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Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-12-17

TO THE AFFLICTED.
For Ague.
Use Bringhursts Agus Dose,
Use osgood's India ohoagogue,
Use pasehals Ague Mixture, &c.
For weak or InlIamed Eyes.
Use Bringhursts Eye Water,
Use Thompson's Eye Water,
Use Poor Richards Eye Water,
Use Backers Eye Balsam.
For Coughs.
Use Bringhurst's Cough Syrup,
Uso Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
Use JaYnes ENpectorant.
For Dyspepsia.
Use Bringhurst's Dyspopte pills,
Use Peruvian Syrup or Prot. Sol. Protox. Iron,
Use Comp. syrup Of phosphates,
Comp Syrup Of Hypophosphes,
Hostetrs Bitiers,
Hooiands Gelman Ditters
For Worms.
Use Dringhurst's Worm syrup
Use BringhutHrs Worm Lozeuges,
Use Fahnustock's Vermifugo, &c.
For Hernia or Rupture.
Go to B. Brlnghursr Co, and be fitted with Truss.
For FisatuIemce.
Use Bringhursts Ess. Ginger
Use ringhursts Ginger Lozenges
For Children Teelhing.
Use bowers Infant Cordial,
For a Cathartlc or Purge.
Use BTnghursts Purlatiye Syrup "a substitute for
tor oi,l
Use Brnghursrs Purgative Pills, tsugar coated1
use Citrate of Magnetia
Use seidlitz Powders, SC.
For Purifying the Blood.
Use llringhurst's Alternative Syrup
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
Bulls Sarsaparl,
Peruvian Syrup, &c.
For Constipation.
Use Rrnshursps purgatiye Syrup,
bowers Medicated Figs,
Or one Of those superior Elastic syringes sold BY B. Bring
hurst Co.
For Diet
Use Fago, Tapidea, Droma, Pure Chocolate Gelatin or
Junket made with Bringhurst's Liquid Ilennet.
For Illuminating Purposes.
Uae the genuine Kerosene Oil with one Of those superior
lowpriced Lamps, sold by
EDW. BRINGHURST & Co,
MANUFACTURING PHARAIACEUTIsTs,
Corner Of Market and Sirh Sts., Wilmington.
sep IS
Bringhurst's Ess. Ginger.
Fully equal to amy the Market Sold at low prices by
the proprietors,
II. BRINGIIURsT, co.
Corner sixth and Market Streets.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-12-17
FIRE INSURANCE.

INSURANCE COMPANY,
a (I0NTINUEs TO oFFER TO THE PEOPLE OF DBIA- !
" ware its superior advantages Insurance against loss
" are on all descriptions Of property except marine
This Company ia the pioneer Of Mutual Insurance in
our state being the FIRST TO Introduce the pncpe among
us. All the othors mere limitations.
II s recommended by fifteen years experience In, and
attention TO- the ec Of Mutual Insurance, which, Is
believed has enabled the Managers to adjust anu dis.
crimnAte between the different of property and
risks as to render the membership the most equitable ana
Mutual OF any other Company In the State.
Il does not boast that has met with NO loss or only
one or two small losses during It's the
portonhut II Justly boasts that within the last ten years
has paid s540o0 in losses and attendant expenses with
ont single Of litigation rarely Of difference Of
opinion, and in almost all the entire saisacon
pf the parties inkured-Rlways within the limits OF 90
i days, unless At the option of the parties.
has the best safcs List Of lnsuranees OF any
other Company in the State.
II has less at hazard in any single risk In proper
ion to It's means than any other Company in the State
1t has rejected hundreds of thousands Of Dollars Of In
aurance offered 10 It, within the last three months either
As being too great risks in single or az pnt OBJ
eess Of Mutual nsuraneei and notwithstanding his, ans
within rs bonnda has Increased Its List OF insurance.
''''- ' G1LFA MILLION OF DOLLARS
y commences the year 1854 with an amount Tesl pro
lection to the community Of S2s2,0Vu
Guarded BY surplus fund Of le'OVu
Total Protection, sscc OOO
is the work Of tho Farmers Of Delaware and a-ch
FrssIdent-jEssE SHARPE.
Secretary and Mreasurer-RoBHRT McCABB
DIRECTORS
BrdndytOine HundTsd-William p. Lodge
ChyfsfidNd Handred-James Delaplane, .
Wilmington H1ndred-Jesa sharpe, James Webb &c
Stotsenburg, Samuel B-.
Mil Greek HHndred-h1oert McCAbe.
Nei0 Castle Hundftd-David W. Gemmill.
White Clay Greek Handrsd-J. +. williamson
Pencader HuRdfed-Curtis II. Ellison.
81. Georges Hundred-James BurnhAm.
: Red Lion HLldfed-Johu o. Clark.
Smyrna-Willam Temple.
DoueT-Hsnry Todd.
Mfltord-Charles T. Fleming Peter CauHey.
, Georgetown. Charles Tunnell
Communications general business addressed TO tn
undersigned, Wilmington post paid, will receive imm'
dAte attention.
f8 ROBERT McoABE NJ D.. Secretary,
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-12-17
CFIIWA AND GLASS.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
new Boot and Shoe Store

