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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-10-04

SUGAR AS AN ELEMENT OF NuTEIT1oN.-Ch Children,
and the lovers of sweemeats, will be under many OBJ
legations to Mr.. Bridges Adams who tells them that
their taste for sugar is something more than mere
appetite. In arecent paper on the L" uses Of sugar
in assisting assimilation of food" he says: 90" know
by experience the difference in nutritious effect pro-
duced by the flesh Of tired cattle on a march, and
those slain in condition arising from abundant
food and exercise. In former case any amount
might be eaten without the satisfaction OF hunger
while in the latter q smaller amount removed
hunger. But discovered that certain other food
ola different quality, such as. grape sugar and
fruit would help tired meat to sssmilate and thus
10 remove hunger.
Puddngs and fruit tarts are not, therefore, SIM
ply batteries of the palate, but digestive agents ;
provided, always, they are not themselves made Of
rebtlhousy indigestible materials. Tine reviewer
alludes to the fondness of the artisans for conec
tionery, and patients just discharged from the hos
pltafs asking for "sweets in preference 10 good
and substantial food, as examples of correct in
stance. There isno doubt butth in children, in
whom the requirments of growth call for a rapid
and efficient transformation Of food into tissue the
demand for sweets is very imperous; and parents
should understand that the Jam pot will diminish
the butchers bill and increase the amount of nutri-
ton extracted from beef and mutton.-LOuisvilLe
Journal
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5rnti- 4Dtrklq 5tauaarh,
PRAYER DURING BATTLE.
FROM THE GERMAN OF KoRNER.

