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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24

GOOD News TRUE-One Of citizens, Just return
ed from Augusta in this State, informs he heard
while there report believed by him to be reliable
letter has been recently received by MIS-. Maury
from her husband Lieut. Maury OF the Confederate Navy
from Nassau stating that there then Colede
rate at that port and that wer
pected in very short time Mrs Maury in Column
ba Co. where she received the letter above entic
Ths in diligence would be, measure corr9bo.
Iatye of despatch from the Chicago Times in reference
10 me same subject which we published yes terdsy Oar
readers will certainly join the hope tn at the report
may pc founded on fact What nice little diversion
Eon-eiaos might produce OF our coast just now!
Columbus Times.
Abiding to the new Confederate rams, the Augu sta
Cons"t'onat'st of Saturday says: We have inform
ton of their where abouts of most cheerin character
true and we are disposed to credit it. hey are near
enough TO the Yankee bockaders to give them serious
buttng before many days. We alta Oh little importance
to this report, but give as one of ae ruuoys of the day.
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re like scupPcrnong grapes very we'll indeed, and yet
while the grape lasts constant danger
breaking backs violating several of the Command
ments Night day the unwary pedestrian ia danger
CT slipping up and falling dozen grape ekn or suudry
SKINS thrown broadcast the pavement al all the
most fequented corners N town. There mcy be saints
who refrain from audible at least ment al eye
Grafton when they find themselves going gone! but we
have our doubts upon the subject and truly tn INK the
man who deliberately casts lis grape skins tie
mens at street epdanger The lives aud ubs Of
men, women and Children deseSFes something worse than
cursng; tie bucknegroes who DO ought be sound
hrashed. little wholesome fnng would hite ~ en- no
HARM OF course speak mainly in the interests of re-
gion and morality and to remove tic indictments 10 pro.
family which these grape skins always fyniahng-
Finally, people who slip and perhaps fall upon these
things can't help it, and mast curse do hope that they
will remember to curse the that threw
down. the skins which has no souls TO be cursed
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From Tue IacDuout

From I.,cLuoud Lnqt.,r
The ill OF Chattanooga, with the reported chPtu
ton of the Confederate troops al Cumberland Gap Bar
not tended to raise the spirits the people. Indeed
long as General Bragg commands in that u p rwc.l
the public will not expect othC, than defeat ~ Laa
lost Tennessee, and this is enough tJr Gan.
not another be tried On the R1ppahahncc " hove
Lee, Longstreet, ERe aad Hill Arc al q tt..l..:
ca TO oppo e Meade ?, Cannot General Lon ;alr.g-
cold PETE" he is ai15CtOGatclg cuyI by h.s gallant
cOrps--be spared 10 the Army O. Tennessee. Il 3d.
was in command, his name, his experience. wyail 500
tell upon the army and enemy. Soldiers often ds,ls
the merits of officers at GettyGbgrr two discus
sing the m0Vem7nt2, and one remarked that Lo3w
street had nCtn Ssh to turn the CUcmv5 Iit asl
get ia !hCt rear. ~ ether stated al, disbelief ,u
odd Pete turn t." Il ind gd! Eai ur NJ up h.7car
straight 10 the trout, and ig,3 # CGl, 6alP IN ba
And this is what is wanted IN Tennessee. We i:r
been ialn5 INTERCHANGEABLE maLu' YcrIug-uatil w.
have lost tennessee the great Southwest N Rrlro'd
aud brought the CnGmy to the grs5. cu,ralpo Of ,
Couf-dorucy. Let III now have some ighNug "@.l
to teiy" We like strategy 0rd ds.isat in m'rouge.
but taerc is "time for all things, sad ij'htj
is not CNciUdcl from line general Ia'. EgnoF.
LoDgatfeGt, Les tagH ann. TIE Moss.'a q Nou
Virginia, qlet, unpTetenolo1, u0' 'lr""iv', wo,.
revive confidence drive BCs.Crau7 bdCn, aua soon r.
deem Kentucky. There is no Ctc.r ii inc army, &.
Cept General lee, who enjoys the c"r''1u'a Ut q,
country aid the army to greater dagIC" liza. g. .
LOngstreet. Can he not be spared I'D ia. ia .f.
nand Of the Army OF iLe West II tits he q it'. a..
General Lee m9v,8 against Aitair, w. ghai see ,.
terent aspect O pubic aIirs; y AID r'r'i '"Hr. rH
revive, and the winter close down UPON uur a.u3 H..
tCrious and triumphant, the sICug wui open up.u
array eager for the contest aud Eaa@e wal o' itnu
before cthlr long or oonD;m ec"ch. trf "'
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From the Columbus [Ga.) ! rIeF.
Chinese SMURr Cane.


