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Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
killing Hogs and Saving Bacon.

| will give the mode which | hav
practiced for long tims very SUCCESS
fully The hams | cure, generally sci
in Savannah at Is to 18 cents, and ar,
considered equal to Westphalia. Xii
the hogs before day, and when the,
are drained remove them TO the sn,ok,
house; or, which is better, kill t EN- a,
or 3 P. NJ, and get them to the smoke
house ~ nightfall. The object is to
keep the meat from thessun AMI aaes
Cut UP the meat, cutting of the hams
iirSt, so that while somc of the hands
are engaged III cutting up the other
meat, the hams can be attended tn.
sprinkle s'oalI teaspoolful ofpowder-
ed saltpetre on each ham, and rub it
III with the fingers, or make solution
OF saltpetre and swsb the hams with
1t; then add n teaspoonfui. or more of
red pepper to each hams and rub it in:
then add a tablespoonful of good
brown sugar or good New Orleans
syrup to each ham aud rub that in.
let this ham lay till The other meat ia
cut up and rubbed with salt and
la'd away; then take ,the hams and rub
thea with salt and lay them away
single, on boards.
The next morning or the next uipi
take up the hams aud rub them viii,
salt thoroughly and put them in tight
t'ibs( (molasses hog gsheads cut in twal
I'll the end of the fourth week: tlrn
hang them up to smoke TIE shoulders
may be treated in he same way--tbe
NJ ddlings need not be- Somkc with tan
bark or sreen hickory wood; kindle
with light-w"od chips. Have some
hickory tslrcs prepared in dry weather
ana Kept in a barrel in the smoke
must, anu WheH the meat is taken
down (early in MaiclDrub it all with
''s es; lay away the hams by them |
SELVES IN tubs OF ldsrs; between every
'yer OF hams put four sticks, made
from old oak yards + seasoned wood |
Pack the shoulders by themselves in
the same way, and the sides or mid
ilng the same. Overhaul the meat tie
1T OF a " and lst of July, and rub |
with ashes again if 'eed be.
Tbs is vefy troublesome but every
over Of ham must take p ins in order
!" satisfy the delicate appetite.
[Soutlrrrn Cultivator.
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
SUCCESSION SALE.

Succession Of Evander Candy. .
ID 7 virtue of an order of the Distri
- Court and in for the parishaf Nat
ehltuches. there will be sold at public
auction at the late residence of the
deceased, ON the old Military road, six
miles east of Spr .ngville and about
thirty miles north OF the town Of Nat.
chitoches,
On Monday the % day of December
1861.
All Of the moveablc property belong
ing to SAID Evandcr Candy both the
separate ard in. community with his
deceas d wife Sarah Duberry and also
that held and owned in community
with his surviving wife, consisting of
A 10. Of ilpuse hold and kitchen fur
nsturr
Stock and Pork Hogs
Cattle, road Wagon
Mn'es and Horses
Sheep, Corn, fD,ldsr oats, fodder
Twelve bags of cotton, etc etc.
Terms and Condition IF Sale.
All sums up to twenty dollars inclusiv
CASH on the day of sale, all sums
above twenty dollars on a credit
until the first day of April 1861,
purchasers to give their notes
with good security in soIido to the
order Of the administrator, bearing
8 per cent interest from maturity. |
A. NJ. LISS),
IL Dec. Administrator.
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Succcssion du Jose Himenes
d NJ. BACKEN ayant demandd i
L etre nJ,ame administrator dc III
succession du Jose Himenes d6cede,
avis est par ces presentes donnd 4
totItes personne interessees d'avoir
deduire dams dix jours les raisonir.
pour les queiles Ia demande da petis
tiohna're neseralt pas accortee
b. J. BOtIS,
Dec. IL 1861. Greffier
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
Notice.

Succession Of jose Himenes.
ID NJ. BACKEN having applied %
L be appointed administrator Of the
succession Of Jose IIimenes dr.
ceased, notice is' herl,y given to all
whoInlt my concern to show cansp
within ten days why the application Of
the PETITIONER should not be granted
b J. BOulS,
Dec. IL, 1861. Clerk
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12

y" ABOLITION TALK. - ome Of the
ofii>er" OF the First Virginia, at Rom
nty, are boarding with the wife oI an
"d'toi vino published rape' there,
hnt VIII" left with rest of the spcesh
The lady told t G officers that every
thing about the house was secesh.
from the tom cat up, and if they board
cd with her, there must be no Aboli-
tion talk The office willingly ac-
copied the conditions, and were get
ting along finely Waa'ing Intelligence
e..
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
Ernest LE GENDRE, II

IN Flanders" and declared that Jeff's
boys had cost the United States 81, 900
600 in spece, besides several thousand
dollars worth of property captured.
They also said that he had lodged
them three times. after being hemmed
in. without half an effort.
Go it, jeff
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
= Noticc.