JOHN MARTEN,
p1 WOULD inform his friends and the cit
ensN - zens generally that he has opened a BOOT
III and SHOE STORE, No. 4lO WALNUT street
w. one door below Fifth street, Wilmington
Delaware, where no intends keeping constantly
good assortment of home made work, such as Gente-
mems fine and Boots and saoes Ladies' Gaters
of the best quality aso good assortment Of Chldrens
Shoes Of all Sizes lie will make order at the shortest
notice all kinda ofeusomer work His stock Of Leather
&r has been selected from the largest houses
the city. His journsymen good and practical ,ork-
and Se feels confident hu viii be able give entire
satisfaction to all who may give him call.
QS-REPAIRING done with neatness and Dispatch
sep 81 JOHN MARTIN.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-12-17
4a DREssLERs
HAIR JEWELRY STORE,

e No. A South Eighth Street, PAiladelp6ia.
0N hand and for sale choice assortment OF superior
" patterns-and will plat TO order. Bracelets Ear
Rngs5inger Rings Breast Pins, Crosses Necklaces Vest
G=ard Chains &C., &c.
fsS-Orders enclosing the hair TO be plated may b.
ser by mail. Give drawing you can on
paper, and enclose such amount you may choose tc
pay.
Cost ~ follows -Ear Rings, So to So; Breast Pins s.
to si fJer Rings % cts to $3.50; Vest Chains 90 Ia
81 Neck ices, 81 to So
n Hair 20 Into Medaons, Box Breast Pins, RIngs
&. oes Cold and Silver bought at fair rates.
tni H9-Iy
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-12-17
iron Railings, Verandahs. &c.

Having complete and choice selection Of patterns he
believes his facilities superior to any establishment
the ete, for this particular branch and he feels
81 in rng his friends that any orders for enclosing
Ueinefy lots yards, Yeandah, will give enre sasis
faction. CHARLES STEWART.
Mllmngton. DEL March l, lsBl-l21y
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-12-17

THE PUREsr MEDICINAL AGENT EVER KNOWN,
has furnished the community stimuant pure health
full and inyigoranR, at the time a mild, delicious
beverage. II Is calculated to do away with the vile
drugged stuff that is palmed of the community and
which is Injurious to body and mind For sale by
V. @, GILPIN Sole Agent,
rConer of Tenth and Market sts, Wilmington Del
mar 27
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18
VOL. S.--NO. Is.

