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Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-11

Eight years passed away. Eight years
with their tights and shadows They
brought with them the merry voices of chill
dren-they brought with them new made
gravcs-haPpiness to some aud groi to
others.
Toward the last they brought the great com
nercIat crisis OF 81, when houses seeming
to he built upon rock t0ttered all at once
to their fall DO not many remember that
tiIue all too we'll, when merchants, with anx
iOus faces, ran from one to another to solicit
help, and met cnIy aVerted faces aud dis
;ruStiul looks!
And how was it in that time of universal
famine with! our triends-Stacy and Wal
bur!
Up to 1857 they had been doing an cx
celie"t business They had gradually en-
larged the sphere Of their operations, aud
were rapidly growing rich, when this crash
came.
They Immediately took in sail. Both
were prudent, and both felt that this was
the time when this quality was urgently
needed
BY great efforts they had succeeded in
keeping up tillthe l4th of February, 1853
On that morning a note OF two thousand
dollars came due. This was their last peril
That surmounted they would able to 90
on with assured confidence
But alas this was the rock of which they
had most apprehension. They had taxed
their resources to the utmost Trey had
called upon their friends, but their friends
were employed IN taking care of themselves
and the selfish policy was the one required
then.
'Look out for number one,' superseded
the golden rule for the time being
AS have said two thousand dollars were
due on the l4th of February.
How much have you got towards it?
asked Wilbur, as Stacy came in at half pas
eleven.
Three hundred and seventy dollars, wa
the dispirited reply,
WAS that all you could raise?' inquired
his partner turning pale
'All'
Are you sure you thought of every
body
Il have been everywhere. I'm fagge'
to death, was the weary reply OF Stacy, a
be sank exhausted into chair.
Then the crash must come said Vii
bur, with gloomy resignation.
i suppose it must
There was silence Neither felt incline
to say anything. For six months they ha
been struggling with the tide. They coul
see shore, but in sight of it they must z
down.
At this momenta note was brought in b
boy There was no postmark. Evidentl
he was a special messenger.
1t was opened at once by Mr. Wilbur,
whom it was directed. 1t contained bu
these few words only:
IF Mr. John Wilbur will call immed
ately at No - Fifth avenue,- he will lear
something to his great advantage
I john Wilbur read it with surprise, an
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-11

The next day dawned clear and frosty.
1t was lively enough for those who sat by
comfortable fires and dined at luxurious ta.
bles, but for the poor who shared none Of
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-11
GEO. w. ELDER.

Attorney at Law,
Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Mifln, Centre and Hunting
don counties my26
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-11

DEST Note and Letter paper at
ID narch2. SN AIMS.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-11

VOLF'S celebrated Hanover Gloves. just
Nv received by r. r. ELLIS.
Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-05-11
EewistOwn station.
Trains leave Lewstnwn Station as follows:

81 RS- Galbralth's Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from all the trains. taking up setting them
Down at all points within the borough limits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17

CHILDREN's ARMS AND LEGs.-A dis
tinguished physician, who died some years
since in Paris, declared:
believe that during the twenty years
that I have practised my profession in this
city, 10000 children have been carried to
the cemeteries, sacrifice to the absurd GUS
tom of exposing their arms naked. On this
the editor of the Philadelphia Medical and
Surgical Reporter remarks: " Put the bu'b
of thermometer in baby's mouth, the
mercury rises to 90 degrees. Now, carry
the same to its little hand; if the arm be
bare and the evening COO, the mercury will
sink to 40 degrees. Of course, all the blood
that flows through those arms must fall from
20 to 40 degrees below the temperature of
the heart, Need I say, when these cur
rents of blood flow back into the chest the
child's vitality must be more or less com.
promised? And need add that We ought
not to be SURPRISED at its frequent recurring
of action on the tongue, throat, or stomach?
I have seen more than one child with ha:
bitual cough and hoarseness, choking with
mueus, entirely and permanently relieved
by simply keeping the hands and arms
warm. Every observing and progressive
physician has daily opportunities of witnes-
sing the same CURE" r.. ~ -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17
RATES OF POSTAGE I'm THE
C. STATES OF AMERICA.

