Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-08-02
Gatherings by the Wayside.

following is from late number of the Rich.
mond Wig:
Why the report of battle by Telegraph. by
letter, or by word of mouth. should deprive
man Of every spark of common sense. We know
not but the fact is so. A battle is no soon.
rr b-gun than We are notified by reliable"
dispatch that the '' whole army Of the en~say
will certainly b- killed or captured" This
W. heard in regard to Donelson. Elkhor.
Shiloh, and nearly every other battle which
has been fought 1t has been claimed that
the people OF the North ars liars, and that we
We Of The South are truthful. This is drlu-
sion. We are fast learning to tell as many
rs big lies, as foolish and self-evident lies as
the Yankees. Everybody knows that the
"wholr ariuy Of the enemy will certainly b.
killed or captured" means the Conftd-ratrs
will be defeated next day. But why choose
prrposterous falsehood TO convey Disagree
ble truth! Why not say "the advantage is
so far on our our side. but the battle is not
decided yet the enemy's reinforc, ments may
come upi" Or, when the s.ories Of passen-
gers by the cars are given, why not sitt them,
rjrctly rightly all that savois Of the least
doubt, and reporting only what is authentica.
tcdl Why raise false hope and false joys in
| '"V VA ~"
Another piece Of stupidity on the part Of
ordinate putting of this or that General.
Davis by comparing him to Washington and
W.T. have been panied to See MIR. Breckinridge
victimized by dispatches from the battlefield
of Shiloh. Hindman had his leg shot off, but
that is a small matter when We consider that
u
ing every rag of his clothes shot away" his
horse riddled." aud even his hat swept
down." notwithstanding which ths frighttul
deprivation of his ha,) he fought undismayrd.
We mean no disrespect to Breckinridge, quite
the contrary. We are only angry that his
friends should permit the reporters to make
him such a jackassical figure in history.
Unless uc can go back to the habit Of tell
ing tie truth and using moderate language,
quit Shaking Savannah with an earthquake"
from fort that surrendered after four men
were wounded. and CEASE to initiate the bom-
bas,ical and mendacious lingo of the Mcxicans
and the Chinese, we had bttt,r shut up the
telegraph offices and suppress the newspapers.
Let us show the world that We are SoutlIerners
lovers of truth, and plain honest speech. or
let us go back to the Yankees we So much
resemble. The country is sick of the ineffa-
ble nonsense of the knavcs and fools who pre-
tend to report our battles.
No FEAR OF THE ABoLrrIoNIsTs.-Thc
rebel commissioners abroad, Messrs. Yancey,
Ross and Mann. in their letter to Earl Rus
sell, make the following important declara-
ton:
T "It was from no fear that the slaves would
be liberated that secession took place. The
very party in power has proposed to guarnn.
ty slavery forever in the States, if the South
would but remain in the Union. Mr.. Lin
coins message pr poses no freedom to the
slave, but announces sutjection of his owner
to the will Of the Union-in other words. to
. the will of the North. Even after the battle
of Bull Run. both branches Of the Congress
ut Washington passed resolutions that the war
is only wagrd ia order TO uphold that (pro-
, slavery Constitution, and to enforce the laws,
many Of them pro-slavery.) and out Of l72
. votes in the lower House they received all but
two, and in the Senate all but ono vote. As
the army commenced its march. the command
ing General issued an order that no slaves
should be received into or allowed to follow
the camp. The great Object OF the war,
therefore, as now officially announced. is not
to free the slave. but to keep him in suhjec-
tion to his owner, and to control his labor
through the legislative channels which the
Lincoln Government designs to force upon
the master. The undersigned, therefore, sub
nit with confidence that. as far as the anti
slavery sentiment OF England is concerned, it
i. can have no sympathy with the North; nay,
il will probably become disgusted with u
can,ing hypocracy which would enlist those
sympaihies on false prstences."
CLsAN Milk VEssELs.-A writer in the
Cincinnati Gazette truly says. ths,e is u"
i product on the farm that presents 80 much
difference as butter. This arises chiefly from
using vessels for holding the milk. aud nten.
sils in making tho butter, which are soursd.
/. In nv notice of the Effects OF having soured
!. trouchs in sugar making. stated that acidi-
, ~ was fatal TO good sugar making. 1t is not
, less 81 in butter making. Milk has p-cul'
!. inr acid. very easily formed. which entirely
y tnkcp away thar rich. sweet. fine favor, to.
\ longing to good butter. A very little soured
/. milk or cream On vessels rapidly generates
|. enough acidity to take it away. 10 avoid
4 this, great care Is requisite. Cleanliness
only is not sufficient. in having the milk vss:.
J. sels well-wnshed. but they must be carefully
washed in boiling hot water. ard should b.
boiled in it also. But as the cream is very
e ap. to stick. even in good wsshing. when The
: vessels are boiled in water. some pearl asA o.
'' soda sAoxld be PET IL il, which destroys any
e sridtv that NAV be about the yessels. They
z should then be well summed. have known
some good butter makers who dispsnssd with
u the stunning when soda was used; but both
o ara IN ha eAmlnended