Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-10-08
PhiIada June 23, lIsb3. II
PARTICULAR NOTICE

Jhere are many preparations solO under th q
name OF Bitters, put up in quart bottles, com
pounded of the cheapest whiskcy or common
or rum, costing from 90 to 40 cents per gallon,
the taste disguised by Arise or Coriandcr Seed.
This class of Bittcrs has caused and will con-
tinue to cause, ns long MS they can be sold.
| hundreds TO die the death of the drunkard. BY
their use the system is kept continually under
the influence of. Alcboholic Stimulants of the
worst kind, the desire for liquor is created and
kept up, and tho result is all the horrors atten-
dant upon drunkard's life and death.
For those who desire and will have liquor
Bitters, we publish tho following receipt. Get
One Bottle lioofllands Germon Bitters and mix
with Three quarts of good Brandy or Whiskcy
| and the result will be a preparation that will
'ar excel in medicinal virtues and true excel
lence any of the numerous Liquor Bitters in the
market, and will cost much less. You will have
all the virtues Of HoofflanPs German Bitters'
in connection with a good article of Liquor, at
!. much less price than these Inferior Prepara-
ATTENTION SOLDIERS! And the friends
of Soldiers. We call the attention of all hav-
ing relations in the army to tho fact that
'HOoFLAND'S German Bitters' will cure nine
tenths Of the diseases induced by exposures
and privations incident to camp lite. In the
lists, publish ed almost daily in the new spaperi
on the arrival Of the sick, 1t will bo noticet
that very large proportion ar, suffering from
debility. Every case of that kind can be ren
dy cured by Hoof1ands German Bitters. Di
scases resulting from disorders of the dig estive
organs are speedily removed. We have no hes
itation in stating that, if these Bitters were
freely used among our soldiers, hundreds of
lives mi ght be saved that otherwise will be lost.
We call particular attention to the foil owing
remarkable and we'll authenticated cure of one
of the nations heroes, whose life, to use his
own language. has been saved by the bitters
ma u + PHILADELrHIA, Aug. 23d, 1862.
Nessrs. Jones d Erans We'll, gentlemen,
your Hoofia nd's German Bitters has saved my
life. There is no mistake in this. Itisvouehed
for by numbers Of my comrades, some of whose
names are appended, and who were fully cog
infant of all the circumstances of my case. l
am and have been for the last four years, mem
Der Of Sherman's celebrated battery, and un
der tho immediate command of Capt. X. b.
Ayres. Through the exposure attendant upon
my arduous duties, was attacked in Novem-
Der last with Inflammation of the lungs, and
was for seventy two days in the hospital. This
wns followed by great debility, heightened by
m attack of dysentery. I was then removed
from the White House, and sent to this city on
bonrd the steamer State of Maine,' from which
landed on the 28th of june Since that time
have been about as low as any one could be
and still retain spaek of vitality. For
week or more was scarcely able to swallow
anything, and if did force moreol down, II
was Immediately thrown up again. ,a5l
could not even keepfa glass of water on my
stomach. Life could not last under these 'ir.
,umstances; and, accordingly, tho physicians
who had been working faithfully, though un-
successfully, to rescue me from the grasp Of the
dread Archer, frankly told me they could do NO
more for me, and advised me to see q clerg ,,
man, and to make such disposition Of my lin
tied funds as best suited nae. An acquain tsnce
who visited me at the hospital. Mr.. Frederick
Steinbron, of Sixth below Arch Street, advised
me, as forlorn hope, to try your Bitters, and
kindly procufed . bottle. From the time
commenced taking them the gloomy shadow of
death receded, and I am now, thank God for
it, getting better. Though have taken but
feel sanguine OF being permitted to rejoin my
wife aud daughter, from whom hsv. heard no