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SULPHUR AND CHoLERA.-Dr. Herring,
in his domestic Physician" says of Asiatic
cholera 1.-The surest preventive is sulphur.
Put half a teaspoonful of flour of sulphur in
to each of your stockings, and go about your
business; never go out with an empty sto-
mach eat no fresh bread nor sour food
This is not only preventive in cholera, but
also in many other epidemic diseases. Not
one of many thousands who have followed
this, my advice, have been attacked BY
cholera"
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baltimore Advertisements.
ESTABLISHED 1885.
PIANOS, PIANOS, PIANOS!.

ca AKEES M. STIEFF,
MANUFACTURER OF
WI GRAND and SQUARE PIANOS,
Factory 81 and S6, Camden Street. near Howard,
Ware Rooms No. T. N. Liberty Street, above Balti-
more Nd. has constantly on hand large assortment
Of PIANOS of his own make with full frame and
oversttlpg Every instrument anted for years
with the privilege OF exchange withipl2 months, II
not entirely sfactory to- the purchaser. Second
hand Pianos prices from 50 to$300 always on hand
Melodeons snd Parlor Organs from the best makers
Parties wishing t6purchase respectfully referred
to Mr. W c. Graham, of Va. Institute for the Deaf
Dumb and Blind and to Mr.. J. w Albv, and Prof. a
j. Turner Fer prices and further particula apply
to Joel Ettinger, our sole Agent for Staunton and
yicsnity Sept 49, 6m
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'sTiae Valley ViE'ginian,v
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
A NJ CARRIER JR

NJ.
STAUNTON, VA,
WILL be devoted to the best interests of the Val
w ley and of Virginia Every exertlon will be
used to m AXE it medium of communication between
he different portions of Augusta and the Valley
Particular attention will be given to the local depart
Aent, aud effort will be wanting to render the Vir-
gnan worthy of tht generous support of our people
Terms Two Dollars in specie Three Do liars in
currency per annum.
The day of publication will be given in a short
hine Sept 19-tf
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Newspapers and Peri odicals.

THE FARMER,
Il II MONTHLY JOURNAL
DEVOTED
agrteultu'e Horticu itstre the AariEiaru Mechanic
Arts, and to Household Ec,,,0nav
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-04-29
The Truce.

Again has an armistice been agreed
upon by Gems. JOHNSTON, SHERMAN
and others. This time it is for ten days.
We suppose those Generals are bound
to settle the difficulties between the two
Governments peaoeably if they can, or
by force if they mnst. We await, anx-
iously, the disclosures of the terms of the
proposed settlement.
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Death Of an Old Citizen.

MIR. JAS. ELLIOTT, one of the oldest
and highly respected citizens of Winns.
boro, breathed his last on Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr.. ELLIoTr was born on the 9th of
September, l773, and died on the 26th
day of April 1865, being ninety y.one
years and seven months old. He came
to Winnsboro about the year 1907, and
was Magistrate for the District for o
long number of years, and after that
Clerk of the Court for sixteenyears, and
an elder in the Associate Reformed
Church for twenty-five years. s'
Mr.. ELLrorT was thorough seces.
sionist, and in conversation with agen.
tleman the morning before his death ex.
pressed himself as very unwilling to 90
back into the Union. He was silver.
smith by trade, and has left many a
spoon that will cali up recollections Of
youthful days among his. old acquain.
tances. He lived to, a green old age,
and was at last gathered unto his Father.
Peace to his ashes. - AZ,
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give peace to the country, from the Po.
tomac to the Rio Grande. 81
@ THs RArrFlcArIoN. s.c.