Father, call on Thee,
The warning artillery's clouds thicken around me,
The hiss and the glare of the loud bolts confound
me;
Ruler of battles call on Thee
o, Father, lead Thou me.
To victory, to death, dread Commander, guide
mo;
The dark valley brightens wh,n Thou art beside
me;
Lord, as Thou wilt so lead Thou me-.
God, l acknowledge Thee.
God, acknowledge Thee;
When the breeze through the dry leaves of autumn
is mourning,
When the thunderstorm of battle is grosnng,
Fouut of mercy, in each | acknowledge
Thee,
O, Father, bless Thou me.
I trust in Thy mercy, whater may befall me;
IT'S Thy word that hath sent me, that word can
recall me-
Living or dying, 0 bless thou me;
Father honor Thee.
Father, honor Thee;
Not for earth's boards or honors we here are con-
tending;
All that is holy our swords arc defending;
Then falling and cOnquering | honor
Thee
God, repose in Thee
God, I repose in Thee;
When the thunderS of Death my soul are greeting,
When the gaShed veins bleed and the life is fceting
In Thee my God rcptse in Thee.
Father, l call on Thee.
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RULES poR HOME EDUCATION following are
worthy Of being printed in letters of gold and being
placed in conspicuous position in every household
1. From your children's earliest infancy nculcate
the necessity Of instant obedience
2. Unite 6rmness with gentleness Let your chill
dren always understand that you mean exactly what
you say.
8. Never promise them anything unless you
sure you give what you promise.
A. If you tell child to do anything show him how
to do 1t, and see that it is done
8. Always punish your children for wfuy dis
Obeying you, but never punish in anger.
g. Never let them perceive that they can vex you
or make you lose your selEcommand.
z. If they give way to petuance and temper,
wait till they calm and then gently reason with
them on the improperly of their conduct.
g. Remember that little present punishment,
when the occasion arises, is much more elfectual
than the threatening ofagreater punishment should
the fault be renewed
9. Never give your children anything because
they cry for it.
10. On no account allow them to DO at one time
what you have forbidden, under the same circum-
stances, atanother.
II. Teach them that the only sure and easy way
to appear good. is to be good.
IL. Accustom them to make their little recta!s
the perfect truth.
13. Never allow Of tale bearing.
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A CURIOUS REGoRD.-,We have seen two General
Orders issued by Adjutant General Cooper, giving
The names ofno less than 664 officers dropped from
the Rolls of the Army" between the LIST Jan'y and
LIST July 1864 In the month of June $50 of them
were dropped. What is the meaning ofthisP Were
there so many incompetent oficers2 Or are they
The sick and wOunded2 Or loiterers at home away
from their posts of dutys The Orders assign nc
cause any case.
Whatever may be the reason for this wholesale
dismissal are rejoced to find that the proportion
of North. Carolina names is very small There is nc
doubt we think, that she has one-fAh Of all the
forces in the field but instead Of finding one fifth o.
the dismssals from among her officers there is but
| one in twenty one, viz: 81 out of 664 The drop
ped, from this State are, Colonel, Captains, IL
LIST LeutS., IL I'd Lieuts., @ iartermaster, TAI
in Kind, and Chapain.-FIysttesiLLe Observer
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Our DUTV.-It matters not what our sphere in
life may be we have grave responsibilities to dis
charge Whether in camp or at home-a soldier
or a citzen-we cannot ignore the obligation due
to each other as members of the same society. The
times demand the exercise of every virtue that
adorns the christian character. Wherever we turn
our eyes, objects of deep solitude await our care
The war has reduced thousands from affuence to
penury-happy homes have been made desolate,
and families accustomed to case and luxury driven
forth in exile
kind word, tender expression of sympathy,
or cheerful smile, in their despair, may cause the
disconsoate to look up again. as the pershing flow
er from the summer drouth, through dew and rain,
with welcome to the sky. An act of kindness on
our part may be little thing but we should re-
member that to the cneerless heart it hears bles
sing that may last through life. A time like this
demands the exercise of the purcst virtues and the
nob!est attributes of our being. Many way worn
brother, weary with the burden of his woes is faint
ing in the path of life: speak to him with tender
word, and his heart revives with hope, his spirit
stirs with new resolve, as he resumes his way, sus
tanned and soothed with the assurance your care
Love to one another should be the common law
Of life We should strive to animate, instead Of
chilling the good that lies innate if not revealed
in every heart. 1t is blessed thought to feel that
God reigns in our acts, when with the wealth o.
heart and soul-of purse-of every thing-that may
add to anothers happiness, we bless the immortal
| ity OF our fellow man-AdcOn Telegraph
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THE FAITHFUL MINIsTER-We have seldom read
a moro beautiful tribute to the true Minister Of the
Gospel than the following extract from an able
speech delivered in the United States House of
Representatives, by Hon. d. W. Voorhees,, Of In
diana:
"Sir let not these remarks and records Of faithful
history be construed into attack upon the min
isters of our divine religion. / have enjeavored
rather to portray the evil results which flow from
dissertation of that high calling. To my mind there
is no vocation, this side Of the mysterious river
which divides time from eternity, so lofty, no career
Of life so serenely beautiful and bordering so close
" upon heaven, as the benevolent pursuits of him
who tenders the cup Of salvation to the low of a
falling world A halo hovers around his head which
tells that he walks in the footsteps of his blessed
Master. In the presence of such man l would
stand uncovered and do him reverent homage. And
there are many such whose pure and noseless lives
pass almost unheeded by the busy, striving world
but around whom the comforting angels Of the Lord
encamp by night aud by day. In their keeping
are all the future hopes of the Church-the Chris
tan welfare of mankind. The youth of the land
should sit at their feet and learn wisdom, and both
young and old should rise up and call them blessed
But in this bright category of human excellence
this high galaxy of stars shining with an unearthly
splendor-thcre is no place for such as take charge
of Churches by order Of tho War Department, and
preach the gospel as commanded by the President
cf the United States. The vineyards where they
labor never bear the fruits of peace-never smile
with domestic tranquility. Before them do not
plead my Cause From them expec: to hear no
voice save the continued and protracted cry oil
havoc"
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4 reverse to our arms seems to have started afresh
the dolcu laT.cn taoLS Of those whose spirits have
been frightened nearly out Of their clay tenements
by the invading enemy. Soule abusing the
President for the loss OfAtlanta, others blame Gen.
Hood, and others curse Johnson while none Of this
unhappy class seem to think that the true
Of our reVerSeS is the want of lien in the army. If
these people would go themselves to the army, or,
if there any good excuse for their not going, fthey
would their influence to induce others TO so, iu
stead OF trying to keep recruits out, We would have
but few reyerses to our arms. No people can rea-
sonably expect to carry on war for years without
meeting with defeats. In comparison with our vic
tories our defeats have been almost insignificant.
Reverses may be expected occasionally, and should
not demoralize or discourage US. If the Southern
people are true to themselves and to each other,
they will certainly triumph in the present struggle
If any one should think that the country is exhaust
ed of men, Just let him look at the home cote in the
late elections, and quiet his mind on that point
But in order to hasten this triumph men fuau-
ence at home must exert themselves for the benefit
of the cause and not to who liable land
whose service at home can be dispensed With from
concrption. II is too ofton the case that when
rich mans friend or relative is conscribed he goes to
work with all his might to get him released lie
seems willing that that all others should 20 and
fight to save his property, EXCEPT his own particu-
lar friends and kiDsman While this is tho case
and while reinforcments are thus kept from
mics, is IL any Wohuer tn1t the pahs oil our UenerSS
ae defeated and the troops forced to retreat before the
onemy2 There must be change. And men Of in
fuence, and those who have largo property at
stake must help forward the recruiting of our ar
n.y. or their possessions will be appropriated by q
merciless enemy and they and all of driven from
our homes. The rich and poor must do their share
of tho work alike or we are ruined people.
These remarks are not intended for any one par
ticular case, though We want them applied to any
case they will suit They arc intended to impress
the minds of men ofwealth and influence that there
is much work for them to do towards helping to
reinforce our armies We know that many of this
class have done we'll and much but it is notorious
fact that others doing things they should not do
and leaving undone that they should do. We raise
warning voice now before it is too late to the
cause Of the South.-Chdrlott6 Democrat.
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w DOL NOTICE.