The members Of the S@Francs
Church of Natchitoches, are notified
that the annual sale OF the pews will
take place on the 25til December next
at the Cathedral Church.
Natchitoches December, 10th 1861.
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
NOTICE

Succession of Marie RosaIic Rachal
widow Dominique Racllal.
~ q. WALMsLEY having applied
Osto be appointed administrator of
he succession Of Marie Rosalie kachai
widow Dominique Rachal, deceased.
notice is herebygiven to all whom it
may concern to show cause within ten
days why theeapplication Of the pcti.
toner should not be granted
b j. BOUIS. :
Nov. %, 1861. Clerk.
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12


MEMoRABbE fSPEEoHEs I'VE desire to
embam the following extraordinary
sublime, eloquent, elegant perorations
They are first sand to have been deiy-
erred before court Of justice in Penn.
sylvallia:
Your honor sis high npon the ad-
orable. seat of justice, like the Asiatic
rock of Gibraltar, while the eternal
streams Of justict, like the cadavrous
co'lds Of the valley, dow mendering
at your extended feet.'
Tae next is by celebrated lawyer
Of New Jersey:
"Yonf honors, fancy, do not sit
there like marble statues to be walked
about bv every idle breeze. :
Next the soul-stirring opening of a
western oration;
The important crisis which were
about to have arriven, have arroven.7
Last, but not least, one that loc ates
itself:
"Thc count will please to observe
that the gentleman from the east has
given them avery learned speech. He
has roafned with old Romnlus, soaked
with old Socrates, ripped with Euripi.
des, and cantc ed with aantharidcs
but what your llonor-what does he
know about the law offoldArkan sawY
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
PUBLIC SCHOOL,

Persons desirons Of teaching in the
public school in School District No. Is
located III the Town of Natchitoches
wli make application 10 the under
signed Oh or Heiore tie 10th December
next.
G. Chaplin,
h.. pupltix~ .~s Trustees.
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12

W"RFHY A gpntlemal who was in
Car" when til. troops who had been
il pursuit Of Jetf. Thompson returned,
says they swore worse than the "army
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12

4 Clergyman in New York recently
preached % prove that te pres
INT war, with all its horrors, was un-
donbted'y a great blessing to the
American people, and made pretty
strong case Of it; but when he came
TO the closing prayer, no one could
doubt the sincerity Of his petition that
this great national calamity may
come to an honorable and sps.dy termin
ation.' Ii was clear enough that the
orator thought there might be "too
much of a good thing Gfter ALL
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
SHERiFF'S SALE.
DISTRICT COURT.
PARISH OF NArcHrrocHEs.
STAR Of Louisiana.
ANTOINE PERINI,
EDGAR }. FRANLIN.

DY virtue of an order Of seizure and sale
ID to me addressed, by the said Court shall
offer q public sale to the last and higes I
bidder at the doorof the Court house in the
town and Parish OF Natthitothes on
Saturday Eira day of february, 1869,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. VI. and
shutdown the following described property
OF defanden' to atis'y the said writ to wit !:
A certain lot or parcel of ground situated in
the Town and parish of Natchitoche,
bound d as follows to wit on the north
by the fenc. enclosing the American
grave yar,l,on tie south by land former Y
belonging to James TNlor..iate Of til
Parish deceased on theeaseBs bayeu
or Lagoon name unknown and on the
west by the public road, containing six
acres more or less
Also an other piece or. parclof ground situ
ated in the town # Natchito hes as afo,
resaid fronting and bounded on e north
by Zine street on the south aud west
by land belonging to the present vendor
on thu. east by bayou of Lagoon name
unknown, containing one acre of land
more or less.
Terms aDd cnndlt tlonS of Sale
The above described property will be sold
with the benefit of appraisement, for cash
70 satisfy the sum Of seven hundred nj fifty
dollars together With 8 per cent Interest
on said amount from the day of April 1867
together with cost Of suit, and on a cred
until the lst day of May 1862. for the sun Of
seven hnnlraf an Fifty d,iiars, ith 8 per
ent interest on the same from the day o.
April 1860. The purchasers on a credit to
give his notes with good and solvent seeuritv
in sofdo for last nsta'ment to be paid al
maturity to wit on the first day of May 1862. |
Payable to plaintiff OF order with spaca |
retained on the lots Of ground. sold
o. above described together with ai interest," |
thereon and cost of suit and sale subject to
the appraisefnent Us aforesaid
w. S. CAMPBELL,
IL Dee 1851 Sheriff
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12

