and bullets reach
the city, there is doubt that Charleston will be re-
duced TO ashes. The worst which happen 10 them 10
sst any EFFORT on their part In that they would be
compelled fall back resume the position they
hold before the attack I'll, powerful engine be
from the North capable clear the from all
obstacles.


In his estimation the bombarding Of Charleston is
Az that the federals can accomIsisb now. He has
,des that, unprovidcd az We are with transports,
we can eject landing shore. lie believes that VIC
succeed in reducing Charleston ashes Che Monitors
viii be compelled afterwards 70 leave abe harbor and 10
place themselves under the protection Of the FORTS the
possession Of which will be invaluable to the North.


Az 70 an attack OF the place by land, such under
taking would demand more than possess, and an
Of labor greater than have any idea Of The
soil Charleston ID covered with marshes which
would require several miles Of corduroy roads be made
practicable Besides, AZ any time be Inundated
and needs be exhausted before be by
troops and artillery with safety.


Sixty vessels Of all sizes had run the blockade and en-
tered port Charleston since the LIST January or
the present year. These vessels loaded partly with
provisions partly with and munitions Of warthe
latter for the account Of the rebel government.
Year: 1863

no re he stood face TO face with Clara in he,
retirement, her innoceRce, and her simplicity


his own soul was full Of nobleness and truth.
and it needed not his eloquence of manner to
lind true response IN her young heart


Emo tions were awakened in the hearts Or
both which pure love alone could interpret


Again he stood side by side with Kate in
the gay assembly. They were marked by
every eye. Who could compare with Kate


grace, beauty and magnifcence2 VINO
could compare with Roland in noble
ness and truth 1t is MATCH" they
whispered. Kate was happy. Let Roland an
alyze her feelings. "She is happy" said he


inwardly because she is belle and has no
competitor, because every eye Is turned to
her expressing admiration, and bee luse to be
the centre round which many stars revolvs is
Of infinitely more importance to her than 10
receive the homage of single heart" In
comparison he called up one absent, yet pres
ent. Her heart thrilled in response to his,.
and not because of the admiration
of the crowd. In him dwelt
power to llumine her eye which the world
had not. That being, dwelling in seclusion
unnoticed, unregarded, by one soft word of
his was transformed into an angel. Rather
be all to her." raid he, than part even to


the brightest being imagination can picture"
Thus, while the smile was on her lip, while
her heart exulted and her voice breathed
melody and gladnes, the magnificent Kate
lost her lover. The alfectionate Clara became
the wife of Roland Howard, and the boight
Dream of her peerless cousin was unf filled.
Year: 1863

Inwoven with each bright


And bcautlous tn ing, each lovely flower


Each that gems the night"


of C-that the young girl who was often
seen watering the plants and training the
shrnbbery in the beautiful garden of Col.
Hastings, was his niece, and consequently
cousin to the elegant Kate Hastings, but
such was the case For two years she had
been an inmate Of that dwelling, but during
in the gay Assem- blies of the place, nor had
she been presented to any one as relative
"f the family. This might appear the result
ct design on the part OF those on whom size
was dependent, but it was not altogether so.
II causc might be traced, in part at least, to
the habits Of Clara herself. From the time
she came to reside in the family Of her Un,
Gle, she exhibited an unaccountable reluct-
ance to appear before strangers, and SC strong
was this feeling that opportunities were Of
np avail.


/" | will be sister to her." said Kate
when it was first known that the gentle
Clara was to take up her abode with her rel
atives," for her heart must be nearly broken
by this great affllclion, and now that she has
neither father nor mother to care for her.
and is left alone in the world, will try and
make her happy"