a, THE RATIFICATION, nc. f$
Itis understood that President DAVIS
ratified the agreement, but ANDY JOHN.
SON, (the Vice President Of the United
States) replied to Gen. SHERMAN shat
he would take occasion TO remind him
that he was simply Major, General in
the United States Army, and hereafter
he would con6ne himself to the manage.
menS of the military affairs of his de.
partment and let the administration of
the Government alone"
ANDY JoHNsoN is reported to have
endorsed on the agreement four words,
= Submission" - Emancipation" -
"Confscation" n"--and if these were not
entirely agreeable, then "E'atermina.
tton." . a.
THE ExpIRATtoN OF THE TRUCE
Was therefore announced to the Con.
federate authorities. They were mott.
fed that it would expire at IL o'clock,
on the 26th April. g5
WHAT GRANT AND SHERMAN SAID.
1t is reported that Gems. SHERMAN
and GRANT stated that the Southern
soldiers have made gallant fight and
deserve the most honorable terms, and
that if they were not granted honorable
terms the war would be ihterminable.
That honorable terms should be granted
them, and that if they were not, they
(SHERMAN and GRANT, poala .dtsband
their armies, and send their men home.
What gives credibility to this is that the
truce has been resumed for ten days.
The above may be relied upon, as
we getit from gentleman whose We.
racity' cannot be questioned, from the
fact that he is in a position to know
what has been related --EDIToR News.
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The YANKEES BuYINa AN IRoN.
cLAD.-The London Iaaer says: "We
are credibly informed that secret negoti.
ations are now progressing between the
Government of the United States and
that of Denmark for the acquisition by
the former of the large Clyde built iron
clad, ofthe Warrior model, which, it will
be remembered, was at one time supposed
to be designed for the Confederates, and
under the threat of proceedings by the
Grown, sold by her owners to Denmark,
then belligerent.' ,The'vessel now lies
at Copenhagen, and, if we are well in
formed, as there is no reason to doubt,
about the negotiations there pending in
regard to her, The practical result of Eng.
lish neutrality will be to transfer this for
midable engine of maritime warfare into
the hands of the North, probably to
match herself before long against her
model, the Warrior" f, t
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Late Papers and News.

Any friends receiving papers, or arri.
wing with papers ornews, from any places
not now in full connection by mail will
oblige us specially by reporting to the
News Office, and will thus aid IN pre-.
venting exciting rumors.
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soriptural Enigma.

What Hebrew wife her rival tainted sere2
What King lost power unwisely seeking
Ihore2
Who was ready scribe in Moses law
Who. after fasting long, an angel saw2
What prophet wrote of Syna's over
thtow?
Who from her husbands mother would
not go2 @i .Sv
Whose servant tried his master to de.
ceive? ~ +
Where did St. Paul his books and parch.
ments leave?
What king of giant race did Israel slay?
Who led the Hebrew nation OIL their toll.
some way2 s&
What priest first used pulpit made of
wood2
Who sought, at risk of life, the peoples
good2a
Where dida servant slay his lawful lSing2
What friend did Paul request his cloak
to bring2
What king to Solomon rich trees did
send2
A title given to Padls Phillippian friend2
Who threshed, and by the wine press
hid the wheat
What mount oft bore the Saviour's sa.
cred feet?
What loving father in a tender strain
Morrnnd for rebel son ignobly slain {?
Now dear children search your Bibles,
and you'll find,
Each name is there which had in my
mind; .N.,s'.
Take the initials and note them down
with care;
Oh may the text you see incite to prayer.
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The Wayside Home--.To the Ladies'