EOR the convenience of the public
hefcowing simplitied statement of the rates of post
under the Of Congress Of the Confederate States
America has been prepared 1t must be borne in mind
that the Act Is to go into effect from and after such period
as the P'h General may by proclamation, announce:
GfS RATES oY POSTAGE.
Single letters, exceeding half in weight, &c
any part OF the Confederate States shall be each 10
AN additional single rate for each additional half ounce
or less.
Drop letters cents each.
In cases. the postage to be prepaid by stamps
or stamped envelopes. -.
Is Advertised letters cents each.
s'ss.s on NEWSPAPERS.
Sent to regular and bona de subscribers from the Office
of publication and not exceeding three in weight
Weekly paper, l3 cents per quarter.
~ Semi Weekly paper 26 cents per quarter.
- Weekly paper, 80 cents per quarter.
4 -Four times week, Sc cents per quarter.
4 Five times week, 65 cents per quarter.
Six times week, 7s cents per quarter.
sssSs'- on PERIODICALS.
Periodicals published otencr tEan scmimon;y shall be
Charged a. newspapers.
periodicals. published monthly exceeding ~ ounces
In weight cent each number, and ono cent additional
on each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce.
sE..E on TRANSIENT PRINTED NATTER
The inland postage every other newspaper and on
each circular sealed, handbil engraving pamphlet,
PERIODICAL magazine other paper which shall be uncon
nected with any manuscript written matter, and not
exceeding ounce In weight, shall be cent and for every
additional fraction Of ounce cent addition
al; and books, bound and unbopnd not weighing
four pounds shall be deemed malable matter and the in
land hostage them shall be ut the rate OF cents
ounce or traction Of ounce and the postage all such
transient matter and books shall be prepaid In all
cept when sent by officers musicians or prvacs ofihc
army.
The following persons only entitled to the frankin5
privileges and In all strictly confined 10 official busi-
ness.
Postmaster General.
HIS Chief Clerk.
Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17
The CREoLEs OF LoUIsIANA.-A Mas
sachusetts chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Hepw orth
,rr;to, of Tho Tou;c;ono Creolao.

The CREoLEs OF LoUIsIANA.-A Mas
sachusetts chaplain, Rev. Mr.. Hepworth,
writes of the Louisiana Creoles:
Just beyond Carrollton is an immense
and magnificent estate, owned by one Of
those Creoles. His annual yield of sugar
is 1900 hogshcads. He might have taken
the oath of allegiance and thus saved his
property; but he would not. The work Of
depreciation com nenced, but he bore it
without murmur.
First, we took his wagons, harness, and
mules; he said nothing but scowled most
awfully. Next We emptied bis stables Of
horses for the cavalry service; he did not
have even pony left, and was compelled
to trudge along on foot; still nothing was
said. Next We took his entire crop, ground
it in his own sugar-house, used bis barrels
for the molasses and his hogsheads for the
sugar, and marked the head of each "U. s."
not q murmur: Then came his negroes,
800 and more, house servants and oil, took
it into their woolly heads to come within
our camp lines. The Creole was most COM
pletely stripped /; still be stood in the midst
of the ruins cursing Abe Lincoln, and wish.
ing that he had eight instead of four sons
in the rebel army. .
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17
THE SPINNING JENNY.-A correspon-
dent of the Charleston Mercury writes:


dent of the Charleston Mercury writes:
Is it not a matter of surprise that, al
though the scarcity and high price of cloth
has been one of the most important evils
inflicted upon us by the blockade, We have
failed to make use of a remedy entirely
within our reach allude to the spinning
jenny, invented by Hargreaves nearly CEN
tury ago. Almost two years since, learning
that one of these machines was in the neigh.
borhood, thought it worth while to pay it
visit of inspection. I found it quite SIM
pie in construction, and such as any good
carpenter could make, excepting the spin
dies of iron or steel, and the metal steps in
which they turn. It's operation is easily
understood, and with it woman can spin
bunch of yarn, as I was informed by the
owner Of the one in question, in one day,
instead of q month-the time required to
spin bunch of five pounds with the single
spinning wheel now in general use all over
the country; or, to make the contrast still
more striking, one woman, with the jenny,
would spin as much 10 year as she would
in thirty years with the common wheel
Further, with the spinning jenny in uni
Versal use, as much yarn would be spun in
the Confederate States in month, as would
require thirty months with the single wheel
excluding the factories.
The yarn can be spun Of any fneness !;
and our experience since the commence.
ment of the war teaches US that, by using
coarse yarn, warm clothing can be manufac-
tured of cotton as we'll as wool, although,
of course, not quite equal to the latter ma
terial
In the making of cloth from the raw ma
terial, the most tedious and discouraging of
all the processes to be gone through, is the
spinning of the yarn. To obtain bunch
of pounds, sufficient to make about Is
yards of cloth, it is required, day after day,
and week after week, to continue drawing
out the yarn yard upon yard, and mile upon
mile In length, until month Is consumed.
In short, the operation would discourage
any but the more patient nature of woman.
A good carder can card pound of cotton
per day. A weaver can weave ten yards of
cloth both operations being far less tedi:
GUS than the spinning. II then the jenny
supplies this great want, is it not important
that at this time it should be generally in,
trodueed throughout the country, when the
procuring of them is in our power. A few
days since looking over some of the old
numbers of the penny Magazine" came
across description Of Hargreaves' iuven-
tion 10 the volume of 1886, and it agreed
exactly with the machine l had seen, and
several of which are scattered through the
country. The original cost of the one l
saw was SO (nine dollars); and before the
war, when cotton yarn could be bought at
eighty cents to one dollar per bunch, it had
sold for one dollar!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17

