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The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-09
GEORGE Z. WILLIAMS,

ATToRS Y.AT.LAW.
oScs-DouVlAsS BGiiJ GH nsIt door :" tie tS-y
hV4se, Nan street. P!Ace.viie, nj
The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-09

RAISING THE WIND.-Some weeks ago
chap hailing from Norwich, was on his
travels in Windham county, and was 50
unfortunate rs to get "deAd broke " be.
fore reaching his journeys end. He had
arrived in the vicinity Of small town,
and sat down by the roadside to ponder
the situation he was in. What shall 1
do to raise the wind for nights lodging
was the subject Of his thoughts. Pres.
emily his wits revived, and spying bro
ken brick near by,he proceeded 10 pound
1T to fine powder. This accomplished,
he procured some paper and thread from
neighboIing house, tied up his pulverized
brick in small packages, and walked on.
He reached the village tavern after dark
where quite number Of villagers were
congrcgated. After supper, in course Of
conversation, no stated that he had an
excellent article for killing mosquitoes,
| exhibiting the packages aforesaid. The
crowd gathered around, and his stock was
soon disposed Of, netting him some four
or five dollars. The next morning he
paid his bill and left. Lately, he had &C.
casion to visit The same tavern. He had
not long been there when the landlord
and some who had bought his mosquito
preventative ON his previous visit, recog-
nized him, and the landlord acting as
spokesman, the following conversation
enSued:
Amt you the fellow that sold US some
! staff to kin muSketeFs- net long SGe?,
Il believe am; why, what about It
'Taint worth d.
perhaps YOU didn't use it right
Use it! How in thunder should we
use it =
I when was here before you didn't ask
me how it should be used; therefore
didn't explain. Now, I'll tell you. and
you'll sec that the powder is a good thing.
First, you should catch your mosquito,
take him by the nape Of the neck, and
then suddenly force the powder down his
throat and choke him to death y
The landlord and his friends are under
stood 10 have taken little offence with
sugar and lemon in it.
-4-oAN -
DURING al examination q medical stu
dent being asked the question, "When
does modification ensue ?" answered.
"When you pop the question and are an
swered, No."
DoS'T expect to be called q good fellow
a moment longer than you consent to do
precisely what other people wish you to
! do.
A SOUND discretion is not so much in.
dicated by never making mistake as by
never repeating one.
THE man who spends his money for to-
bacco, will certainly get quid, but new
er a quilpr quo.
An old lady in New Haven whose hen
had lately quit laying, named her McDuff,
so that she would ''lay on"
AS a consolation to benedicts, Punch
says it is better to be blown up by your
wife than Gy steam engine.
A HARD shell preacher, discoursing
about Daniel in the lions den, said:
And there he sat looking 1t the show
for nothing, and it didn't cost him nary
red cent.
Way arc the AbolitiOniSts like nec6S'
sity ?
Because they know no law.
OUR currency is like some faE men W
know of-too great in quantity, too poOE
in aGait7.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-09
and manner touched me to the koart.

and manner touched me to the heart.
What is Q 'crowning in % asked.
Why, be exclaimed, this ere coun.
try'S oil undermined wi pits and workin's
an sometimes th' sESth goes in atop. W
makes big hole that's . 'crownin' 10.
: toOmprehended the horror fGlly now.
Does such thiaS hsppSO OftsuP asked
at length.
I've hserd on it many times. Some.
times it's under . 'Ouse, an it ell goes
down but this o mine was the worst
know
What did you dor questioned.
There wasn't nothiD' could be done.
and l went back to th' cottage to think
about it. The neighbors were all very
good to me, an some Of 'em bided wi me
all the night; an when daylight come We
went to look once again, but day or night
all was dark there; and the last ever see
Of my wife, an Jack, an the other chill
dren, was them goin' out for th' candles,
one after another, an her fctchin' 'em in. ;
His voice broke as he spoke the last
words, and saw him wipe his eye with
the sleeve Of his jacket. | felt rising 10
my own throat such as had not known
for long. A minute after he went on
quietly:
AN tn next day we're Christmas day
A good woman as lives near had boiled
the pudden, an brought it an get it afore
me an | tried to eat. but nothn' never
swent higher to chokin' . man nor what
that did me. thought 50 Of EN- allan
Jack, that was such hand At q pudden
an ! got up, an took it into tn neigh
, Dor as had brought it, an stood an watch
ed her children eat it; an then went
back to the empty cottage, az cried out
aloud the biggest, bi;tcrest tears, till |
we're weak as ch!ld; an then lighted
up my pipe an' smoked it q" alons.'
And were the bodies never found ?
asked.
No, they were never found; there
was no buryin' nor nothing. P'raps
there was water at the bottom, an their
dead bodies was drownded p'raps it was
dry an hard, an they were dashed to
bits. I've thought Of it every way st
one time or another. Take that turn,
sir, he said, suddenly, assuming his old
tore, an it'll take you right to tie 'ouse.
Gooc night, sir, and before could thank
him, he was lost in the darkness
The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-09