The Wayside Home---To the Ladies
7EWe have been requested by several
ladies to invite a meeting Of the ladies Of
Winnsboro at Thespian Hall, on Mon.
day next, May !, at II o'clock, for the
purpose of getting into immediate oper.
alton the Waysde Home.
We hope that all the ladies will turn
out, and lend their aid in this important
matter.
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WoNrERpuI MINuTENEss. - Doet.
WoAaston obtained a platinum wire so
fine that 10000 pieces, placed side by
side in contact would not cover more
than an inch. 1t would take $50 pieces
ofthis wire, bound together, to form a
thread as thick as q flament Of raw silk.
Although platinum is the heaviest of
known bodies, mile Of this wire would
not weigh moro than grain. Seven
ounces Of this would extend from New
York to London Fine as the filamsnt
produced By the silk worm. that pro.
duced by the spider is stili more attenu.
ated, Athread Of spiders web meas.
uring four miles viii weigh very little
more than a single grain. Every one is
familiar with the fact that O spider spins
], cord ofthfeaa, byJghich its own weight
is suspended. It has been ascertained
that this thread ,is. composed of about
1900 flaments. s 4 ~. y8
~ -4--ss - .-.4--el 81 rs q N
If every mans breest could be looked
into there would be found the image Of
some woman. # 8teH
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q
ned q paragraph, day or two ago,
commencing the poppy to cultivation
and for the manufacture of opium, Mean.
while, we happen upon communication
in Georgia newspaper, in which a
correspondent who appears to be an
fatt describes the method of cultivation
of the poppy and the preparation of the
opium. Herecommends the a0jaite poppy
inpreference to any other, but every kind
will answer, according to his plau. The
manner of cultivation is as follows:
Have good land, well broken, and SOW
in drills about p feet apart, when up
enough to work, chop it out as you would
cotton, leaving one or two stalks in hill;
or if your seeds are scarce, you may
drop four or five in a hill, about twelve
or fourteen inches apart, then chin out as
above. When it begins to bloom and
until it natures, if the weather is dry, it
will be necessary 20 water it ofien, as this
makes the pods more infey. If your
land is good and is well prepared by
deep plowing or hoeing, your work IS
done, with a little hoeing and pulling out
the weeds. | saw, in 1894, when IN
Tennessee, great quantities OF opium
made from the poppy, that was cultivated
by the ladies and children for ornament.
The way to gather opium is as follows:
The pods should bea little more than
half ripe, at which time you are to take
q knife made for the purpose, with three
short blades the middle blade the shortest,
so that it may not go deeper than the
others for you will recollect the hull is
roundish. With this knife You make
cute length ways on the pods, not quite
through the hull, about sunset; during the
night the milky juice will exude from
the hulls through the outs and adhere to
the sides ofthe incisions. In the morning,
before thesun shines, it tmust be collected
in a plate or vessel, with an iron scoop
or thin crooked scraper, made so as to ft
the shape Of the pods. When thus col.
lected, you are to work il in the vessel,
exposed to the sun, with wooden
paddle, till the Juice is sufficiently thick.
ened. This is opium. Then make it
into cakes with the hands and wrap it
up in the leaves ofthe poppy; and if you
have no suitable bottles or Jars TO keep
it in, put it in thin leather bags, and YOU
can keep it as long as you please,
fF PhUnss.
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ACuRIous' PRAYER "A correspon.i
dentlef the Western Ghristtan Adoocate, (
sends thatpaper the following: u.
Z Areyerend gentleman directly fronithef
interior of Texas stayed at MY house a,
few days at the time Millerism was at
its zenith in Cincinnati. He related to
me rumor which he had heard in Texas,
of a man he met in our streets as a
.Millerite preacher, In Texas this man
professed to be a Campbellite' preacher,
and assuch got permission to preach ina
school house, and took occasion to abuse
all other denominations in general, and
the, Methodists in particular. He said
there We're men who professed to be-
called and commissioned of God to preach
the gospel, but that he. pretended to no
such high credentials, After preaching
immersion and abusing all who would
not say amen to his views, being about
to close, a wag whispered to him, if he
wished some one to close for him, to call
on Mr.. H----. He did so. Mr..
H----took the stand, gave out
hymn, and then praye in this wise X
Lord, we thank thee that thou hast
ever sent thy ministers among us; we
were a very wicked peopls before they
came; some ofus, however, have reform.
cd, We thank thee that thou hast
commissioned and sent thy ministers to
preach the unsearchable riches of Christ;
but as for this fellow, he has told us that
thou didst not commission him, and we
believe him. We hear strange stories
of him. Lord, we know not whether
they be true or not but thou knowest,
but we hear he went to Galveston
gambler that afterwards he became
preacher; that. the young men who
knew him in these characters thought
them rather incompatible, and, in con
sequence, ducked him in Che bay from
which we doubt not he dates his commits
sion to preach the doctrine he has pro-
claimed to us. We then hear also, that
he stole horse at Galveston we know
not whether it be true Lord, thou
knowest ); but one thing We do know
that is, we know that he stops with the
widow C----s-, and we know that no
decent man would stop there. BY this
time the preacher was making lis escape,
without dismissing his congregation and
soon after was holding forth in the big
tent of Millerism in Cincinnati.
t.
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H. C. .WINsLow.-!There are not
many soldiers in the Western Army
who do not remember Winslow, the
army nows agent. He was Yankee
from Maine, and received the appoint.
ment from Gen. Bragg. We have posi-.
tive information that during last summer
he wentto Florida with 800, 900 in Con-
federate money, and $7lS in gold, all Of
which he had made selling papers to our
army. In Florida he purchased ninety
FIVE bales of cotton and took them TO ST.
Marks. But as soon as he got there the
Yankees seized Winsiow, cotton, gold,
and all. He took the oath and did ali
sorts of penanee,. but not dollar or O
bale did he get back. The Yankees,
however generously and graciously gave
him a free passage North. - Macon TEL
egYaFh. '.2sf
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wTNGMsBCoRO.
SATURDAY. M0RNINe, APRIL 2e, 1856.

eB Persons gong to points beyond
this, will confer favor on us by calling
at our office and procuring papers for dis.
Irritation along their route.
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Hints To Farmers,