DESCRIPTION OF A BATTLE.-A cores
pondent of the Guardian gives the follow.
ing description of battle:
The ordinary conceptions of battle en-.
tertained by those who have never had per.
sonal observation or experience of one are
amusingly incorrect. If battle meant
marching out of camp fresh and hearty,
we'll clothed and with full haversacks, falling
into line of battle with music sounding and
colors flying, seeing your hated foe just be.
fore you, listening to thrilling words from
your commander, rushing forward enthusi.
astically, and so ending the matter in few
minutes, then, perhaps, few mon Of any
command would fail to share the perils of a
fight But real battle is unlike this
Generally it means leaving camp ragged,
hungry aud chilled making rapid and
exhausting march of miles; coming in reach
of the foe when you are tired down and
tagged out; filing to your position slowly,
under demoralizing fire; lying down uu.
der artillery fire when you can do nothing
but keep close to the ground, and speculate
dismally as to the probabilities of the next
shell or the next shower of "grape" tearing
you to pieces; moving on through thick
woods or over broken ground, tangled up
with other troops, with your own line broken
and confused, aud with a strong conviction
that your commanders are at their "wit's
end" firing at an enemy too far of and too
we'll concealed to afford good mark, and
with reasonable belief that, if you put
your head from behind your tree, or raise it
from the ground, piece of cold lead will
be driven through it; getting up and rush.
ing forward, at rapid walk or half run,
in what is called a "charye," yelling like a
madman-not because you feel enthusiastic,
but because shouting, to a degree, lessons
fear, and you hope the noise will frighten
the cuemy; observing men around you
dropping dead or wounded, or stopping for
shelter behind trees or in gullies; seeing,
when you have come within hundred or
so yards, the enemy falling back, but firing
as they 60; compelled at last, by the mum.
ber of men that have left you and the thin.
ness Of your line, to retrace your steps be-
fore an enemy, now yelling in his turn and
performing his part in the "oross cutsaw''
movement. This, Mr.. Editor, enlivened
now and then by the deadly repulse of an
advancing line, or the taking Of guns and
prisoners by happy flank movement, I hold
to be true, as far as it goes, and pretty
comprehensive description of real battle,
soldiers being my judges. Dr. -- -..-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17
The Small Pox.