others be init ated in the sut,lime my,
teres Of making brogansg Why sl,oul
not the women be taught to spin an,
weave ? We need not depend ON th
looms of Manchester or Lowell for on
clothing--ilor ON Boston or Lynn fo
our boots and shoes. A determined e
fort to make ourselves substantially in
dependent, would soon make lis g.
in truth.
1--we 60 on as heretofore, devoted
only to aIE species Of industry--w,
stexpeci to endure .privstions ant
suffrings, not only while the war lasts
but for years afier peace dawns upbl
ns Oar whole system has been wrong
Frst Jet our granaries be filled will
cora and our Smoke houses with ma,
our dairics with butter and cheese
and then, send the surplus produ, tn
OF our labor to Europe in cotton bales,
aud W. can then justly boast of being
an independent people. Our real dan
ger lies not in the defeat of o,lp armies
III tie fed, but in the d tlicmty of feed
ing and clothing them from on. own
bord r. and from that feeling of discon-
tent whicl, may be awakened among The
masses WHEN they have not means to
procure food for their stolna :ilsor cath
ing for their backs Let every one who
has an acre to plant, first plant grain
eli sh t. feed his family and iattcn h Is
-w4nt, and, II possible, let every ne
have as large "a herd of them as that
which he cane possessed of the devil
and ran down into the SEA and persisted
nthe waters according ~ the In.ta lie
recorded III the new Testan elt," and
then the surplus labor may be wisely
emp Dyed in the raising of cotton to be
expended in adding to ones wealth Or
in the indn| n|gelce of ones van ty. Then
men may safely buy jeweIry for their
wives and daughters or like fools, give
rich diners that wise men may cat
them.
A,.pt ,.on,.l., l. =. Al.
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Is.

AVIS.
Succession de Marie Rosalie Rachal
veuve Dominique Rachal.
* L. WALMSLEY ayant- demande
~. etre nomme administrator de
la succession de Marie Rosalie Racha
weave Dominique Rachal, decedee, avis
''st par ces presents donne toutcs per-
sonnes interesses d'avoir a deduire
tans dix .jonrs les raisons pour les
1uelles la demande du petitionnaire ne
serait'pas accodec.
B.J. BOUIS,
nov. ~ 1861. Grcfficr.
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$lIS,00
+. METOYER.


4 FACT ABoUr SHIT Guys. - In a
French, journal, called stweule de Ttmt
fe 1Honde. an nexplanaton IN given of a
Iaet which has puzzhd sporting men,
tanely why the tit barr,l cf gun
i'nrsts so much more frequently than
the right =? Tie explanation is this
sportsman. on going out loads both
barrels, and on scrin. bird rise,
fires naturally the right barrel lie
Te'oads that barrel, and when he again
sees bird or hare the fires it again
and 80 he does perhaps lwenty tues
IN succession But each. iirfhg gives a.
shock torthe clasrgp m the left band
barrel, and at last he succession of
shocks separates the wadding from
The powder and shot the cons euuence
=, that a vacuum ensues between them.
and When the second barrel is fired it
frequently bursts. 10 prevent this
danger, the recommendation is made. |
that W enevci The right hand barrel
IS loaded, the charge in the left hand
,ne should also be rammcd down.
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
During the absence of Mr.. Fhanor
Prndhomme the list OF "Spsbcriptiansn %
Crop for the defence Of the Confede
rate States" will be found at the store
If Mess Mstoyrr Brothers.
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12

TIE members w,lo are indebted to
the 81. Francis Church Of Natclitoc'lee,
are particularly requested to
call Oh the treasurer Of said Church and
settle with him, 6
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12

Results Of the Concert given by the
Philharmonic Society of Natclitnc!,es,
for The henptit,of the sick and W undrd
Natchitoches union. [volume] ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859-1864, 1861-12-12

Nc subscription will be received fci
shorter period than year unless accompanied
By business advertisement
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y TERMS: .

