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The hydraulic press., 1861-04-20
SANFORD'S
Family Cathartic Pills,
CoNPOUNDED FROM

COMPOUNDED FROM
Pure Vegetable Extracts, and put IN Glass Gases, Air
Tight, and ,oiU keep IN any Climate.
The FAMILY CATHARTIC PILL is gentle but ac-
tive Cathartc, which the proprietor has used in his
practice for more than twenty years.
The constantly increas- M ing demand from those
who have long used the i PILLS, and the satis-
faction which all express i in regard to their use,
has induced me to place i them within the reach
Of all A
The Profession well know that different
Cathartics act different portions of the bowels.
The FAMILY CATH ARTIC PILL has. with
due reference to this we'll - established fact been
compounded from vari- = ETY. of the Purest Veg
etable Extracts, which act = alike every part of
the alimeuary canal. and N good and safe in all
where Cathartic is F. needed, such as De-
rangements of the Stom- g ach. Seepiness, Pains
in the Back and Lons, = Costiveness, Pain and
Soreness the whole body, from sudden
cold, which frequently, if neglected, end in long
of fever Loss of Appetite creeping sensation
of cold the body Restessness Headacheo weight
in the head. all infammatory Diseases, Worms in
Children adults Rheumatism, great Purifier of the
Blood, and many diseases to which flesh is heir too
numerous to mention IN this advertisement.
Dose to g.
PRICE THREE DIMES.
The Liver Invigorator and Family Cathartic Pills
retailed by Druggists generally and sold wholesale
by the trade in all the large towns.
S. T. w. SANFORD, NJ. D.,
Manufacturer and Proprietor, Broadway, New York
Sold by the Druggists everywhere. and bv
PARK e. WHITE,
Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast, 1872 Washington
street. San Francisco. sept 1y
The hydraulic press., 1861-04-20

WoMAN-From the lips of woman every
infant hears the first accents of affection, and
receives the first lesson of duty in tenderness
and love. For the appreciation of woman
the grown up youth will undertake the
boldest enterprises, and brave every Diff
Guilty of study, danger and even death itself.
To the happiness of woman the man of
mature years will devote the best energies
of his mind and body and from the soothing
and atfectionate regard of woman, the man
who has become venerable by years, derives
his chief consolation in lfe'S decline. Who,
then, shall say that the one-half of the hu-
man race, and they are confessedly the most
yirtuous and the most amiable, may not be
intrusted with intelligence, and an influence
equal to our own? To them when sorrow
'affiicts us, we consign half our suferings
and they cheerfully relieve us by tightening
them. When joy delights, we give half of
our pleasures, and they readily consent to
share them. They lessen, by their sympa-
thy, the pangs of all our privatons and they
increase, by their participation, the ecstacy
of our delights. They deserve, then, the full
enjoyment of every privilege that it is in our
power to give them.
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certain Mr.. Page, rather an t'ancient
beau," charmed by youthful fair one, sent
her a glove, with these lines:
''From Glove, cut off the initial letter G.,
Then Glove is Love, and that l send to thee. "
The lady, who considered her youth and
beauty too valuable to be bestowed on a
suitor so antiquated, returned the couplet
"From Page, cut off the initial letter P,
Then Page is Age, and that won't do for me" !"
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BooTH AND THE BUTToN- MAKERs.-Wet think
of gone-out story of the great actor. He
appeared at the Birmingham theater, in
England place once famous for the manu-
facture of buttons and being not yet fa-
nous, played night after night with little or
no effect the surly Englshers saw nothing
to applaud. At length, Booth, deeply dis
gusted, but still determined, played Richard"
with all bis powers applause broke out and
increased to storm, and at the conclusion
the triumphant "Richard" was called out
and received by the uprising audience. His
hour of triumph was at hand, and attempting
to speak, every other voice was hushed.
Assuming most diabolical expression of
scorn, and scowling on the audience a mo-
ment he said" What dye think of that, gre
id button makers ?" "Richard" left hastily
with the button makers at his heels.
The hydraulic press., 1861-04-20