In the Sun of he 10th instant, was a communca-
ton signed &C. in which he describes tae mode adopt
ed by Mr.. j. B. Dozer for syrup making lie states,
''ater stripping the blades off be MR. D. cuts down
no more than be grind in day lest 1t Should
the Sak This error, think, Of Mr. D.,
at least it does not agree with my experience.
Two days after / had commenced the grinding of my
cane this season my mill broke, leaving me On hand
nearly days grinding of cut cane. then entertained
the same opinion that Mr.. b. does but hearing that
citizen of this county (Mr. king) always cut his
few days before grinding it concluded to pack mine
away in bulk and experiment little with it, Ten days
elapsed before could start my new mill, by which
time, my so dry that it ratified when handled.
1t ground and, to my establishment, O stream OF
juice came forth larger than had flown from the
fresh cut cane.
This, however, ascribed to the superiority Of my
second mill the first measured the Juice myself
and from every thirty. gallons (the capacity OF my
boer realized eight gallons of syrup superior to any
had ever obtained from the Chinese cane. This
experiment satisfied that Mr.. D. is in error as to
the souriDg of cane if allowed to remain longer than
"A hours after being cut. The fresh cane will state
had yielded only fifth in syrup By the time my Sc
cond mill WIS put 10 operation my cane bad rpened so
fully that Its yield of syrup is about equal to that OF
the dry cane. Planters generally, | think, grind up
their cane too soon BY letting it get perfectly ripe
you lose no syrup but save labor and time in boil
ing. agree with Mr. u. that fresh jules should new
er be added to kettle after it has boiled long the
syrup will be mperfecty cooked and be more
liable to blanket l consider the best strainer
as one straining through it is sufficient. There is
notion ahoat, among some syrup makers, that it will
never do to commence boiling kettle of juice unless
you complete it." Sixty gallons of juice is the total
capacity of my boilers and average from 90 to GO
gallons of syrup daily, working from daylight to 9
O'Clock, T. NJ, at which hour fill my boilers with
fresh juice, fire up, and leave them till morning One
fire will prevent the juice from souring and give all
hands work at daylight. BY this plan keep the mill
and boilers going all day. If you don't believe the
Chinese cane will maxi good syrup, try it. I send
you jug of it.
A. II. FLEWELLEN
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For the Journal
Lenoir County, n. G.

MesSrS. Editors
send you this communicates and desire that you will
allow space your paper, that the proper authorities
may take the matter in hand, and correct, what deem
abuse of privilege How is it ttat the soldiers of certain
artillery companies company Topsail Sound, al
catch fish and bring them to market in Govern
wagons with Government horses and artillery har-
ness sell them dollar for two and three fish,
when regular fishermen deprived of the privilege
of fishing. We all like fish in Wilmington, having been
customed to them all our lives Is this right:
- Yours, STOEO,
Sept. 23d, 1864.
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ChattahOochee County, Ca, Sept II, 1868.