This was spoken with feeling, for how
could she do otherwise than love such gen.
tie and affectionate girl, so deeply afflicted.
and her own cousin too But when we
glance at the character Of Kate, it will at
once be seen why the two, when they met,
did not mmgle together in sisterly union.
She was left at an early age without moth
er, and received as an inheritance that moth
er's beauty without her restraining influence
and love. Indeed, she was very beautiful,
and at the early age Of sixteen glided noise
Iessly, like a smooth flowing river, to the en-
viable position Of belle, even as marble in
the masters hand ioreshadows Perfection
Sell is generally the foundation of this emi-
nence, and but for self, M rivalry for its hon
ors would exist. Beauty is insiduons, and
not always best friend. 1t doth sometimes
undermine foundation which nothing else
conld reach. If Kate had been bereft of her
Ioveliness she would have had little else to
live for though this was not all the world to
her. She priced it as one prizes health who
has never krown sickness. She was beauti-
ful as a matter Of course, and silently permit
ted those feelings to expand which received
nourishrnent from this source. When her
cousin Clara became homeless orphan, she
remem bered how good and gentle she had
always been, and how much she now needed
sympathy and determined at once to make
her her C, ,ntidant and friend, and share with
her her honors and galeties, and thus lead
her away from the SORROWS which she knew
aust fill her heart. But the most that Cla-
"a desired when she came to reside under her
unele's roof, was sympathy. Kate could Of
6y her a share IA her pleasures, bnt abe need.
Year: 1863

PARTY SUIcIDE.-The organs of the
Peace Democracy have had much TO say
recently in condemnation of the doctrine :
of State suicide Whatever may be
the true p"Sitiot on this point, they have
certainly demonstrated the possibility VI
suicide Of another character viz: portv
suicide. The late elections have clearly
shown them guilty of Teio de sc. and I,
no'hins remains but for the people to
administer upou the estate Of the defunct
organization.
Year: 1863

FOR OUR ARMY IN TEE FIELD.


Tomorrow Sunday is the day set apart
from city pastors in their pulpits to remem-
her the claims Of our soldiers IN the field
upon our citizens. Not the soldier in
health and active duty, for all such the pro-
visions Of the Government are ample and
generous. as compared with any: ever &C
corded to HI army in the field But the
claim on the people comes up from the
hospitals, with their thick ranged wards
of wounded sufferers in the recent battles,
and the appeal is an eloquent one.
These men were brought up to
know the comforts Of our own homes.
They are our own brothers, relatives,
friends. They must not gain one added
pang for the lack Of what little earnest
attention and small sacrifice on the part Of
our citizens can supply. Let the CHIOA-;.
GO SANITARY COMMISSION have
benefit tomorrow in all our churches,
and let the fountains Of generosity and de-
served sympathy thus opened flow into
the rooms and stores Of the Commission
amply, for days following this formal and
general appeal to. our Christian public.
Year: 1863

Tic able report Of Adjutant General
Fuller will be found in this mornings
issue. It isa complete history Of the part
which Illinois las taken In the war for the
Union, and is therefore a document Of
standard value. The dates aud facts in
corporated in it will make it the more wi
uable rs time rolls onward and the histo-
<ian searches for material 10 write the his
tory Of this most stupcndous and wicked
rebellion. Thehigh character Of the docu-
umcnt is the best possible compliment to
the industry, accuracy and energy Of its
author. The State will have reason for all
time to come to thank Gen. Fuller for it.
Year: 1863

Time has brought about the revelation
for which Truth and Justice have waited.
NC hnyc now the secret history relative to
the ill-sta17cd campaign in the Peninsula.
Its origin, conception, and the i'll omens
that brooded over the project from the
first, arc all brought to the Light Of day,
and the expose is crushing one for the
young ex-Napo1eon and his friends


Read the manly, dignided and earnest
protest Of the President in his letter to
Mcclellan, explaining why Mcdowell was
detained at Fredericksburg, on the line be-
tween Richmond and Washington. Com
pare it with the course Of the commander
Of the Army Of the Potomac, and you hare
the raah, headstrong wilfulness Of narrow
and selfish mind contrasted with one ear
nest only to know in which line lay the
safety Of the county.


What becomes now Of the persistent and
infamous bclaborings Of the :Admin;stra-
ton by. its enemies, and loyal men with
mistaken zeal? This is why Mcdowell
was not sent. Read it for yourselves.
Twenty thousand unorganized men with
out single field battery, left to defend
the capital against an active enemy, while
Mcclellan was busted with his cemetery
for Federal soldiers in tho Peninsula.