HE SuPPoRrERs OF BUCHANAN IN THE
ooUTH.-if there is one marked characteristic
IN the policy of the traitors, il is a fact that
most OF those who controlled james Buchan-
ans Administration, and in the Secession
movement South, have been compelled to put
themselves in prominent positions in the rebtl
army. Howell Cobb, who, from being U MON
leader in Georgia: became one OF the most in
tolerant advocates Of the Jefferson Davis
school in the Cabinet of James Buchanan. 10
the colonel Of a regiment of cavalry. John
Slideii, who was the right hand evil genius of
the same Buchanan, is now forced TO pay ont
o I his large fortune immense sums TO main
tain the treason he advocated Floyd, who
was the most 1agrant thief in the Buchanan
Administration had TO prove the consistency
OF his rascality by taking the command of .
brigade; and Wise, who was the local leader
of the Richmond fire. eaters, in order to save
his reputation was obliged TO do the same
thing. Beauregard, the head of the rebel
army. is the protege and connection of Slidsll
by marriage. Ben McCulloch was petty
office holder under Buchanan. Ex-GoyeHor
T.. Louis Lowe, of Maryland, WAS one OF tho
most ardent advocates OF the Administration
Of the former sfavorite son of Pennsylvania" )"
and is ow in command of regiment in Vir-
ginia. The notorious Edmunson, Sc vocifsr-
Gus agains. all Northern men in the House of
Representatives, is q colonel under the rebel
dag ; and his colleague, Garnett, although
married to a New Jersey woman, has been
driven into the same category, as If to show
the sincerity Of his professions. Lamar, OF
Mississippi. Zollicoffer, of Tennessee, Hum
phrey Marshall, of Kentucky, extra Billy
Smith, OF Virginia, and a host of others all of
them the most proscriptive and insoent in
their abuse of the North--sre now IN the field
against the flag of the country. We cannot
name single advocate of James Buchanan's
Administration in the Southern States that
now stands forth on the side of nationality
and humanity. Andrew Johnson, OF Tennes-
see, and Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, early saw
the vices of that Administration, and early
took ground against it. The fact that the fa-
vorites and managers of the Buchanan Admin
istrationsare now the blood thirsty leaders of
the Secession army is a fact that speaks vol
umes.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18


CURIOUS CoINCIDENcE.-In the first vol
ume of Bancroft's History of the United
States, page 26, occurs the following singular
passage:
s'For an agricultural colony, milder eli
mate was desirable in view of settlement at
the South, De Monte explored and colonized
for France, the rivers. the coasts and the bays
of New England so far, at least, as Cape Cod.
The numbers and hostility of the savages led
him to delay removal, since his colonists
were SO few. Yet the purpose remained.
Thrice in the spring of the following year did
Dupont, his lieutenant, attempt to complete
the discovery. Thrice he was driven back by
adverse winds, and at the third time his vessel
was wrecked. Toutrincourt, who had visited
France and was now returned with supplies,
renewed the design but meeting with disas-
tiers on the shoals OF Cape Cod, he, too, re-
turned to Port Royal! Thus the first settle
ment on the American Continent Las been
made-two years before James river was dis
covered, and three years before cabin had
been raised in Canada
The name of Dupont in connection with a
naval expedition at Port Royal in 1905, and
with another and greater two hundred and
fifty years later is one of those curious coin
cidence in which the muse of history loves
to indulge. If the first had succeeded in his
efforts to possess the New England shores,
who can tell what would nave been the effect
upon the destinies Of this continent7 If the
the second had failed in entering Port Royal
harbor how differently the future annals of
the Republic might read. If Port Royal men,
aced New England in 1905, the tables have
been turned in 1851.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