No Subscription discontinued until all
sRTsaFages are paid.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-11-30
5rIrlt Poetry.
A New Song of the Shirt.

To the quiet hooks of home,
TO the public halls so wide
The women of Boston hurrying como
And sit down side By side;
To fight for their native land,
With womanly weapons grt,
For dagger, needle-scissors for brand,
While they sing the song of the shirt.
0 women with sons so dear,
o tender, Towing wives,
1t is not money you work for now,
But the saving of precious lives.
Ills reused for the battle we fcel,-
Oh, for a thousand experts,
Armed with tiny darts of steel,
To conquer thousands of. shirts
Stitch-stitch-
Under the shctcring roof,
Come to the rescue-poor and rich,
Nor stay from the work aloof.
To the men who are shedding their blood
TO the brave, devoted band
Whose action is honor, whose cause is good
We pledge our strong right hand.
Woodwork
With earnest heart and soul
Work-work-
To keep the Union whole.
And It's, oh, for the land of the brave,
Where treason nor cowardicc Turk,
Where there's all to lose or all to save,
That werc doing this Christian work.
Brothers are fighting abroad,
Sisters will help them here,
Husbands and wives with one accord
Serving the cause so dear.
Stand by our coors to-day
Keep to the Union true
Under our flag, while yet we may
Hurruh for the Red, White and Blue.
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1Oar Iflottcrs. =.
A Soldiers Emotion in Battle.

Citizen soldiers inexperienced in the bat
tie field, will find the most terrible
moments just before the battle bcgins.-
A soldier in his narration Of personal
adventures in the Mexican war, gives
some interesting items on this head in
his description of the battle of Pao Alto,
the opening battle of the war:
"When all was ready, both armies
stood still for about twenty minutes,
each waiting for the other to begin the
work of death, and during this time
did not see single man of the enemy
move; they stood like statues. We
remained quiet with two exceptions
General Taylor, followed by his staff,
rode from left to right at a slow pace,
with his legs thrown over like woman,
and as he passed each regiment he spake
words of encouragement. | know not
what he said to the others, but when he
4 to where we stood, he looked
Steadily at us, | suppose to see what
effect the novel circumstances in which
we were placed had upon us, and as he
gazed, he said THE bayoaet, my hnrdy
cocks D.! the bayonet is tie thing" The
other occasion was that of Lieutenant
Black, of the engineers, who volunteered
to gallop along the enemy's line, IN front
Of both armies, and count their guns !;
and so close did he 60 that he might
have been shot a hundred times. One
of the officers Of the enemy, doubtless
thinking he had some communication to
make, rode out to meet him Black
however, paid no attention to him, but
rode on and then returned and reported
to Taylor.
Thus stood those two belligerent
armies, face to face. What were the
feeling of those thousands How many
thoughts and fears were crowded iuto
those few momentse Look at our men .
a calmy sweat is settled all over faces
slightly pale. not from cowardly fear,
but from an awful sense of peril, CON-
bined with uination not to finch
from duty. These are the moments in
which true soldiers resign themselves to
tHe TCucCtlOH lHtI NudtcNcI IIIlJ UCldll
thcm they will act with honor !; these
are the moments when the absolute
coward suffers more than death--.when,
if not certain he would be shot in the
tracts, he would turn and fee. Fighting
is very hard work the man who has
passed through two hours fight, has
lived through Il great amount of mental
aud physical labor. Al the end ola bat
tie | always found that | had persplred
so profusely as to wet through all my
thick wooden clothing, and when had
got cool, was as sore as if had been
beaten all over with a club When the
battle commences the feelings undergo a
change.
Reader, did you ever see your house
on fire If so, it wa, then you rushed
into great danger, it was then you went
over places, climbed over walls, lifted
heavy loads, which you never could have
done in your cooler moments; you then
have experienced some of the excitement
OF a soldier in battle. | always knew
my danger--that at any moment was
liable to DO killed, Jet such was my ex-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-11-30
Love for Old Maids,