This letter is brought out in the Mellow
ell Court Martial It is one Of the most
important and conclusive exposures Of the
VAT It settles fact incontestibly and
nails forever tho base caIunlnies upon
which the dying fame Of Mcclellan has
ravcnously fed. Who will give him credit
now for writing no letters in his own be
half? His attitude Of dumb humility
which has been so much admired by hi:
over Jealous friends, must lose share o
its charm with candid men Truly, ht
had nothing to say, and he filled the bill
Year: 1863

rebel tendencies OF this infamous organ.
Made contrAband and forbidden circula~
tion in the camp, they have found it snug
gled in 10 inflame and stitlen the treason
Of the rebel prisoners, by no forced
implication melting them to revolt.
There has been indignation among
Federal soldiers at all this, but hap
riIy it has been rrpressed- by feeling
thnt tile Government would in time take
the well earned vengeance into its own
hands. This is all that has saved the
orGer and peace of our city, and it has
been and will yet be potent, for the people
feel and know that the Government is
strong enough to punish all its enemies.
To the Government let these wrctches be
7.n
Year: 1863

Receipts Of Internal Revenue.


The following are the total amounts Of in-
ternal revenue tax, exclusive Of receipts from
corporation salaries and stamps, received by
the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue from
the Collectors Of the several States to Jan
Year: 1863

Ex-PREsIDENT MoNROE's OPINION IN 1914.


Congress has a right, by the constitution, tc
raise regular armies, and no restraint is i'm
posed 10 the execution oft, except in the pro
visions which are intended 10 guard against
the abuse of power, with none of which does
this plan interfere. 1t would be absurd to
suppose that Congress could not carry this
power into effect, otherwise than 10y accepting
the volunteer service Of individuals. 1t might
happen that an army could not be raised in
that mode, whence the power would have been
granted in vain.


The safety of the State might depend upon
such an army. The idea that the United
States cannot raise a regular army in any 9th
er mode than by accepting the voluntary ser.
vice Of individuals is believed to be repugnant
to the uniform construction of all grants OF
power, and equally so 10 the first principles
and leading objects of the Federal compact
An unqualified grant of power gives the means
necessary to carry it into effect This is an
universal maxim which admits of no excep-
tion. Equally true is it that the conservation
of the State is duty paramount TO all others.
The Commonwealth has a right to the service
of all its citizens, or rather the citizens com
posing the Commonwealth have a right, col
Iectively and individually to the service of
each other to repel any danger which may be
menaced. The manner in which the service is
to be appointed among the citizens, and ren.
dered by them are objects of legislation. All
that is TO be decided in such case is the abuse
of power, and happily our constitution has
provided ample security against the evil.


But is is said by drawing the men from the
militia service into the regular army, and put
ting them under regular officers, you violate a
principle of the Cons stitution, which provides
that the militia shall be commanded by their
own officers. If this was a fact, the conclu
sion would follow. But such is not the fact
The men are not drawn from the militia but
from the population Of the country; when they
enlist voluntarily, it is not as militia men they
act, but as citizens. If they are drafted it
must be in the same sense. In both instan-
ces they are enrolled in the militia corps, but
that, as is presumed cannot prevent the vol
untary act IN the one instauce, or compulsiOn
in the other. The whole population of the
United States within certain ages, belonging
TO these corps. II the United States could
not form regular armies from them, they could
raise none at all.
Year: 1863




At late meeting of the Green =
field Club, the question for. discus
sion was, "What kind of team is
the most economical for the farmer
to use"


The opinion of those present, ac-
cording to the Greenfield Gazette,
generally seemed to be that if far
mer kept but one team, that an OK
team was decidedly the most eco
nomical, for the following reasons:
1st. 1t would not cost near so much
at the outset to purchase cattle as
horses, nor as much to get yokes
and carts as harness and wagons.


I'd, Yonng, thrifty cattle, would
increase in value from twenty-five to
fifty dollars per yoke, while horses
would remain about the same in val
ue.