lcED LiQyokS The ancients were nc.
cus,omcd TO have their beverages cooled
and iccd in various ways. Both Ga'cn
ard Pliny have described the method,
which is still employed in tropical eli,
mates, to reduce the temperature Of water
by exposing it TO evaporation, in porous
vessels during the right tipe; and sim
liz in the Book of Proverbs seems to var.
rant ,Ac ccnclusion that the custom OF
preserving snow for sumner use must
have prevailed among Oriental nations
from the earliest ages. Tist It was long
familiar to the Greeks snd RomarE is
ahun1artiy certain. When Alexander the
GrcAt Lesi.ged the town y Petra IN h..
dia, he is reported 10 have ordered nun.
her Of pits to be dug and filed with snow,
which, being covered with oak branches,
remains for long time undissoved. A
similar eXpedent is noticed by PlutSrch,
with this difference, thAt straw and coarse
cloths are recommended in place of oak
5CaghS. The Romans adopted the sane
mode Of preserving the snow which thev
collected from the mountains, ard which,
in the time OF Seneca, had becOrne an im.
ICrtlnt article of in2r5handse at Rome,
beng sol! in shops appropriated to the
purpose. aai even hawkcd about the city.
At first the Only mode Of eapIIying
snow was by fusing portion Of it in the
wire or water which was to be cooled ;
ard this was most conveniently effected
by introducing it into a straner, which
was Usually made Of silver, snd pouring
ever II. But as the snow had generally
contracted some degree Of imPurity du-
ring the carriage, or from the reservoirs
in which Il was kept,the solution was apt
to be dark and muddy, and to have an un-
pleasant flavor from the straw hence
those Of fastidious taste preferred ice,
which they were at pains to procure from.
great depth, that they might have it rs
fresh as possible.
A more elegant method Of cooling Ii.
quors came into vogue during the reign
Of Nero, to whom the invention was AS
cribed; namely, by placing water which
had been boiled in thin glass Vesse, sur
rounded with SNOW, so that it might be
frozen without having its purity impair
ed. It had, however, been = lene pre-.
vSiling opinion among gAtha= Gncieatsr as
we may collect from Aristotle, Gaen
ard piutarch, that boiied water was most
speedily converted into ice; and the ex-
perinents Of modern chemists would seem
to prove that this doctrine vas not alto
gcther without foundation. At all events,
the ice so obtained would te Of more com
pact substance than that produced FROM
water which had not undergone the pro.
cess; and this was sufficient to justify
the preference.
The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-09
GENERAL AGENCY
AT HRESE RIVER.

T WILL ATTTSD 10 ANY p SIHESS lat-nr~!
. L - ID ...r c.'.. f,l.G IL 'cbts, bfF ~
ara G'..,.t -, cS..i-, hly ,-N"s, .IcAtns az.
Gy a As.e-s.Ie,.,s T.. ist'ftJ:-. a.: 'lT.
Bsh nG rtnrtaIt..n " E.G-r4! or s2ec.al cnS5Ac
tcI, 'I..A;GDg AAd promptly.
A II ROCK.
lacV9!Hl Als.In, Lander County, y. 7.
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A. C, REARLE,