A DISPUTED QREsrIoN SETTLED.-The question has
been frequently asked, Can person exempt from
CONSUMPTION volunteer in local organizations without
torfdtDg their exemptions ?" A telegraphe dispatch
from the Secretary of War to Gov Shorter Of AIaba-
ma, reads thus
Volunteering in companies for local defence does
not reEdor those exempt by law liable to conscription
This much disputed matter can nov, therefore, be
considered as definitely settled Those who have here
tofore urged thspont an excuse for not volunteer
ing for State defence have official assurance that they
can do so without prejudice to their exemptions-
Come, gentlemen exempts, fill up the ranks at once
without further delay or more excuse making.
BEAUTIES OF BLOCKADE RUNNERs.-A traveller tells
US there thirteen blockade running vessels in Will
mngton all laden with whiskey, while the town itsefis
clean out of proysons-eaen out by the runners and
Shylocks who go there to buy and sell goods.
Macon Telegraph.
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From the New Haven Conn, JourDr,

From the New Haven (Conn.) Journcl
SIHCTLAR AND HORRIBLE DIsEAsE.--Eome months oo
Dir thn1s Monroe of Fairhaven, 1T Lagos and at A
th t'@nea coast whittier he he'd sailed as mai
with : Post, IN the bark Elizabeth, and while there h.
drank OF TIL water % that part of the world, without
ing take the precautions commonly in use among tho
natives the prevention Of terrible disease known ~
the GuiEe j. the Africans awn h,
this water he drinking, IN order troy minute
invisible OF tte which % small tha' i, i a
or bed bv the b cd vessels from tho stomach and l. in
that distributed in various parts The BODY ,r
allr the legs. where it is hatchcd, after on, limo
ma kea it's appearance in the shape C White edka
worm pointed, both e d9, and il and tVss R
about the muscle. ard veins and arteries PRODUCES no
dar feeling If uaeasnes7 un sC,aa its bOdy
comes Rea the sain, VII bad iii GUatIos takes II
IL was March last that Mr. NOnrc" began he trou
hed With them and for three months be walked
stem ke is now the Conn cGicu, state Hospital Il ,r
treatment aud wom has h tat Gu from he bottom
OF foof, measured wotept in ugn The way
it is done this When the .usf4Co Of the sl.a is s
prcked srjtGted shoa whRT" the " C7ittrr " is
threat is fastened to him sd L10 weight attarlc 10
the other end If the thread. Tn Gss tired pull
! ing steadJ strain ard gives Rron4G'a T. q day hg
daY and re Jut ltle spool winds him up
he ali up The pain il vary great For forty Ils, M
! Monroe hardy slept account Of the suffering.
Cine worn is row in process Of being drawn from vi
heel and those medical men who have
the kind are much crested. Great care has to be
not to pun hard, because the worm would break.
the trcuee mach prolgnE- Ita medical nau' r lr4
ctlaJu us and 1t grows TO u" seEc M feet n H2n u
epi3eIic in hot counties. When y bth.t col'"l. ,r-
it appears under the skin like v2rr via and after
yanIu boil been formed, a.. 'Hr #aIH broken, rl
head of tie HuInal discovered FIR pa.1C very pH
t.Ut u. der his s,Iarg3 uIE3;iOI, aid be ION
to liIl red to health!
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From the Chattanooga Rebe