A GLANCE AT SURGERY Two CENTURIES
AGO THE MoDE OF AMPUTATIoN AT THAT
TIME-The incision was performed with a
red hot knife, that the divided vessels, scared
and charred by the contact, might become
plugged, and so prevented from bleeding.
Effective for the instant, the fore Of crcu
iaton soon overpowered the slender obstruc-
ton, and fatal hemorrhage sooner or later
took place. Yet this plan continued in vogue
down to the discovery of ligatgre, in the
later in Germany.
According to another fashion, the surgeon,
after making tedious division of the flesh
down to the bone, with studied endeavor
not to divide the arteries until the last mo-
ment, relied on application Of red hot irons,
or of powerful acid or astrngent to arrest
the bleeding. If these were not successful,
a vessel of boiling pitch was at hand, ready
prepared, into which the bleeding stump was
plunged. Between Scyla and Charybdis,
the patient rarely escaped with life; either
he died from loss of blood in few hours, or
if the dreadful remedy succeeded, he
survived day or two to die of fever ex-
haustion.
After an earlier method, bandage of
plaster was made to encircle the member so
tightly that modification attacked all the
parts below, which, then, after the lapse of
months, dropped off, horribly loathsome
and offensive mass. Another surgeon,
Botalli, (165O,) invented a machine to sever
the limb in an instant by single stroke; and
it was not uncommon at this period to effect
the same purpose by the hatcbet, or by a
powerful mallet and chissl.
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A STRONG KIss.-Tennyson, in his poem
of "Fatima, relates the strongest case of
suction within our knowledge at present.
Speaking of lovers kiss, he says, or rather
she says:
Last night when some one spoke his name,
From my sweet blood, that went and came,
A thousand little shafts of flame
Were shivered in my narrow frame.
o love, o fire. Once he drew,
With one long kiss my whole soul through
My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
That's the strongest kiss we ever read
about and throws the ''poor mans plaster"
completely in the shade. PhGbus what 2
suction the fellow had
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For tt
A FRAGMENT.

The Spring to me brings not so much of pleasure
In tempered breezes and soft-glowing skies
In fields of green-the earth's exhaustless trea-
sure,
OF soils and seeds and flowers of gorgeous dyes !;
OF running brooks, and vegetation teeming
Along their banks, where insect life abounds,
And drumming music all the day resounds-
AS for that inner life, half formed of dreaming,
Which fills the soul with yearning and unrest,
And in its sadness makes it still more blest.
The hydraulic press., 1861-04-20

A "sporting" specimen of the nautical
genus perpetrated the following: What is
the difference between a sailing vessel and
a propeller2 One carries ship screw
aft, and the other carries ships crew for
ward.
The hydraulic press., 1861-04-20

An exchange says that where one political
party gets control of State government by
an overwhelming majority the State is apt
soon to be "overwhelmed" with debt.
The hydraulic press., 1861-04-20
SANF ORD'S
LIVER INVIGORATOR
Never DebiIitateS.

HIT is compounded entirely from Gums and has be-
come an established fact, Staadard Medicine,
known and approved by N all that have used it,
and is resorted to = with confidence in all
the diseases for which it = is recommended.
1t has cured thousands - within the last two
years. who had given up - all hopesofreliefas the
numero usUnsolicitedcer- tifcates in my posses
sion show.
The dose must be adap- - ted to the temperament
of the individual taking - it, and used in such
quantities as to act gent = ly on the bowels.
Let the dictates of your q judgment guide you in
the use of the LIVERIN- = VIGORATOR, and it
will cure Liver Com plaints BousAttacks
Dyspepsia. Chronic Diar- = rhoea, Summer Com
plants. DyseHtery, Drop r sy, Sour Stomach, Ha-
bitual Costveness, Cholic ? Cholera. Cholera Nor
bus, Cholera Infantum. = Flatnlence, Jaundice,
Female Weaknesses. ard r may be used successful
ly ordinary Family Medicine. 1t will cure SICK
II Z d A He, Gas thousands testify in twenty
minutes if two three tea spoonfuls taken
mencement of the attack
All who it are giving their testimony in its favor.
Mix water in the mouth with the Inyigorator, and
swallow both together.
Price, One Dollar per Bottle.
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For the Standard.
HIGH POINT
E. G..