Quartermaster's Department
RALEIGH N. c., June ., 1894.
AM NOW PREPARED TO EXCHANGE
Il COTTON YARN FOR wool, upon the following
terms, viz:
Que bunch of Yarn for pounds of Washed Wool.
." " " &" q" Unwashed
AGENTS have been appointed to make the EXCHANGE NJ
the following places:
Oxford, Tawburo, Kinston
Gatherine LaSe Concord, Rockingham,
HendersonYille, StateSvilIe Roxboro'
AsheVie, PtSbOrO, I.ouisburg
Fayetteville, CoIeraine RALEIGH q
s-ey Persons shipping To this place will pIease
mark on the packages who they FROM and cotton warn
will be forwarded Immediately.
hope the people will plrutcaly respond to the above
notice, the wool is for clothing the NOrth.Car.
eIIna troops. III. A. UOWD
a O. NJ, N C. A.
July IS, 1864. SS-tf
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next, under the penalty of being Immediately thereafter
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Sept 29, 1864. 59-3t.
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VINO WILL MAKE Coon WIgEZWhen you see
a young woman who rises early sets the table and
prepares her fathers breakfast cheerfully, depend
upon it that she will make good wife. You may
rely upon it that she. possesses good disposition
and kind heart.
When you see young woman just out of bed. at
9 o'clock, leaning with her elbow upon the table,
gasping and signing, "Oh how dreadfully | feel"
rely upon it, she will not make a good wife. She
must he lazy and mopish
When you see girl with broom in her hand
sweeping the floor, with rubbing board or clothes
line in her hand you may put it down that she is
industrious and will make very good wife for some
body.
When you see girl with a novel in her left hand
and AN in her right, shedding tears, you may be
sure that she is unfit for wife. Happiness and
misery arc before you; which will you choose
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FOR SALE OR RENT!
July IS, 1864.

A NUMBER OF VALUABLE HOUSES
N and LOTS in the City of RALEIGH. including the
colnmodouS house formerly occupied by the late Mr.
HOTEL.
For terms apply to the subscriber,
j. P. Fl. RUSS.
Raleigh. Sept. %, 1864. 57~gt.
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times and send accounts to this office
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Also Medicated Snap made from the water of RtreI's
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these articles that she is willing to let them recommend
to those who may them. Orders thank
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R. MCGOWAN
Raleigh, Sept go, 1864. 59-6t.
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Boston firm has gone into the manufacture Of
artificial arms and legS-the company announcing
sguarsntee of eight per cent dividends to stOckhOl
ders, and special permit from Secretary Stanton to
supply the C0nlederates This concern doubtless
goes in for the vigorous proOngatiOn of the war;"
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sNOBBERY AND sHoDDY.