As small pox is becoming epidemic in
many parts of the Confederacy, the press
should assist in extending the subjoined
recommendation, The fly trap or pitcher
plant grows abundantly, and can be found
extensively in South Carolina. 1t can be
used as tincture, or in decoction, as is
suggested below. 1t can also be obtained
at all drug stores. If We have really an
antidote to this dreadful scourge and loath.
some disease ia an innocent plant, which
grows all around US, there is no better time
than the present to establish its efficacy and
extend its usefulness
E1tract.
To the Editor of the Eue'stng Mail, Lon.
don, England.
S1p. :: S X X
Soma time ago, seeing paper written by
Assistant Surgeon Miles, of the Royal Ar
tillery, on the efficacy of the North Ameri-
can plant, called the saracenio purpurea OF
pitcher plant, in the treatment of small pox
among the indians, my colleage (Mr. Ag'
nis) and myself have given this remedy,
which has been imported into this country
by DR.. Miles, fair trial, and am happy
to say the eleven cases under our hands
have recovered under its peculiar influence.
This remedy I consider boon to the
public, for this reason-it is so easily man.
aged, any one can make a decoction or in
fusion of the root, like tea.
An ounce of the root is sliced and infused
in quart of water, and allowed to simmer
down to pint, and given in two table
spoonful doses every four hours, while the
patient is we'll nourished with beef tea and
arrow root. Four of the cases in my hos.
pital have been severe continent cases, (con-
fluent, means where the head, face and
neck are swollen into misshapen mass,
and the pustules thickly running into each
other) they have throughout the disease all
been perfectly sensible, have had excellent
appetites, been free from pain, and have
never felt weak. The effects of this medi-
cine, which have carefully watched, seemed
to arrest the development of the pustules,
killing, as it were, the virus from within,
thereby changing the character of the dis
ease, and doing, away with the cause of pit
ting, Gf | may so express myself to the
uninitiated,) and thus avoiding the necessi-
ty of gutta percha and India rubber appli.
cations, or of opening the pustules. In my
opinion, all anticipations of Disagreement
from pittiug may now be Gained, if this
medicine is given from the commencement
of the disease.
Before leaving this subject, I may here
canton the public that the useful part of
plant is its root, as recommended by DR..
Miles. With the usual kindness of DR..
Gibson, the Director General; I have been
amply supplied with it for the use of my
regiment. So much am impressed with
the efficacy of it in small pox over the old
mode of treatment, that hope to hear of
it in every country gentleman's medicine
chest, and before long that we shall see no
more faces, as described by Dickens, like
the interior surfaces of sliced mullins. I
am, sir, yours faithfully,
(Signed)- COSMO G. Logic,
Surgeon Maj. Royal Horse Guards (Blue.)
WINDSOR, May 25, 1868.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17

A GEM.FRoM AN OLD BooKt-It has
been eloquently and truly eaid, thaeif Chris
,iaoity were compelled to feefrom the map
sions Of the great, the academies of philos-
ophers, the halls. Of Legislators, or the
throngs of busy men, we should find her
last retreat With women at the freside. Her
last audience would be the children gather
ing round the kueeof the:mo.her; her Lost
sacrifice, the secret prayer. escaping in ssi-
lence from her lip, and heard, perhaps, only
at the throne of God. -s=z.:xs s=ss.s.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17
The SPRING CAMPA1aN.-The Rich

THE SPRING CAMpA1aN.-The Rich.
mond correspondent of the Savannah Re.
publican, writing 10th January, says:
1t is said that the President and Secre.
tary of War have settled upon programme
for Spring compaign, which will effectu-
ally battle all the plans of the enemy. We
shall have an ample force in the field, and
they will be so disposed as to teach the
Yankees the utter folly of any further pro-
gress southwark. We may not drive them
out of Tennessee, but there is an equally
effectual way getting them out. Our ar.
my will be large and in better condition
than ever before, while that Of the enemy
will be weaker in numbers and discipline.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17
wAY-SIDE HOME.

IN view of the increased demands up
IL on the Way-side Home, the Executive COMMITTEES
charged Its management have appointed the following
Gentlemen Agents ofthls institution TO solicit contribution
In money and provisions, and beg that these friends VII
act promptly without further notice. The conductors of m
various Railroads will give their generous aid in the trans
portaton Of all supplies. ~
JAMES S. GIBBES,
70 Chairman pro tenn,
70 Aud Treasurer Way-Side Home.
DR.. Lewis Dantzler, Vance's Fe:ry, (Ornsc Parish)
II. Zimmerman, St: Matthew's, S. G.
c. Whlttemorc, Orangeburg c. H.
Rev. T. o. Frierson, kingstree. ,
J, II. Dingle, Sumter.
r Rev. B. N. Suares, Barnwell.
COL J. J. Ryan, Blackvillc.
r. L. Kerrison, Columbia.
Rev. J. K. Dow, Aiken.
Silas Johnstone, Newbeny.
II. B. McMaster, Wlnnsboro.
Rev. J. B. Adgcr, Pendeton,
Rev. w. A. Gamewell, Marion.
A. o. Norris, Esq, Anderson.
Rev. c. McCartba and w. NJ. Lawton, Abbeyille
Lieut. Col. John A. Bradley, Chester
William A. Latta, York.
J. Kyle, Esq, Laurens
Rev. J. D. Mccullough, Union.
G. J. Elford, ESQ.,, Greenvillc.
Rev. w. c. Kirkland, Spartanburs.
Dec l3 81 Up.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17

aSr In the Liverpool Police Court, o..
the 10th of January, three persons were
summoned to answer q charge Of attempt
ing to enlist men to serve in theses serYi'
of the Canfederates. The counsel for DC
PENDANTS denounced this case as one Of the
most trumpery ever got up, and eondanD
in severe terms, the espionage pcrsuesl -
England by the American Government.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17
HEADQUARTERS
DEPT SOUTH CAROLINA, Ga, AND FLA.