ATT ORkEY. LAW,
oMce in Douglass. Building uL.s.A!rsl, Main street
PlACrEVle.
nrbs9 suS
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once, ON COlOma street.
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@. w. GORDON

ArToRS EY.Ar.LAW,
yrg'cua C:y, ut CSC in Cciiia,' BrN1ng.
n street. lao'e9
, 1864-11-19
FROM SPRINGFIELD.
General Items Of Statc News.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Friday, Nov. IS.
The War Department informs the Govern
or that it has credited :, ,t,37 Volunteers to the
State during the month Of October. This
does not include veteran rc.enlistments, sub
stitutes, or drafted men.
Rev., B. Il. Charles, of Chester, and
Col. T. G. Allen, Of Randolph, are here.
soliciting aid for the families Of those
who suffered By, the 1ate terrific tornado at
Chester, I'll. Twenty-Five families have been
rendered homeless, seyen persons killed and
over thirty wounded.
Rev. John r. Merritt, of Marion county, In
this State, and his four SONS, three Of whom
are printers, arc 10 be the editors and publish
crs Of the revived State Regieer: Mr. Merritt
was formerly Nh Episcopal minister, was
Copperhead member Of the late Legislature,
and is high up in the councils Of the o. A. E.
Order. Hc is father of the gallant 31aj. Gen.
Merritt, who, however, bitterly denounces
his sfrc's principles. Socially Mr.. Merritt is
very aminble gentleman, but keeping COM
rany with O'A1elVcny Il Co., has unfortunate
y rendered his q chronic case Of copper on
the brain.
Major Hoffman has been relieved from the
position Of com1nandant OF the rendezvous
camp.
Col. Isaac Miller {Unfon) Is elected In the
Seventh Representative District, {Clinton and
Washington counttes,) by small minority.
This gives the Union men two Representa-
tiycs FROM Egypt, and seventeen majority in
the House. Nothing decisive has get been
heard from Dr.. Green, Of the Fourth Sennto-
rial District. The official vote Of Pcoyfa coun-
ty has not yet been received. Judge Rice, Of
the. Sangnmon Judicial Circuit Court, has
been drafted in Montgomery county, his
home. The Judge is such q strong peace
man that he might claim the Quaker privf-
legc, we're it not that he is not opposed to
wars In general, but TO this one In particular.
, 1864-11-19

New YoRK, Friday, Nov. 1s.-Thc Hsrld
save: The important intelligence comes to us
from tho Shenandoah Valley that the rebel
staunton. Deserters who haye come into the
Union lines say Early's force, in the vicinity
OF Fishers Hill, broke camp last Monday
morning, and commenced its retrograde
movement, and on Sunday evening his pick
cts along Cedar Creek were also withdrawn,
leaving apparently only small detachmcnts OF
cavalry in. Sheridan's front. The report
which was circulated in the city yesterday
that Sheridan had inflicted another severe de-
tcat on the enemy, probably grew out of
another skirmish which Powell bud with the
cavalry on Tuesday last, near Luray, in which
the latter were driven towards Mount Jack-
s1n, with d loss Of several. in wounded and
no loss whatever. Early's entire army in
the Valley is now estimated at between
c5,U0 to 5000, several Thousand being I'M
armed conscripts he had recently gobbled
up, and whom he expected to supply with
weapons by captnEin. them from Shcridan's
than ever on the route between Marfinsburg
md the front. On 1ucsday last party Of
them, disguised in national uniforms, were
met By eonlc Of the I'd regular cavalry, whom
they fauuiarly accosted, and rode alon. with
In conversation for some distance, when, sud
dcniy- at preconcerted signal, the scoun-
drels drew their weapons, shot ten Of the
Union soldiers, put spurs to their horses and
escaped. The following day about $50 of
Mosby's mcn attacked some fifteen OF twenty
Of tic 2sth cavalry, killing twoand wounding
two, and making prisoners Of the remainder.
The rehrls are said to hare been recently
gathering supplies for their Shenandoah army
In West Virginin.
Included among the prisoners captured by
Our cavalry in the FIGHT nf last Saturday We're
about thirty Of Early's officers. The entire
rebel losses were about $50, Of which over $50
were prisoners, captured By our men. The
Union casualties only amounted to about TO-
, 1864-11-19
Sciuil1ations from the Eich-
mond Congress.
BEAUTIES OF KolDlNaAREs.
Ell COMMISSION.
Propositions TO Increase the
Pay Of Rebel Officers.
Our New York Midnight Dispatcf1--
Highly Interesting News
Summary.
Our Philadelphia DIspatch-Splr1t Of
the Rebel Pre*a-I1Mp0rtnnt Rebel
heWRs