Is 4 pleasant little village, situated on the n. C..
Railroads. an elevated placc-elevated not only
in its location, but in the heightened morals and
social traits of its inhabitants. 1t is very healthy
place, favored not only with very fine water, but
with all the advantages OF an inland up-couEtry
village.
The most useful and attractive part Of the village
is the Female School of the Rev. S. Lander. Mr..
Lander is one of the best men within the range Of
my acquaintance. He is not only teacher of the
first class but is intelligent, social, lively Chris
tan gentleman. He has his assistants IN the
several departments Of the School, ladieS-ladies,
who for good common sense, dignity, grace, and
proficiency in their respective departments, cannot
be surpassed Mrs. Lander is one Of the neatest,
best ladies ever knew. She is as kind to the pu-
pills. and as attentive to their wants though they
were her own children.
Mr. Lander's prices for board and tuition arc very
low indeed. ANY one who will visit this School,
and examine the method Of teaching, and the regu-
lations for the government Of the school, cannot be
otherwise than highly pleased The scholars all
look healthy and happy. | was in and near High
Point for eight weeks. While was there the no.
tells being much crowded. Mr.. Lander was kind
enough to let me have a room in the Seminary
Being VOLUNTEER, a married man, and having my
wife with me, had good opportunities of acquaint-
ing myself with the modus operdndi of the school,
and can truly say, that in my humble opinion,
there is no place at which young lady girl will
DC better treated properly instructed, than
at Mr.. Lander's school.
The 18th regiment was very kindly treated
whilst in High Point, by every tody especially by
the Rev. Messrs. Lander, Dalton and Brent and
Mr.. Sullivan, for which they will ever feel grateful
I'D"
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FOURTEENTH N. c. REGIMENT.

We are permitted to copy the following ex-
tract of letter from Col. Clarke to friend. The
condition of his regiment demands the attention of
the authorities and of our fellow-citizens Cannot
his regiment be filled up? lie needs one more
company:
on the night OF the 23d we received intelligence
that the enemy IN large force were marching ON
Gen, Wise, and Immediately prepared davis nro.
vision IN our haversacks, and marched next morn.
ing SseS % this gSes at a Meadow Bluff twelve
regmentstwo Virginia, the Georgia and fl: 1I,
have with me only four hundred men. SO low are
We reduced by sickness. We lost at Meadow Rinff
on the asa, two men Of pneumonia, and have sever.
al others very sick. In slight skirmish on the
Oath, we killed one of the enemy's Colonies and
lost Lieutenant from Mississippi John Lewis, of
Milton, was wounded in the shoulder saw him in
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Col. Clarke's Regiment.