3D.. Horses are more liable to
meet with accidents, and many iniu-
ries that would render the horse
worthless would prove but slight
damage to the OK, or loss to the own
er.


4th. There are many kinds of
work in many places that can be
performed to better advantage with
cattle than horses.


But all were not in favor Of cattle.
Several gentlemen present prefer
red a horse team because they could
do more work in given time, with
about the same expense for feed.


They also stated that one horse
must be kept on every farm; and
that it was cheaper to furnish one ex-
ira horse and make team of the
two, than to keep an extra yoke of
cattle. One man even suggested
that mules would be preferable to
any other animals for cattle. Near
ly all thought that if two teams
were necessary on a farm, one must
be of horses and the other of cat
tie.
Year: 1863

Horrible DISCOVERY AT VIcKsBuRG.-A
Vicksburg correspondent writes:


4 horrible discovery has just been made on
the rebel line of foriifcations. Quite mum
Der of man have been engaged in repairing
the rebel fort that was blown up on the
night of the 81 inst In the course o.
their operations they have exhumed sixty OF
eighty dead bodies found buried in the ru,
ins of the fort.


1t seems that while our miners were engag-
ed in making an entry into the side of the bill
that was crowned by the rebel fort, stroEg
working party of rebels were set to work sink
ing counter mine within the fort. This par
ty consisting, it said, of more than hundred
men, were in the mine when ours exploded
and those who were not killed outright were
buried alive. Some of the exhumed bodies
were terribly lacerated and mangled, while 9th
ers have not mark or bruise upon them
Two heads, one that of negro, have been dug
up. They were completely severed from the
bodies, the latter not having yet been found
The bodies were found in almost every concei-
vabe positions some standing erect, Others
sitting or lying, and in one instance the body
was head downward as if it had been caught
in that position by the crumbling earth while
falling headlong into the pit below.
Year: 1863

The political breeze that has been stirring
things in North Carolina for some time is
now getting to be stiff gale. The Rich
moDd Enquirer demands the suppression of the
Raleigh Standard and the Supreme Court
The Standard retorts by daring JEFF. Davis to
attempt that job, and suggests that a commits
sion proceed to Washington to ask for terms
1t says forty thousand North Oaro!inians have
already been killed and wounded in the ''cause-
less war" This gives the lie direct to VAL
LANDIGHAMs assertion that the people of the
South were unanimously determined TO resist
to the last. 1t also proves that General Lo-
GAN was right when he said VALLANDIGuAM
lied. The Standard is understood TO speak
the sentiments of Governor Vance. The
probability of the Old North State wheeling
into the Union line is growing stronger every
day. With open arms the loyal States will
welcome her.
Year: 1863

A Richmond correspondent of the n. Y
Tribune threatens the North with the organi
zation and use of a colored Southern army, and
to Illustrate the ease with which such an army
can be put in the field remarks:


Il remind you that the four millions OF he
groes that appear in the tablets of your cen
sus for 1860, are the working hands of both
sexes only. That number does not include the
superannuated or the infants. Out of these
four millions, at least seven hundred and fifty
thousand able bodied fellows. loving and trust
ing their masters, and ready to follow them up
to the mouths of your cannon { ah do not
continue to beioo! yourselves on that question
of ties.) can be enrolled, armed, and drilled in
three m )nths.


As commentary on the above, we give the
following from the Georgia Constitutionalist of
a recent date:


a sufferer by the Combabee raid sums up
his sorrows in the following sentence: "What
contributed most to my modification was, that
in my whole gang Of slaves, among whom there
were any amount of Aarons, Abrahams, Isaacs
and Jacobs, there was not one Abuiel-not
one remained loyal to the rebel" This is the
complaint of hundreds and thousands of other
sufferers. The most petted, trusted and seem
ingy devoted slaves are found wanting in the
hour of trial