NeFHKs
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
PHnApE1Pu1A, Monday, Nov. Is.
The Richmond HAig Of Wednesday has
been received The following Is The most i'm
portant part Of its news: y.
Breckenridge is not only intellectually great,
but lie is brave as the bravest, and seems to
hare learned the art Of war by intuition, like
Forrest. He has even accomplished what
others deemed impossible. In East Tcnncs-
see he has ut single blow swept away the
prestige Of what the Yankees call great vic
tory. The following dispatch, received at the
war Department last night, speaks for itself
We give it:
HEADQUARTERS AEAr or NORTH. VtnaIH1A,l
November S, 1904:
Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary Of War:
Gen. BreckinHdge reports that on the nj sht
Of the 18th he turned Bulls GAP. when the
enemy attempted to retreat. About O'clock
on the 14th, with Vaughn's and Brcclio-
ridges forces combined, he struck their col
uInn and routed It, taking several hundred
prisoners, ten stand Of colors and six pieces Of
artillery, with caissons and horses complete.
Fifty loaded wagons, With teams, ambulances
and medical supplies, were captured.
0Gll aOOu - Ill uQLlOu 11Il4 LIS AGsllllAtluul Is
thought tosbe East Tennessee. On either hand
VIE have the best reason to believe, from
the best information which has reached us,
that Sherman designs evacuating Atlanta. 4
arge portion Of his force is reported already
moving toward Selma, Ala, and If this be
true, Mobile must be his destination. APP
propos to this conjecture, We learn TINT i'm
mense fleets Of transports, laden with sup-
plies, have arrived in Mobile bay, which looks
as If move was contemplated at m early day
in that quarter
We hpve On the abore hypothesis most
singular feature of the war; that is, Of two
large armies passing each other BY sort Of
flank movement, and moving in an opposite
direction. Sherman may he d 6hrewd thinker,
stubborn fighter, and prospective candidate
for Presidential honors, but we venture the
prediction that he has been wofully out
generated this time. We shall sec. :.
The situation is certainly increa sing. in ip-
terest in Northern Georgia.
, 1864-11-19

Sllerntnnss N1oyement-A Worthy E
G. C.-Gcneral Military News.

(Spctia1 Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.1
ST. LOUIS, Friday, Nov. 1s.
The President Of the Western Sanitary Com
mission has another letter from Sherman,
dated last week, which disproycs the sensa-
tion rumor from New York about the progress
Of his advance in Georgia. All was we'll,
however, and but for the order Of the War
Department prohibiting the news, some very
interesting infornation might be given.
Two companies Of the 18th Missouri Infan-
try arrived herc.on Friday, under command Of
Capt. Charles Bruno, from Sherman,.s army
Their time expires In q short time. They
came home to be mustered out.
The ritual Of the E. G: C.'s was found on
the person of Bill Anderson, and those vino
wish to be initiated into the mysteries Of the
order can see 1t at Gen. John B. Gray's Office.
Before military commission, recently held
in this city, Emily c. Weaver, Of Batesyfl1e,
Ark, who has given the military authorities
much trouble, and who recently escared from
the female military prision in this city, was
tried and convicted on the charge Of entering
within the lines Of the military forces of the
United States, for the purpose of acting as a
spy. The evidence was sufficient to secure a
conviction, and she was found guilty on all
the charges preferred against Fer and SEN
fenced to be hanged. The General command
in@, however, disapproves Of the sentence and
orders her discharge.
, 1864-11-19

Ncw Orleans, Memphis, Nntchez md
Western Gulf News.