The following letter. which we are permitted to
publish from an officer in Col. Clarke's regiment,
will be read with interest:
CAMP DEFIANCE Va, Oct. 8, 1861
My Dear Hrs CLarke:-
Your good long letter of the 2Sth of September,
reached Inc yesterday, and was read or repeated to
nearly every member Of the regiment for its con-
tents were so cheering that the Col and would not
keep them to ourselves. If you could have heard
poor, weather beaten i'll clad and almost tent
less soldiers express their gratitude for your kind
efforts to relieve their necessities, and of admiration
OF your determination and persistency in their be-
half you would have felt yourself richly rewarded.
We have been encamped now two weeks in the
presence of the enemy, without tents or change of
clothing, even for the officers and three days out of
five it has rained as never saw it rain except in
Texas On the oath of last month, we were Or
dered to march to this place. without tents bag
gage and with twenty -four hours provisions in our
hayersacks, for the purpose of relieving Gen. WISE
who in consequence of dIsobeying Floyds orders,
to fall back to Meadow Bluff, was suddenly attacked
by an overwhelming force of the enemy under Gen.
Rosencranz-and but for our timely aid would have
been totally routed. The next day was spent in
throwing up breastworks and preparing to receive
an attack from the enemy, who was supposed to
number ten or twelve thousand The Fourteenth
was eager for fight and if we had been attacked,
we would have given the Federals repetition of
their Gauey experience without the subsequent
retreat. This may sound very like empty boast !;
but so thought the enemy, their refusal to bring
on an action clearly shows. As day after day and
night after night of drenching rain and filthy mud
passed by, our fellows began to clamor for an at
tack. They demanded to be led against the foe
The Fourteenth N. G. and the Thirteenth Georgia,
who are commanded by Col Ector Mexican friend
OF the Colonels, and brigaded with US, volunteered
through their commanders to take the batteries
but for some reason Gen. Lee would not give bat
i tie. The position of the enemy on the summit of
Sewell was known to be very strong by nature. and
as il was supposed to be fortified the General hesi-
tated perhaps to attempt to take it. with the com
paratively undisciplined force under his command
Whatever were the reasons which governed his con.
duct, we remained inactive behind our entrench-
ments, always wishing for and sometimes expecting
an attack and our numbers daily diminished by
the terrible exposures which we suffered Mean.
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while We were joined by fresh troops from Georgia
Tennessee and Mississippi, until our force was sup
posed to be equal fnot superior to that of the enc
my. Still, beyond some scouting and great deal0f
riding aboutby the cavalry, nothing was done, but
to fall sick and die. The enemy, too seemed to be as
idle as ourselves, although reinforced by a column
of seven thousand men, Even the picket skirmish-
ing and occasional cannonade which enliyened the
first day two after arrival, by orders of
Gen. Lee, discontinued-our antagonists cheerfully
or promptly acquiescing The game now seemed to
be which army could out-wat the other Separated
by scarcely two miles and in full sight of each 9TH
er, we ate drank and slept if we were two divis
ions of the same army, waiting the approach OF the
common enemy This the position of things
when at day-break last Sunday morning, our scouts
discovered that the enemy had broken up their
camp and were in full retreat and the battle of mas
terlY inactivity was decided in our favor. We had
outsat our enemy, and that too with the circumstan
ces of tents to protect and provisions TO support
both in his favor 1t was also discovered under the
light of the rising sun, that defences had been
thrown up, and our pursuing cavalry soon found
that they were making preciptate retreat. Now
We expected to be ordered forward and we're antic-
pating battle and with the aid of Gauley River
swollen by the recent rains, complete victory
But this is the third day, and we are still in the
mud deeper than ever, while it rains hard as to
extinguiSh all our fires. We cannot move, for we
have no transportation By the folly of mailman
we lost CharleStown and the KaEawha Valley early
in the campaign; by his personal spite to Floyd and
consequent disObedience of orders we lost Gauley-
and now, by the culpable neglect of government
and mismanagement of officials, intent only on per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and pecuniary gains, an ex-
perienced and able General, with brave army eager
to fight is unable to pursue flying enemy, and
strike him blow which would surely annhate
him, and recover the valley of the Kanawha. Our
hopes of wintering in Charleston growing small
Inprppc hear hp drearV task
of backward march to Sulphur Springs, or Jack
sons River Depot seems likely to be our disagree.
able fate begin to fear that the Fourteenth will
never see fight y. ID.
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the,smbulapccs and fo is not much hurt The enc
my are within mils anda half of US, and can be
seen from MiF near this they fred abouta dozen
cannon shot at Us yesterday, but did iio harm We
returned the cssapiment by dropping shot in
their midst and saw them carryingof their dead
and wounded. We are here without tents and I'M
til this morning without provision, having marched
from Meadow Bluff with only the clothes we had on
and roll Of blankets. We were for thrty-sx hours
exposed without tents to rain that was so hard as
to put cat fires and the consequence is large
increase Of our list of sick. The reduction OF our
number by Sickness and the fact that the Adjutant
General of North Carolina does not assign us tenth
co-npauy, is very discouraging to our men, who
have resolved no pay, and if we are kept marching
about as we have been for the last month"; there is
no telling when they will. Our sick are being sent
to the White Sulphur Springs, where ] think we
shall probably winter. The box which you men,
toned in your last will be most acceptable to them
particularly the whisky of which we are greatly IN
need. Present my thanks to Mrs. McPheeters, and
the other ladies of the Presbyterian Society, for
their efforts in behalf of sick. trust their box
will reach US but unless sent by some express mes
senger, Idoubt it. | am very Respondent about
our great coats. Col. Myers writes me from Rich
mond that none can be had from the c. S. for some
time and we already have hard frost here Our
men fear that North Carolina has forgotten them,
though they feel they fighting her battles as
much as If they stood on her sO-for if Western
Virginia is overrun, not only Western Carolina but
Eastern Tennessee will be left unprotected.
very sad accident occurred last night One OF
Capt. Dillehay's company, from Person, while on
picket guard, fired at man named Townsend, of
the same company, and shattered his arm so badly,
that the Surgeons obliged to amputate it.
have just left the poor fellow. A similar accident
happened in the Georgia regiment This is most
wretched country, and but for the principle of pride
and honor involved, l should not care if the Yam
KEGS had it"
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For the Standard.
FOR THE SOLDIERS.