DEPT SOUTH CAROLINA, Ga, AND FLA,
CHARLESTON, s. G., Feb. 8, 1864.
Soldiers of the Department of South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida !! The term
of service of some of you is about to ex-
pire. You must have observed, from the
newspapers of your country, that your
brothers in arms of the veteran Armies of
Northern Virginia and of Tennessee have
re-enrolled, as was to be expected Of such
men, by entire Companies, Battalions, Reg
iments and Brigades, proudly retaining the
organizations intact under which they have
won renown. Will the men who have de,
Tended Forts Sumter and Moultrie and Bat
terry Wagner fail to follow these examples
of soldierly patriotism
G.. T. BEAUREGARD;
General Commanding.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17
How the Newspapers Killed Soldier
1.-The Result


Just after the fight at Belmont, I mel
Major, now called Colonel Cole, of the 5th
Confederate Regiment, (severely wounded
in the late battle at Chattanooga With
Cole was an old man named Gibbons, Coles
orderly, I was then newspaper CORES.
pondent, and sought from Major Cole in.
formation as to the details of the fight on
his part of the field. He gave them, and
at the same time the names of the killed Of
his regiment. Just here sold Gibbons
interrupted us, and insisted that bis name
should be on the published list of the slain.
He assigned as reason, that his wife was q
termagant, that he could not live at home
in peace, and had therefore Joined the army.
He wished her to suppose him dead, and
then, perhaps, she would regret the wantou
wrongs she' had done him. 49,
Seeing no special harm to result, added
to my memoranda "Paul Gibbons, q brave
soldier, belonging to Col. Pickett's regi-
ment, was shot between the eyes, while
fighting gallantly beside Major Cole" 1
had the testimony of Cole and of Gibbons
himself, and surely this was enough for a
veracious letter writer. Shortly afterwards
I met the correspondent of the - news
paper, and We exchanged notes. The let
ters appeared and the death of Gibbons was
duly announced. The little paper publish
ed in the village whence Gibbons came pro-
nounced touching eulogium, and to the
great world beyond the army, Gibbons was
no more.
Six months afterwards, I went down the
Tennessee, in skif, from Chattanooga, to
reach our army, then encamped at Tupelo.
One day, riding along our lines 1 was ac-
costed by care.worn old man, whom 1 did
not recognize. "Don't you know me ?" he
asked, in tremulous accents. 81 am the
man you killed at Belmont I could not
repress an explanation of denial and amaze.
ment, the terms of which need not be re.
produced. He then explained that I had
"killed him in the newspapers; that "his
wife had administered on his estate, sold
his negroes, and married again"
l asked him what could do for him.
His wo-begone looks, white hairs and tear
full eyes, touched all my sympathies He
answered, that I "must resurrect him.
Sad as was Gibbons face, and sincerely as
regretted what had done, laughed till
my sides ached. The old man grew angry
at length, and swore he would shoot me-
The joke vanished, and | became instantly
serious. In solemn accents promised to
resuscitate him through, the columns of ev.
cry newspaper in the South. Soon, towev.
er, the Federal invaders came to the village
in which Gibbons had lived. HB home
was plundered and burned, and his slsyes
enticed away to starve il. a Yankee, garrison.
The old man died, and wss buried, perhaps
mo one can designate the spot. We nev.
er heard of him after we left Northern
Mississippi.-Atlanta Register.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17

RETAL1AToRY.-Capt.. Ives, of the 10th
Massachusetts, and Capt. Read, of the Sd
Ohio, have been put in irons, and in few
days will be carried to the Confederate
States prison at Salisbury, N. O., and there
put to hard labor so long as the war shall
last. These officers are hostages for the
treatment of two Confederate captains from
Kentucky, who are confined on Johnson's
Island with ball and chain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-17

PRISONERS EsoAPED.-One hundred
and nine officers, including Col. Streight,
escaped from the Libby prison, at Rich
mond, on the night of the 9th inst, thro' q
tunnel 60 feet long, opening into vacant
lot on the opposite side of the street. On
the 18th Is were captured and brought back.