NEW YoRK, Friday, Nov. 1S.-The Htra.Fs
New Orleans correspondent says: Our forces
have been withdrawn from the posts on the
Atchafa1ya River, not being needed there any
1onger. :. III.
scouting expedition nenr Natchcz+
: Four blockade-running schooneTs laden
with cotton, had been captured of the Texas
coast.
The St. Louis Republican Cairo dispatch
says: New Orleans papers Of the 18th state
that the steamer Clinton, Just from Brazos
Santiago, reports The Sonora and Planet
ashore at Brazos. The former I.aouId prob
ably be got OF, but it was doubt If the lat
ter can be saved.
The rebel General Slaughter, at Browns
vile, Texas, has been reinforced by three
thousand men and twelve pieces Of artil-
lery, In anticipation Of IN attack from the
The New Orleans Tine. says Gen. Canby's
wound is not 50 serious as at first reported.
The hall passed through the right thisl,
without tonrhing the bone, and the wound is
painful; it will continc him to bis room only 4
few weeks.
Cotton Is selling at s1.1e@1.eo.
Great excitement prevails At Memphis in
consequence Of reports that BeaureS;a.d is
marching against the city with large force
from Corintl. Every preparation Is being
made for the defense Of the city.
, 1864-11-19
FROM THE SOUTH.


La1e News from the Rebel Papers.
WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 1s-Richmond
papers Of Wednesday are filled with spccula-
lions us to shernan's movements, expressing
the conviction that be il threatening Mobile.
The Poa's Washington special says the
Richmond WAN Of Wednesday states that
Sherman has sent large portion Of bis army
toward Selma, Ala.,' Indicating movement
upon Mobile. The HAi1 also demands Of the
rebel authorities to call out special force Of
4, ,000 men to annlhilate Sherman and SheIi-
dun. It thinks this can be done, and assals
the rebel Congress for incompetency..
The Raleigh Confederate announces tn: eTac-
uation Of Washington, n G., and Its .cupa..
tion By Federal troops. Tie safe arrival Of
the Tallahassee ut Wilmington Is also an-
nounced.
The Enquirer says the disaster at Morris
town, East Tennessee, was not SO great as re-
ported. Vanghn's force was routed and panic
stricken, but Just as the Yankees were within
800 yards If the Wagon train, Major Lay came
up and rallied the rebels, who turned, re-
pulsed tie Yankees aud saved the train.
, 1864-11-19

Wisconsin Political mid Military
Matters.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tr1bunel
MADISON, Wis, Friday, Nov. is.
The returns of the soldiers vote continue
TO come in, showing that the soldiers fight
the enemy in the rear With ballots equally as
we'll Us the enemy in front with bullets. The
Journal has the following reports:
Eigth Regiment, Lincoln, .s7; Mcclellan, ..
Twenty-Gl Regiment, Lincoln, 36o; McClel-
Inn, T.
Thiry-drst Regiment Lincoln, ~; Mcclel-
lln, II.
Third Battery, Lincoln, t.; Mcclellan, none,
Sixth Battery lincoln, 7B; Mcclellan, none.
Sufficient additional reports Of the soldiers
vote have been received to wipe ont tho
Democratic majority in the First Congress
ionnl District over Gen. Paine, and give him
already about 50 clear minority, with the 2stll
Regiment and others still to hear from, which
viii make it 800 Or more. The ed Regiment
complete gives Paine 207, Carey 2. The 24th-
all but Company I, gives Paine 101, Carey Is.
The s6th Germany gives Paine A., Carey 43.
Five companies Of the 9th Germany give
give Paine Is, Carey 20.
, 1864-11-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
Matters at the CnpItal-Genernl News
Items.