There was time when the Democratic leaders
proessed to be the friends Of the masses, and prided
themselves on the sympathy and support OF the Ia
boring men-the untitled nobility of the nation
They used to sneer at silk stockings and gold plate
and delighted in what they called their" hardfsted
followers" But this is all changed now Aincing
aristocrats like Seymour, and cod fish aristocrats
like Belmont rule the party, and its organs boast
of the gentle descent and Patrcan blood of its can
didates.
We find the following in the Rochester Union,
and is going the rounds of the copperhead press
"PENDLETON is A BLOODED MAN. BEING
DESCENDED FROM A GOOD FAMILY, AND
HAVING NOT ONLY THE EDUCATION AND
MANNERS OF A GENTLEMAN, BUT THE He
] REDITARY CHARACTERISTICS ALSO"
From q speech of Gen. Leslie Combs, Kentucky
delegate to the Chicago Convention, the same paper
also quotes this:
"More than eighteen hundred years ago. Rome
VAS governed by three men in the end of that Re-
, public. One was Augustus Caesar, another Mark
Antony, and the other a noble Roman. THEY
WERE ALL OF NOBLE BLOOD. And we, too,
! have our triumvirate-Lincoln, Stanton and Hal
, leck but unfortunately, NEITHER OF THEM
CAN BOAST A VERY HIGH DESCENT" "a
, laugh)
After the Baltimore nominations were made this
spirit of upstart aristocrscy manifested itself
in the we'll known comments of the World the lead
ing Democratic organ of the country, upon the con-
didates presented. Lest readers may have for
gotten those comments, we append them:
1.-The only merit We can discover in this Baltimore
tickets the merit Of CONSISTENCY tbs all Of piece
the tail does not shame the head nor the head shame
/ the tail. .s..a go 5000 - -
A RAIL SPLITTING BuFFooN AND A BooRIsn541A TOR
! Doth from the backwoods, both growing up in un
couth ignorance, they would afford grOtesque sub
| ect fer satiric poet who might celebrate them il
! such strains as Dean Swift bestowed on Winston
j and Ditton, or Aristophanes on that servile dena
, gogue, Hyperbolus. "-NashOiIle Union 10TH
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Grants Ear,bworks around Petersburg.

correspondent of the Springfield (Massachu-
sctts) Republican gives the following description of
the works constructed by Grants army around Pc
terSOurg.
After all the descriptions given of this battle CEN
tire, there probably few at the North who have
q correct idea Of the position it is. Even old
soldiers, familiar with siege operations, coming here
from other points, have been surprised at what they
saw and wEa; ;hoy did not On TINS, the ex-
cavations and entertainments (al systematic and cor
rect to the eye of the experienced engineer) haze
the appearance to casual observer, OF incomplete
aud confused irregularity. There is no well
defined chain of works with finished 'front.' as at
Bermuda Hundred, 10 be seen from any point along
tue parapct, stretching away in either direction
far the eye reach. There is no succession of
parallels and SapS clearly tending to prominent
object of attack as on the Morriss Island sand
waste.
The whole country for miles about seems dug up
and shoveed over, with no other purpose than to
make as many heaps and as many holes are pos
siblc in given space There is a long line of low
rifle pits for videttes. Back Of these, there is
stronger line Of embankments before wide trench
for the picket reserve. There bomb proofs
huge hcmispherical heaps vi earth and logs like q
New England potato cellar-in the outor line, for
the videttcs to crawl into when sheeo by the ene-
my. There are bomb proofs in the second line for
the pickets. There is a large bomb-proOf for the
picket headquarters; write from that. There are
covered ways-lcng trenches to protect passing SOL
diers from rifle bullets-from the vidette pits to the
reserves, and from the reserve to the rear. Along
these covered ways are small bomb proof lodging
holes in the side walls, like bank swallows nests.
Then there graves. Away ct the front sin
gle grave on the barren sand hill two or three
graves in a row the plain; low mounds of yell
low clay with head and foot boards of ammunition
or cracker,box covers rudely marked with the
lame and regiment of the fallen soldier, and date
of his death. strange place for burial No rest
even in death. The Of artillery and the rattle
of mrsketry shake continually the dead soldiers
narrow bed. At times, even his clayey covering
itself is torn from above him, as though he had no
right to sleep while the war went on. Since sat
writing here rebel shell has struck and exploded
in the very centre Of Pennsylvania soldiers grave
but few yards to my front and right, and opened
it anew, as if to call its inmate again to arms.
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The Macon extortiorer misunderstands,
The meaning of Let US pray"
lie thinks the last word is spelt with an "e"
Instead of being spelled with an "s,"
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A NEW BOOK.
THE BATTLE OF GREAT BETHEL!