COL CRoGHAN.-The death OF Col. Croghan,
who was killed by Gen. Benham's command,
In the retreat of Floyd from Kanawha, is no
small loss to the rebels. He was an excellent
ofhcer, noble looking man, and formerly in
the regular service, graduate of West Point,
and classmate of General Benham. He was
a son of General Crogkan the defender of
Fort Stephenson, and was formerly quite
wealthy, once owning the Mammoth Cave, in
Kentucky. On his death bed he confessed
that he received only what he deserved-that
he was wrong and asked the surgeon to pray
for him. He refused to allow any medical
assistance, probably we'll aware his time was
come. The meeting between him and Gen.
Benham was painful to witness. Said the Cen
eral:
"My God, Croghan is this you 7''
eyes" said the dying man, ssbut for God 8
sake, Benham, do not reproach mel know
now | was in the wrong.''
Hearing the cannonading, he remarked
General, you can do ME no good, and you
are wanted over there, are you not 7''
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

The AUDITOR GENERAL AND THE BROKERS'
Thomas E. Cochran, the Auditor General of
this State, recently issued circular inviting
the attention of the brokers and bankers to
the provisions OF an act of Assembly. enacted
at the first session of 1861, relating TO brokers
and private bankers. The first section Of this
act requires return to be made under oath, t o
the Auditor General, of the receipts from
commissions, discounts, &c, and requiring a
tax of three per cent. upon the aggregate, to
be paid into the State Treasury, for a sinking
fund for the reduction of the State debt. The
third section provides penalty of one thou
sand dollars, to be collected as taxes on bank
dividends are now collected. The brokers
have determined to test the constitutionalty
of the act.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18
BY S. J. ROW.
A WINTER SCENE.

Itss morn in Winter;
The air is white with sno"
And on the chinar brancneS
Jasmins seem to grow
The furrowed fields and hill-tops
With lev treasures shine ;
Like scales of silver fishes,
Or jewels in a mine
The bitter wind has banished
The silent nightingale,
And the rose, like some coy maiden,
ia mufiied in veil
Its silver song Of Summer
No more the fountain sings,
And frozen are the rivers
That fed the bath of kings
No sower-girls in the market
For flowers are ont of date
And the keepers of the roses
Have shut the garden gate.
No happy gnests are drinking
Their goblets crowned with wine,
For gone are all the merchants
That sold the merry wine!
And COMO the dancing women,
Before the winds and SHOWS
Their summer souls haze followed
The nightingale and rose .
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18
A THOUSAND UNION MEN Husa.-The Mount

THOUSAND UNION MEN HuNG.-The Mount
Sterling (Ky.) Wing, gives an account of
speeches made at that place on County Court
day. The Wing says: "Gen. Dick Williams,
late of Texas, proposed 10 give his fellow
countrymen true and fair narrative of the
effects Of secession as witnessed by him in a
travel of some L ZOO miles, overland he told
of some of the most narrowing scenes of out
RACES and demon-like atrocities committed by
the fend secessionism, as witnessed by him.
self and family-how men were hung in Texas
-neighbors of his, and for no other crime
than that they were loyal to the government
of their fathers; he averred, as fact, that he
believed, from his own knowledge. that the
number thus hung could not have been less
than thousand in the State of Texas, Ar
kansas and Tennessee 20
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