GSnfcial Dispatch to the Chicago THbune.1
WASHINGTON, Friday, Noy> IS, 1861.
The First National Bank of Charlottesville,
Ind, has received authority to-day to COM
! mcncc business with 4 capital Of $4,000.
Vim. II. Durham, President Benz. Warren,
Cashier.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Five thousand eight hundred and eighty
nine ncres were taken up in the month Of oc-
tobcr, 1eGi, at the Traverse City (3fich.} Land
Office, under the Homestead law. In the
same month, and under the same Law, 427
acrcs were taken Tor actual settlement at the
Land Office at Ionia, Mich whilst the addi:
tional quantity Of 1855 acres were located
during the same period with bounty land war
rants, and 947 acres with agricultural college
scrip. The cash sales for October, at Ionia,
Mich, amounted to 1887 acres.
MILITARY.
Surgeon G. H. Sherman, U. S. Volunteers,
has been assigned to duty as Medical Director
at Salt Like City, Utah.
". B. Wynne; Chief Of the Second Cavalry
Division Of Gen. sheridan's army. arrived here
last evening, In charge Of the artillery and
battlc-flags captured from the rebels, on the
18th inst, By Brig. Gen. Powell's command.
The eaptors arc Sergeant Levi Shoe
maker md nriyate !. q. Admins 1st y;,.
a;n,a car.,T ~ ~ tha aoos ,o1on,;,,.
s. s1t1 80 Vus y. ~ naso oe!onsne
10 Inc l4tn virginia cavalry, Is By Tar the
handsomest ever taken from the rebels, and
has for motto, ''God ,cM aid The patrtot,"
Tho otbor hn1o,roa ~ +bo s>,a v7-,-;,;o -.
a,rS. I'm Hno,s ~ ~ - ~ 'a sa.oleta sus.
an3. Aus n1ss ere 70 Do presented 10 the
Assistant Secretary Of War tomorrow. Gen.
Powcll's cohmand also captured ESQ prisoners
Fron, ~ Rora, avail ''' :'>01' ''A 1'4Ae' D''onu
. .~3 -
= cto"o ,,su u .sosl assc1le were brought up
from City Point to-day. ALI took the oath,
and were sent North
TREASURY MATTERS.
THO 1o,,o-r ,ntarcst dnc an honaa &c - ,,a
-. ;. '3 ~ - caea ~ ths cnna-H.,s % ~ 1e
paia IN gold NJ once, anu Tue eo'e1nment Is
said to be determined to check the reck1es
speculation in gold at all hazards.
Strong conservative pressure was brought
, 1864-11-19
FROM TEE PACIFIC.
Rebel Scheme to Capture f1o1d-Carry.
ing Steamers, dc.

New YonK, Nov. 1S.-Thc New York Tines
says: 4 ynlainous scheme for the captureand
destruction of tile steamers on the Pacific
coast, By eong Of pirates, who concocted
the plan at Havana, under instructions from
Mallory, the rebel Secretary Of the Navy, has
been frustIated. They were to be under the
lend Of Thomas 4. HoEg, Of the rebel navy,
twenty men. for Panama. They were to get
on board Of the splendid steamer Guatemala,
but arrived too late for her. The scheme was
known in Panama, and it was expected they
would take the Salvador, which next sailed.
were made for their capture, and
1t Is possible they hare attempted their scheme
and been taken with one Of these steamers.
They hoped TO capture the specic-bearing
vessel, and then prey on the Pacific COM
, 1864-11-19

BrcWcd among the
Brewers.

: BOSTON, Friday, Nov. 18.-1he 1drt77isfT
contains the following special from Washing
ton, dated the 18th The Revenue officers in
the Ninth Congressional district, OF the city
Of New York, have just discovered fraud Of
thc most stupendous kind, involving three Of
the largest brewcries In the country. The
propretors have been arrested, and the brew
cries with all the apparatus, as we'll as stock
on hand, have hcen seized. The aggrogatc
value Of the property is not less than mil
lion Of dollars, all Of which Will be confsca-
ted If case Is made out against the offend
will G to the person discovering tic fraud.
The parties have beeen distilling for a long
time without license, without making re-
tnrns and without paying any tar
, 1864-11-19
The Exchange Of 10000 Prisoners.

NEW YoRK, Friday, Nor. 1s.-Thc steamer
Fulton. from Port Royal, 18th, has arrived.
i feet Of steamers from Fortress Monroe,
with 1O, coo rebel prisoners aboard, to be ex-
changed at Savannah, were at Hilton Head on
the 18th, dying at the rate Of four or five daily.
Royal as the anniversary Of the capture Of
that n1ace