BY FRANK l. WILSON.
IUNHIS LITTLE VOLUME WILL BE
Il ready in few days. well printed on fine white Eng
lish paper. Every North Caronian should have copy
Price 81 so ner single copy; copies for 81; and 10
copies for $l2 so. On the receipt Of the money the
work will be sent FREE or POSTAGE.
Address FRANK l. WILSON,
Raleigh, N c.
t9g- Newspapers in the State copying the above.
noticing cditOrially, BY sending marked copy will
have the book sent to them free OF postage
P. w.
September 60. 1864. SIT.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-11

horrible roade, with heavy trains, their
activity will be appreciated. question
if any two divisions of the army have
travelled as much in two years as Gen.
Smiths command have in the past year.
The Meridian expedition with Sherman,
then up Red River, where they arrived in
time to save the army, if not the paper
collars and gold lace OF that ilus;rious
warrior, Of whom it is said:
Hes grown proflne,
Because he damned Red river
But in revenge that cruel stream
Has Id poor Banks forever"
Upon their retu.l to Vicksburg they
were ordered to take chicot, when they
gave Mr.. Marmaduke a sound thrashing.
Then they were ordered from Memphis to
Tupello, marched to Oxford, came back
and were ordered 10 Jefferson Barracks.
Since then they have marched from the
Barracks to this place in a very "zigzag +"
style. Yesterday they marched twenty
seven miles and half from 4 A. NJ, to
half past two, P NJ. And yet they are as
good humored and as ready as if they had
been resting for week. The admirable
nsorale" of this army is die, in q great
measure, to it's commander. l have new
or seen troops (and | except neither Nc
Clelian nor Rosecrans,) more thoroughly
attached to an officer than A. J. Smiths
men are TO him.
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Thu l. TIE ST
stk ys.s.EtsKAkDss.
TEss,. ELECTsNts.
NEw YoEK. Nov. 6.

SEw fOEk. Nov. 6.
Euopr Observation-Disclosures from nearly tho
whole State show majority for Lincoln Of
about 5,Co0.
Ouro.-Thirly i've thousand majority ior
Lincoln on the home vote.
KEyTuchY--The returns are mcagrc. bu, III
dica;ca Democratic majority Lexington gives
y Union majority, Falmouth. 695 Union ma
iority; Coyington, Col Union majority Paris,
90 Democratic majority; Cynthiaua, l2G
Democratic majority.
DEI.AwAR E.-Wilmington 500 Union laa.
iority-Union gain Of 800.
IsnIiSA.-Indiana has gone Republican 10y
not less than 27.co0 to 50. COO
NKw JERsEY.-EsscX county has gone Union
by over $50 majority, making Union gain of
over ,V20 over last year. The Legislative dele
cation IS six Union to thHe Democrats
IILiSoIs-Sprin%feii Nov, 2.--It is now
believed the Republicans have majority in
Doth branches OF iA- Legislature and gain u
Congressman.
NEW York, Nov. s.--Fotal vote Of the city:
Lincoln. SLIP; Mcclellan, 1929; one Ward,
the u, gave Lincoln majority of PA. fatal
majority for Mcclellan in the city is 366I3.
The vote OF this city for Lieut. Governor, Is
Alyord, 81, 06i; Jones 1890.
It is reported that Humphrey, Rep. is
elected TO Congress, and that F. Wood is de-
teate1 for Congress by Darling, Republican.
LATER.
t. !. COnkling Rep. elected TO Congress
over krhsD; Raymond in the 9th District, aud
Humphreys IN Brooklyn both reported certain
y elected.
Taylor Dem. IN 9TH District. and Chandler,
Dem, IN 9Th, District, are elected to Congress
This city give Seymour, for Governor 10, III;
PcntOn. 36.l22
Returns from los towns and t-o counties
gives Lincoln 20,7oi majority.
In So towns and cities, including Albany, Buff
falo, Troy, Schenectady, and Utica, and also
three counties, Mcclellan has 1G. 09i majority.
NEw YoeK Nov. > $50, A. Nj. - Indica-
tons are that Maryland, Indiana, and rcnnsvl
wants. have undoubtedly gone Union.
Troy. complete. Mcclellan over Lincoln -3s.
Seymour over fcntou. SOP.