PECULIARITIEs or PEKIN.-The news of the
capture of Pekin by the allies imparts addi-
tions interest TO the peculiarities of that city.
A letter from the seat of war, in the Moniteur
de i -frmee, states that Pekin is built in the
form of a poygon, its northern portion effor-
ing parallelOgram, and its Southern portion a
square. 1t is surrounded by a terreted wall
with towers at short intervals outside of this
wall is deep.ditch, and beyond this enclosure
circle of suburbs as densely peopled, as busy
and compact as Pekn itself. The capital of
China consists, in fact, of two cities, the north
or Imperial city, and the South city. The
former is called the city eff the Tartars the
latter the city of the Chinese. They are sepa-
rated by terreted wall, and communicate
only by three gates, of which the middle one
is reserved exclusively for the ssSon OF Heav-
en- (thc EMPEROR mass of buildings of
every size and shape, pavilions, pagodas, and
gardens, equally extensive and indescribable,
which, it is said, takes month to go over
once. The population of Pekin and its SUI
burbs exceeds two million. Sixteen gates
communicate between the suburbs and the
two cities within the walls I; on either side of
each gate is party of soldiers, who act as
policemen. The principle streets, especially
in the Northern portion, are wide and hand
some but the greater part of both towns con-
sist of narrow, dirty, crowded lanes, rendered
yet more dsagreeable by the numerous huck-
sters traders, and cook shops established on
the narrow pavements. The Chinese are fond
OF shows, and Pekin contains many ex-
hibitons OF puppets, learned animals, dancers
and conjurers, giving the town the aspect of
an immense fair. 1t also contains numerous
pagodas, built of porcelain, painted in the
gaudiest colors, and surmounted by pointed
roofs. AS for the carriages ofthe Pekin gran
dees, the are described as resembling sboxes
of soap set upon wheels and drawn by oxen
harnessed in the toughest possible fashion.
Pekin contains nothing analogous to the hand
some public buildings which adorn the capt.
tails of Europe. Even the Imperial palace
shows no attempt at architectural design, and
is, like all ChiI ese erectons, mere shapeless
agglomeration of walls and roofs.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

To PREVENT Tools FROM RUsTING.-Thou-
sands of dollars are lost each year by the rust
ing of plows, hoes, shovels, &c. Some of this
might be prevented by the application of lard
and rosin to all steel or iron implements.
Take three times much weight of hard as
rosin, and melt them together. This can be
applied with brush or cloth to all surfaces
in danger or rustng, and they can be easily
kept bright. If tools are to be laid away for
the winter, give them coating of this, and
You will be well repaid. 1t can be kept for a
long time, and should always be on hand and
ready for use
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

A Coon ExAMPLE.-The members of the
ssRoberts Infantry a volunteer company
from Beaver county, now in Camp Curtin.
have recently signed the following pledge
We. the undersigned, soldiers of the "Rob-
erts Infantry, believing that intoxicating Ii
quors are the bane of the camp, destroying "a
like the health and peace Of the soldiers who
indulge in them, do pledge ourselves on our
honor as soldiers, that We will not touch taste
or handle intoxicating liquors of any kind
while we ale In the service.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

NAPoLEos's IDEA OF MAKING WAR.-The
following letter was written by Napoleon to
Augereau, on the 2lst of Feb, 1874.
"What. Six hours after receiving the first
troops from Spain You are not in the field :
Six hours OF rest is quite enough. for them.
conquered at Nsngs with the brigade of drs-
goons coming from Spain, who from Bayonne
had not drawn rein. Do you say that the six
battallons from Mines want clothes and equip
age, and are uniustrUcted? Augereau, what
miserable excuses have destroyed SO, 900
enemies with battallions of conscripts, scarce
ly clothed, and without cartridge e-boxes. The
National Guards pitifuli / have here
1000 from Anglers and Bretagne in round hats,
without cartridge boxes, but with good wea-
pons and have made them tell. There is no
money, do you say But where do you ex-
pect to get money, but from the pockets OF
the enemy7 You have no teams? Seize
thm. You have no magazine Tut, tut this
is too ridiculous!
"I order You to put yourself in the field
twelve hours after you receive this letter. II
you are still the Augerean of Casti igliona, keep
your command. If your sixty years are too
much for you, relinquish it to the oldest of
your general officers. The country is menac-
ed and in danger. 1t can only be saved by
daring and alacrity, and not by vain delays.
Yor must have nucleus of 5000 picked
troops? | have not so many, yet have de-
stroyed three armies, captured forty thousand
prisoners. taken two hundred pieces of artil-
lcey, and thrice saved the capital. The enc
my are in full flight upon Troyes Be before
them. Act no longer as of late. Resume the
method and spirit of SO. When Frenchmen
see your plume waving in the van. and you,
first of all, exposed TO the enemy's fire, you
will do with them whatever you will.''
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18
ORIGIN F CONSUMPTION.