A smart English writer says. in one of his
magazines: Il am an admirer Il might
also say, a lovcr-of old maids. Their very
age is il RECOMMENDATION in my eyes. They
have done life, they have gathered in full
gamer OF experiences; without the care of
babies, servants and pcrambuators they have
as much experience OF sucirty-uttcn more
than the married woman. They are still open
IT, tender approachcs-th they sometimes Invite
them; but they have none Of the dangers
which surround youth and beauty. Nomam-
ma asks your intentions. or brother prepares
to call you sconndrel, no father makes
inquiries as to your income, when You turn
pretty compliments to Miss Tabitla =; and if
she cannot blush, she can still shipper and
il she cannot look back love. she can give you
your chang in a smart repartce. 1t is then
in no spirit or dctraction, ridicule. or raillery,
that approach this virgin subject, on which
no pen has hitherto ventured 10 enlarge. 1t
is us IL philosopher, m"ralist, an admireI, and
sincere wcll-wishvr. that | take up the glove
in favor OF my pendants in the other sex.
have always considered gallantry to the sex to
be the especial duty of c. hbale position and
while at my niccc'S my photograph hangs next
I" that of her maiden aunt Barbara | cannot
think it brcuming TO breathe Il Word against
those who at fifty have rocked no head upon
their b. sous and whose lips at sixty arr as
unsullird as the leaves of any Virginian
crcepcr. There is one class Of old maids
whom pity from the bottom of my heart {:
those, namely, who have grown gray as gov
crnesscs. What life to look back upon -
hat dull, monot"nous, hopeless existance'
When Young and pretty, how she loved and
checked her love, for the dasbing young
brother OF her pupils; or how hcartlcssiy she
was reminded of her incapaci,y. or her interi-
GRITTY of posiion. VIII n older, how she
wearied of the same inctssant tnankeSs occu-
patton; how bitterly SHE envied, or strnvr not
to envy. those happi girls who were sc"ming
ont under her chaperotmgc. and who would
enjoy all that gayety and attention which she
had never known! How she went from fami-
ly to f,mily; now among kind and consider
ate I ks; now to vulgar Set, who wunld
treat her like a servalt. o.! how she envitd
those servants who had their parnte rooms
and their fol overs and coull rec ived with
nnt shame the half worn dresses, which she
would have been glad to wear. Aud then,
when old age came and when all hope was
given up, What poor little savings she depends
on: what few friends she has to look to; what
mseraby dull end TO il miseraby dull
liie."
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-PATCHEs.- best ma
terial for patches is old loam or old cam
bric; previous to use, 1t should be
lightly creased al. over on one side with
sperniaceti stuff, spread over it with IL
palette knife, and folded until it forms IL
square rather larger than the intended
patch. In this state it should be pressed
under heavy weight between two boards
for he hours; they by means Of ii sharp
punch aud nlalIet, fifteen or twenty pat
ches may be cat by blow at once. In
using them it is only necessary to lay
one, creased side downwards, upon the
muzzle, to place the base of the bullet
upon its centre, and then to push the
two gently into the barrel. One end of
the loading rod, having cavity exactly
fitting the upper part of the bullet,
shoull now be applied, aud the bullet
pushed home at one thrust, without any
blow or violence. There is no difficulty
in this it the bullet fit properly aud the
bore be clean but no violence should be
used, as besides notching and iudcnting
the bullet, it is almost certain to cause
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-11-30
The Lovely Knitter.

Like tiny birds with FURNISHED wings,
just dropping to the sea-wave's foam,
And bearing from its hiilowy home
The snow that to their plumage cings,
The futtering needles swiftly dip
In soft, white mrShcs of her work,
Where quaint and loving tuncics Turk
The eye betrays the silent lip.
The tiny needles loop the thread, [hours,
Strung with sweet thoughts of summer
OF sunlight on the fragrant flowers,
OF poems in the woodland read.
With prelude of the wild birds song,
And blending with that warbled tone,
The murmurs evermorc their own,
That in the pine tree shadows throng.
And still mcande,ing from the ball,
Fond memory chain unwinds and flows,
Drops here Il smile and there a rose,
And here a treasured word lets fall;
So, on she knits, in twilight gray;
The past and present. with the years
OF morning life, its hopes and fears,
1nwovcn with her dreams to-day.
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1)ortr,.
Nutting-Time.

The nuts are ripe and the day is fine,
The purple hills in the sunlight shine, Ttops
And the brown nuts redden the trembling
OF each gnarled tree in the hazel copse. 9
The copse is filled with the happy noise
OF laughing girls and climbing BOYS.
And tie beated branches yield their fruit
That heavily drops at each old trees root.
Under the brow Of the copse- crowned hill,
Ethel and | sit silent and still,
And hold in mine her small white hand,
The smallest and whtest in the land.
Gather your fruits We lads above.
And fling the nuts at the girls you love;
The only fruit to me was DEAR There.
have gathered to-day in the white hand
Hurper's Weekly.