He was O melancholy man-Birrl's Boarder; with
cadavereus face, fiat anatomy and an awful appetite
He went by the of Birrls boarder all the time
never heard any other appelatiOn ascrbed TO him ny
the fellow -boarders kwort keg Introduced me to
him. l think he was sCmt thing of relative oil
worts least there some family popularity oil
Jeremy Di1der-ism about both. L have heard store
bows payng poker with buttons on the counters at
or antes than the, Others would L" put up :" Why
you're as contant Birrls boarder-boarded with
Birr nineteen months and three days and never PAID
cent or missed meal"
It was about the four tn day in the twentieth month
when I commenced boarding with Bnrl shortly after
the evacuation of Chattanooga when the farther soull
man went the more he had 20 pay aud the less he go
to eat A scene occurred at Birr's table IN which
Birrs boarder was the chief participant end actor
With countepance stOlid and serious he seated hlD
self at the breakfast table, and commenced series /"
requests to the solitary old eyed negro OF d walt
and to the boarders 10 tone OF bitter ;-ony'
TAKE shooger in 20 cctee, mars = asked The or
one-eyed negro.
q" No." said Brrl's boarder in d tone OF withesn!
contempt Loud enoug for Birr to bear it, who stood owe
the chang dish with sharpened poker in one hs and
bro I'd axe in the other, up little unSsho8
bull beef to bis unfortunate guests. No., E2"
Brrls boarder, "but suppose I'll have to take III
tie of your dam sand IN my sootWater. linen al t
receiving it, and washing his throat with q mouniul
he shot Jet of it, like hose stream into the ed OAR
, keys only remaining eyeSand demanded IN a hissln
"-''~A>
and if you have any rtspec for age handle it giDgery
Every body III litter; but Birrl's boarder Ii
: never moved muscle OF his face. He continue
throughout the meal to ply bis queries May
trouble you for little fried cat" L" Pass them ca
tors boy and why the devil don't you git soHie tres
brick dust in this cayenne box and little more prlL
t tiers ley 10 this vinegar cruet."
s.Kergich' chuckled the negro, Il don't know maEs
! and he skunk back into the dark OF tie beLeat
the searching glance of Brrls boardcrs keen eye.
: Alter asking for little of "that hashed puppy,
: and chunk think he called it, OF that ''screech-o"
pie be rose from the table retire but not beor
/ cantionps have his biige-water soup no
e at dinaer, and his COW tai! properly fricaseed
It But the dinner never come. Bill CLOSED the esta'
vt lisnment that morning. lie couldn't stand his ecce
t trio boarder's criticisms. He had made fortune an
way since the war; at Sc per day for board On an GU
Law of two or three dollars week. He has left tt
country 1t IS believed that be will open again in sou
distant part OF the Southern Contederacy, where he
It not likely to be applied to for board by the eccenr
a Iodger who went by the name of Birris boarder"
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dence would be lost to be restored Let us con-
slider that as credit is QUE of the chief buwarks OF
defence, it becones US to beware how we temper with
if SPECTATOR. a
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24
Syrup Making.

AS the planters in this section now all about to
engage in Boiling their sorghum sugar cane the follow
ing communication, which we find in the Columbus
fGeo) Sun, of recent date, contia1s much valube
information to All who have planted the Sugar
My neighbofs are busily engaged in making syrup.
at Mir. B. DOZier's few days ago. and as am
satisfied That his syrup would take the prize at any syrup
fair in Georgia. think am doing the people service
in describing his method.
After stripping the blades of, he cuts down no more
than be can grind in day, lest it should sour in the
stalk He starts very early in the morning and grDds
rapidly as much will fill kettle before he begins to
boil and neUer adds any juice to that kettle He
strains the juice through course cloth into barrel,
and then when he pats it in the kettle strains it again
as be pours it ill., When the juice is boiled down to
one fifth of it's original quantity it begins to make big
wrinkles like cows nav, and ropes from the skinner
when it is poured out Then jets of syrup thrown
from the boiling surface five six inches high. The
fires are now lowered and some syrup sput r dry
pan, and the pan in cold water to see how the syrup
A glossy appearance, like Gil on the surface,
is observed, and the syrup Is taken out OF the kettle
with buckets fast possible. A bucket or two Of
cold water is Immediately thrown into the kettle, and
before any juice is added it is washed out can
as it was at first. This prevents the burnt syrup
which otherwise would stick to the kettle from spelling
the taste of the fresh juice. For the he
does not begin to boil until the betle filled qcHh juice
he would thus cook the first than the last,
does he add any fresh Juice to the boiling syrup.
man stands by with perforated skinner and skins
off every particle of froh that TO tie surface
He puts in lime, potash, soda and the syrup
tastes much like sugar. that at dinner neither he
| was able to tell which pastry was sweetened with
Sugar, and which with syrup OF his manufacture. The
first kettles are boiled down by one o'clock and the
second by or o'clock at night thus giving time for
the hands and teams to rest until morning,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24