The following is list of articles contributed by
the ladies of Antioch congregation Robson Conn
ty, North Carolina, viz: Mrs. Charles Monroe, 2
blankets, pair socks; Mrs. Neil McFadgen, pair
socks Miss Sallie johnson, blanket pair socks
Miss Flora Shaw, 2 blankets, 2 pair socks; Mrs.
Peter Livingston, l blanket, neck comforts; Miss
Sarah Livingston pair socks, neck comfort, pair
gloves; Miss Catharine j. Livingston pair socks,
l neck comfort pair gloves Miss Isabella Living
ston, pair socks, neck comforts Miss Eliza Liv
ingstOn, pair socks, neck comfort; Miss Mary
NJ. Livingston, l pair socks, neck comfort; Miss
Susan Livingston, l pair socks, ! neck comfort;
Miss Mary j. Mcmillan, l pair socks Miss Catha-
rine Mcmillan, l pair socks Mrs. Duncan G. Nc.
Innis, l blanket; Miss Christian McInniS, pair
socks; Miss Mary f. McInns, l pair socks; Mrs.
Janette McBryde, blankets, l sheet, pair socks,
l neck comfort; Miss Mary Campbell, pair socks
Mrs. Adam CurTie, pair socks, flannel shirts,
pair flannel drawers, 4 blankets, sage and pepper
Mrs. Alexander Ii. Currie, pair socks counter
pane, towels, l pillow and pillow case; Miss F.
Ann Brown, pair socks; Mrs. Susannah Il. Nc
Lean packages of sage, dogwood bark, and snake
root; Miss Mary L. Smith, pair socks Miss Mary
P. Stuart l pair socks Miss Margaret Lamon,
pair socks DIR. A. Bethune, blanket, pair socks;
Miss Sae Brown, pair socks Mrs. Henry j.
COnoly, pair socks, l Counterpart Mrs Jane Cur
RE, pair socks, ] blanket Mrs. Hiram Conoly,
blanket l pair socks, pillow slips, l towel Miss
Kate NJ. Mclean, blankets and pair socks; Miss
jeanette Mclean, blanket, 2 pillow slips; Mrs. A.
D. Brown, blanket; Mrs. Christian Bcthune and
family, blankets, pair socks Mrs. Arch. Camp
bell, blankets; Miss Mary c. Campbell pair
socks Mrs. Col Mcmillan blanket, pair socks.
To be distributed to the needy soldiers
JOHN MCINNTS, ! r
W. j. STUART, ( O0"''
Oct 9th 1860
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SMrrHvILLE, n. c., Oct. IS, 1856


Editor of Standard:
DEAR SIR: The SOth N. c. Regiment is encamped
at this place, within short distance of Col. lver-
sons command, and upon the precise spot of the
encampment of the n. c. regiment in the Nerican
war.
Our Lieut.. Col. Draughon, has arrived, and as
sumed command. lie is fine officer and accom-
pshed gentlemen and universally respected in the
regiment. Col. Parker, who is chosen i'll place of
Gov Bell, has not been heard from officially here.
Maj. Ke, regret to say is confined to his room 10y
illness. We remained at Wilmington u or Il days,
and can truly say that for hospitality and kindness
it excels any place with which have any knowl-
edge. Our soldiers provided with great
many comforts by way of clothing and otherwise.
The sick well cared for in every way, and all who
desired it taken to private houses and treated
with as much attention and kindness as If they had
been surrounded by their own mother and sisters.
Not week passes that the Society here does not
send out clothing. &c, to our soldiers in Virginia
and elsewhere. With what contrast is such hoSpi-
tality and kindness to the cold-hearted parsmony
of some other places in n. c.
God bless the people Of Wilmington. May such
a place be the very last in \. Z. TO fall into the
hands of the LncontcS.
Yours truly E. G.
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For the Standard.
CHAPEL, Hull Oct 10 49,

CHAPEL. HILL, Oct. TO- 1861.
The young ladies of our village have not failed to
show in every way in their power their sympathy
with the brave defenders of their country They
were among the foremost to cheer the gallant
men who first sprung forward at the call of duty,
and fought so nobly at Bethel Their fair fingers
have wrought niubly and constantly since to sup
ply to their soldier friends all that may minister
to their comfort in camp, on the field Last eve
ming they tried another way and used to excellent
purpose their most musical voices. The Chapel of
the University was fifty arranged for them, and al
though the skies were overcast and unproptious,
a goodly audience was assembled which gladly paid
for the enioyments of the evening" an hundred and
five dollars This sum the fair singers have devo-
ted to the uses of the North Carolina Hospital in
Virginia. 1t was almost an imprOnlPtu effort on
the part Of the young musicians yet some at least
of the singing was of the highest order of excellence
if one may Judge from the long continued applause
which il drew from somewhat critical audience;
while the unwearied attention of three hours showed
that the entire exhibition gave pleasure Patriotic
songs, of course, were mingled with the sentimen-
tai and certainly it is not often that Dixie" and
the "Marseillaise" are rendered with more spirit
musical effect The instrumental parts also, by the
young men of the College, were most skilfully per-
formed This way of raising money for the soldier
is so easy and at the time effectua that it
is we'll perhaps to chronicle this instance that others
may be induced to do the same, elsewhere