We have heard of gentleman, not long es-
capped from Northern prison, who returns to
bis native land with an animosity toward the
Yankees which language can not express, and
with determination TO submit to the yoke of
the Hottentot in preference to that Of Lincoln.
But at the same time he declared that what he
saw and heard of the liberated negroes at the
North had made him an A boltionist, Odt Of
thousands Of them, old and young, male and
female, brutally ignorant or comparatively
well educated abused or petted while in state
Of slavery, he saw not one who evinced the
slightest gratitude toward his former master
and mistress aud be, for one was done with
the wretches henceforward and forever
Year: 1863

The CONSTITUTION AS IT Is.-Our readers
are aware that one of the set features and
catchwords of the party which opposes the
Government, and simpathizes with rebellion,
is the Constitution as it is" 1t is singular
cow they manifest this desire. Let US look at
tt a moment. They have nominated, as their
candidate for Governor, man who, on the 7th
day of February, 1861, while in congress, Of
lered an amendment to the Constitution, pro-
posing to divide the Union into four parts and
thereby so fixing them that any State could
secede if majority of that part consented
The same convention that nominal ed this man
Vallandigham, adopted the following resolu
lion


l3. That whenever it becomes practicable
to obtain Convention of all or three fourths
of the States, such body should be convened
for the purpose Of preparing such amendment S
TO the Federal Constitution as experience has
proved TO be necessary to maintain that instu-
ment in the meaning intended by its founders
and 10 provide against future convusions and
wars


This is The party that desires to make capt
tai by pleading for the "Oonstitution as it is -
and at The same time insist on making it diff
felent. We beg leave to remind all such, that
in our judgment the Constitution needs to be
respected ard obeyed much more than it needs
amendments. Let the people remember
these things Torch Light.
Year: 1863

In the suburbs of New York, es-
pecially on Long Island potato grow
ing is pretty nearly a science
Many of the farmers make this their
main crop, and not few raise two
thousand dollars worth and more, in
a season. They plow in horse ma
nure and plow deep. They select
their largest potatoes for seed, quar-
ter and plant the pieces in drills a
bout fifteen inches apart, and prefer
to have only four stalks in a place.
The product is potatoes of very uni
form size, with few or no small ones.
They require very little sorting, and
the whole crop is turned into money
at the market price. These farmers
doubtless know what's for their IN
terest, and ridicnle the notion of
planting small potatoes to realize
from.-Aneg6oan AgTicuIturtst.
Year: 1863

While the London Times was listening fol
the words it predicted JEFF. Davis would ad
dress to England from our National Capital
as the result OF Lees invasion, it heard that
Lee had been defeated and that Vicksburg
had fallen. This news, it says, caused surprise
disappointment aAd satisfaction-surprise at
the sudden collapse of the defense of Vicks
burg, which the Times assured its readers
would not fall disappointment because the
war was not brought to a close, as it expected
by the fall Of Washington; and satisfaction
that England had not recognized The Southern
Conlederacy. From all Of which, bearing il
mind that the Times desires the success Of the
South, we may feel assured, that the victories
caused unmixed disappointment and gloom a
moug our enemies, and general rejoicing among
our friends on the other side of the water
The news of the fall of Vicksburg, had a cho-
king effect upon the editor of the Times-a
sensation similar to that experienced by one OF
the editors of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1863

She Is modest, she Is bashfui,


Free and easy, but not bold
Like an apple, ripe and mellow


Not too young, and not too old
Half inviting, half repulsive,


Now advancing, and now shy,
There is mischief in her dimple,


There is danger in her eye
shs has studied human nature.


She is schooled IN all her arts,
she has taken her diploma


As the mistress Of ali hearts
She can tell the very moment


When to sigh and when 70 smile.
Oh maid is sometimes charming,
But a widow all the while.
You are ssdP How very serious
VIII her handsome face become.
Are you angryf She is Wretched,
Lonely, Hriendless, fearful, dumb.
Are you faithfully How her laughter,
Silver sounding win wiring out
She can lure, and catch, nd play you
As the angler does the trout.
Yeo.d bachelors Of forty,


Who have grown so bold and wise,
Young Americans OF twenty,


With your lovelOoIIs in your eyes,
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But know little widow


Who could fool and win you all.