PALo ALTO AND ITS lRors-A correspondent q.
tie Appeal writing from rsio alto, (liss) sly-.
Patio Alto is 4 secluded village sting qIiagy il tie
midst OF me OF the finest upland p2Iryr IN tbs SulI
west IL the days OF pee tH= uava'r IA cat na,c
seen The wide spreading acre, ".si 20 fl t. me-. 'h
horizon from every point ot THIS snte vim, b.aa,u
here and there by picture que CAPT -a4juua ,T,"p
tories of woodland, covered with tn snowy DDS ttt
opening cottou, that venerable Oh h9g in wa,.c
realm there is now 81 intCErlglu-I. f"" Alto sell
many Thousand bales - swell tGU lear millions OF 1',
great Southern staple. Bl5 now The y,ry cotton i.I.
are in rebellion, and cora, with us cousins german 10.
tbs seiiuI family, usurp tie scope OF tl1 Sohuea
king. Nhereer the eye ioO.3 across ties sweeping
prlircs stretching Tar oil to easylo #ts AID nom nora
| 10 south, and embracing III th-ir extent t@ou-ao#
| OF acres OF the richest land II tie county, n D
qiaddeued with evidence Of the CSunL aid abundance
OF ripenlng harvests. it is agreed On al hands Ia
better crops of corn OF all kinds of gram uni 81 pr
| etc, never were made in the country Some OF III
cotton land produces high seventy bushels o. co
to tie acre, and bat little 0. IL Will ia" below ti >
The prairie land Ot Mississippi alone viii produce
enough to supply Gen JOhustOn'5 army sA mo-.
after furnishing abundant for home consumpuou.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24

THE Georgia sction will be held the first Wednesday,
October. There three candidates for Governor to
wit Brown HILL and Furloo. If left to the army, it is
supposed that the latter will be triumphany elected,
the soldiers are all clamorous for ftrlough.
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The E,,,:ernI Hnncr.s..

The Boston Journal (AboIjtioD) takes ,sno VII. W
New York Herald, to the Classification al lie !o'
! al complexion Of the next House J'e Latter ,'n
out an antAdmin;strato on majority Oh thgyo; thsj0
nal concludes terenty. SO tor aayet chosen The n.y."
bers are thus cIassed; Administration and War ''l"
Gratis ST. opposition; - Kentucky DeSsaii , s.
with the Abolitioniss. There remain TO be elected ..
members: 3 in California; in Delaware, in Mary .D.
in Vermont, and in Western Virginia. 81 lh"'
ministration will obtain the ma jorty or S to : OPP
ton. If that should be the case thc whole house wou
stand 81 Administration to 30 opposition, even 2Ng
the entire Kentucky delegation to the latter. W.
iieve that this is very moderate and ra..ab cl'iI
ton under the present crcum stances d tn cas-. l.
is very likely Administration clnli!o to, 5pe3''
accounted decidedly radical ike Hon Tmh.9 ,
phens, for instance might fail of an q ct')a' ii
have no doubt that any good man llTI r'2s '
the Administration in the house-Hk2 Sch0.r toiA.
for instance, or q dozen Others that mi5h. b, mana
would be and is bound to 90 into the speaker cl'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24

TEE CHARLESTON CoURIhk that the big Biakely
gun that place bursted by of its rnuzze
having been elevated, larnedy surmsed by the Rich
mond Examiner.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24

EARLY oLDFrosts have already been felt in Peters
burg Raleigh and Charlotte This s at least three weeks
than the usual appearance Of early roats
II has been quite ccd here but freezing.
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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL

Covrfzl eEATE STATES OF AMERICA
,rr!n!yGTON, n. c., THURSDAY, SEPT a. 1863
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24