The American Medical Monthly for Septem-
Der contains some novel and interesting views
| relative to the nature and treatment of con-
sumption. The seat of this terrible malady is
affirmed to be the Emphatic system of yes-
sells and these minute tubes form close in
terlacenent throughout the whole body, be-
ing also endowed with much activity, diseased
fluids transmitted through them are liable un-
der certain conditions, TO be deposited any
where, and to be spread or accumulated with
prodIgeous rapidity. The nature of consump-
tion is stated 10 consist in deprivation Of
the fluids which are propelled through these
tiny lymphetic conducts. Two theories are
proposed to account for the presence of the
pernicious elements which here taint and poi
son the springs of life at their sources. One
party afiirms that the process Of nutrition is at
fault, and that part OF the food eaten is lazily
and imperfectly asSimulated, Offering itself in
crude, half prepared state, to the action of
the vessels not adapted to deal with such ma
teras, but only with that which has been SUBJ
mitted to complete preliminary elaboration.
Hence cellular development, the first step in
organization, is impossible. The fluid cannot
be taken up. 1t never becomes vitalized or
forms union with any living tissue. On the
contrary, it is q burden and causes mischief.
Another party thinks that the material thus
existing in the far reaching network Of lynn
pathetic vessels is due to decay, and contains
the products OF organic dissolution. Both
opinions are well supported, and perhaps ooth
may prove true. That some noxious materi-
ais, whether the debris of used-up tissues, or
withered dead elements refusing to become
new tissues, are thrown copionsly near the
lymphatcs, is agreed I; and also that the guam
tity of such products is so great that this ac-
tive sewerage apparatus cannot carry it away.
1t accumulafes and hardens into tubercles.
The cause of this dreadful malady is stated by
one author to be, primarily, the want of oxy.
gen, whose presence in sufficient quantity
would either prevent the formation OF the tu-
berculous m aterial, or would give power to cast
it outas soon as formed. A cure, in the early
stages of the disease, is said TO have some
times been secured by the use of chloride OF
potassa, and other remedies which supply oxy-
gen to the blood. Prevention. however, here,
as every where, is easier than cure, snd is sell
dom impossible, whatever be the hereditary
tendency to the malady. Muscular exercise,
regular habits, fresh Air, suitable TODD, ample
rest, active occupation, well ventilated apart
ments, proper clothing, and exemption from
corroding anxiety, are among the indispensi-
BILE precautions.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

SAMpLEs.-A good story is told of the late
W. E. Burton, which we have never seen in
print. While travelling on steamboat down
the Hudson, he seated himself at the table and
called for some beefsteak. The waiter fur
nished him with small strip of the article,
such as travellers are usually put off with.
Taking it upon his fork, and turning it over
and examining it with one of his peculiar
serious looks, the commedia cody remarked
eyes, that's il bring me some.''
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

Colonel Jones met one of his men coming
into camp, pretty we'll intoxicated. He took
his canteen from him, turned it up, and pour
ed the whiskey upon the ground. The sol
dcr watched the operation until the last drop
gurgled from the vessel, when he observed
81 suppose that's all right, Colonel, but new
er could o. had the heart to done it,
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

The Emperor of Austria has declared 1t to
be sshis firm will to reestablish. in the shortest
possible time, public order, which has been
threatened in that kingdom ;'' which means
nothing more nor less than an appeal TO the
sword. 1t remains to be seen whether the
Huugarians will appeal to arms.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1861-12-18

STORAGE CAPACITY OF CHIcAGo.--The storage
capacity of Chicago, az per estimate on the
first of January last, was 5000 900 bushels.
When the storehouses now in course of con
structons are completed the storage capacity
of Chicago will be $3.50 900 bushels. In all
probability this will be increased by the close
of next seasons navigation. to ten million Of
bushels.