We indebted to the courtesy Of Capt RANDLE of the
steamship Hausa for copy Of the Hamilton, Bermuda,
Royd Gazette, of the 18th inst.
The steamship Ella and Anna cleared from Hamilton on
the 8h for Kingston, jamaica The steamers Venus and
Cornubia rom Wilmington arrived at St. Georges the
Sth. The juno cleared the 10th for Nassau
Tha steamship Gladiator to sail from Bermuda the
10Th for Liverpool.
In its memoranda the Gazte adds that the Confederate
steamer Ella Annie Captain Bonneau which left here
Thursday evening last for Jamacia returned to St.
Georges yesterday morning. having lost both paddle boxes
wheehouse, matches overheard and sustained ether dam
age the gale Of Friday The E. A. reports that at
Thursday encountered heavy swell from E. s. E. At
IA. of Friday it commenced blowing heavily from E.
8. E. hove ship to-gale increasing At II blow
ing hurricane from E. s. E. at 80 gale at its high
estthe making clean breach shipLat. SOLO
Long. 81 Is. At o'clock Sunday afternoon 100
Miles to the Eastward of Bermuda.
supposed to be the Phantom, from Whining
ton, was sgnalled to the Southwark last evening. O.
Prize steamer Charleston, sold at Philadelphia OF
the Sd inst for S., 800, and the prize Eagle New
York for S6,OOO.'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-09-24

GREAr RATTLE has been fought or Is still progressing,
Oh the line of the Railroad between Atlanta and 'hets'
nooga contest opening about thirteen miles b uth"est
the latter place. The te egaph OF course gives Us M
the Information that we have yet received in regarfto IT,
That the fighting heavy and that Will most pro-
babIv be if has indeed yet ceased appearso be
placed beyond the shadow of doubt Our losses re
Isrpe-those of the enemy said to be very large.
On Saturday and the most OF Sunday, although the for
times Of the field leaned slightly side there yet
no dacided advantage If full credit TO be given
tn the spatch of the OPERATOR had Monday gained
of the field end pursuing the enemy,
who will doubtless fall back upon his entertainments at
Chattanooga which, at the date of The last accounts
he said to be not than six mills distant.
We hope however that he will not be let there,
know that fresh troops still arriving and will continue
to arrive at BRACES camp enabling him to press and
gragp the substantial fruits vel asthe OF
victory. So far the simply indicates of those
hard fields in which we have gained the ground CT
which we have forced toe enemy and more.
We presume that additional details may be expected al
any time Euery day big with the prospect startling
events and day may bring the of their occur
Things cannot rest they are now The ball
opened and little relaxation of effort need be looked fol-
unt campaign closes which, in those mountainous re-
gions it will probably by the beginning Or farhest,
the middle of November. Our armies in the West have
mighty before them il the next six week. The
deception of Tennessee-he bringing of hope Kentucky
the clearing of the Yankees from Northern Mississippi
be found sufficient for these purposes their vaog will
be doubted.
The Yankees say that LEE is depleted and yet they G.
advance upon him. Perhaps MEADE is only glad tina
LEE does not advance upon him. 10 doubt MEADE him
self badly depleted and his army merely nursery of
scripts which he is licking into shape The best troops
the Yankee army out West at this time. They
take Richmond by operating against its connections wit
the Southwest. We have doubt authorities
last of this state OF things and will adapt their
| sures to the changed position of affairs.
The information from the Mississippi States ID
totally unreliable that indeed it is only by sort Of falls
courtesy that call it Information all. If had
heard rumour from Arkansas Western Louisiana Tex
for three months would have been just we'll in
formed are-perhaps better for although nigh
have missed few small grains Of TRUTH would, tn
other hand have been spared bushels Of fasehood
If our armies in Tennessee, need fea
no serious movement by GRANT against Mobile, an
movements in Mississippi. If they unsucces fu
/ ourselves to face m"ny trials.