Toads are the best protection of cab,
bage against. lice. s a
Plants, wlendrooping, can be revived
by q few grains Of camphur. ga
Pears are generally improved by graft.
ing on the mountain ash. 81
Sulphur is valuable in preserving
grapes, &C., from insects.
Lard never spoils in dry weather, if it.
is cooked enough in frying out.
In feeding wisl. corn, sixty pounds
ground goes as far as one hundred
pounds in the kernel.
Corn meal should never be ground
very fine. assit Injuries the richness oft.
Turnips of small size have double the
nutncious matter that large ones have.
Rats and other vermin are kept away
from grain by sprinkling Of garlic when
packing the sheaves.
Money skillfully expended in driving
land by draining, or otherwise, will be
returned with ample interest.
To cure scratches on a horse, wash
the legs with warm soapsuds, and then
with beef-brine. Two applications will
cure, in the worse case. E.,
Timber, when cut in the spring, and
exposed to the weather with the bark
on, decays much sooner than if cut in
the fall
Wild onions may be destroyed by
cultivatipg corn, ploughing and leaving
the field in its ploughed state all winter.
A correspondent wishes to know how
to make soft soap hard Add salt, and
continue to boil until it is of the proper
consistency. Here is recipe, which
has been successfully tried in this city :.
Take l6 gallons water boifng heat. and
S Tbs. soda ash, 3 lbs. unslacked lime:
let it boil up and settle until clear; pour
off the liquid and add TO the, lime and
soda left II gallons water; stir well and
let boil few minutes, then settle and
pour into the other mixture and add 81
lbs. grease, and let boil steadily until
done. To tell when done, put a little
IN cup to cool, and if any liquid is left
in the bottom it IS not done, and must
be hoiled more. Some prefer to let the
mixture boil an hour or two, and add
the water cold, a gallon at time, until
it beginsto thickened, and then be gov.
erned by the taste, adding water until it
will not bite the tongue. scf5
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SINGULAR CusToM An auction of
unmarried ladies used to take place annu.
ally in Babylon.
In every district says the historian,
they assembled on certain day Of the
year, all virgins Of a manageable age.
The most beautiful was put up first.
and the man who bid the highest or the
largest sum-, gained the possession of
her ., i
The second in personal appearance fol.
lowed, and the bidders gratified themse-
yes with handsome wives according to
the depth Of their purses.
Y But, alas !! it seems that in Babylon
there were SOME ladies for whom no mon
eytwas likelyto be offered, yet thesewefe
also disposed of sosprovident were the
Baby lonians. isstt,3 ~
/, When all the beautiful virgins were
sold, the orier ordered the most deformed
to stand up and after he had openly de-
manded who would marry her. with n
small sam, she was at length adiudieated
to the mar who would he satisfied with
the least andin this manner, the money
arising from the sale of the handsome
served as q portion to those that were Of
sd'sagreeable looks, or thathad any other
imperfection. Isssy sy.,, /,
rms customsd prevailed about four |
hundredyears before Christ V
! ~, - 8 = ''---''. Il
Il: & 6 3. s'EYEak ss!NTER IN SErRorE.--
!, lne J, M, past winter m ltll Europe appears to
navy pt'eii inQIe severe than IN TINS collp.
try In Scotland the SHOWS have been
alllposI precedeRtedp Deer and all
kinds OF game were starved eut. Great
nsumbers of sheep perished, and even
houses wereso covered up with snow,
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CURE FOR CANcER.--The Juice Of the
sheep sorrel put in pewter plate and
exposed to the sun until it becomes
a consstence of salve, then applied to
the cancer and repeated, the latter falls
ont with all its fibtes, Severe pain ac.
companies tile operation, but the cure is
certain. 35i
This was told me BY a lady. who wit.
messed the process. The face ofthe s,f:
fsrer where the cancer was became
much inaamed and swollen and the pain
excruciating, and when it dropt out it
had the appearance of large spiders
legs. The cavity was deep--but soon
Healed and filed up, aud there was never
a return Of the disease. I have been.
thus particular because the recipe has
been tried, but pain and inflammation
following, it was believed not the pro.
per remedy and was discontinued. I
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-14
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Business neutrality-suspicious. of
Northern Element..GOld Washing.

NEwBERN, N. c., July 81. T. Bridge, A.
G. Hills and Henry c. Burr, of Boston, have
associated themselves with G. w. Perry, q
planter of Newbern, for the purpose of estab.
fishing factory to extract tar, turpentine, oil,
and pyroligneous acid, by the new process of
destructive distillation of light wood. Other
factories of this kind are to 90 into operation
here, where there is an endless quantity of rich
material
Gov. Holden has appointed a commission
consisting of Col. j. NJ. Heck, Kemp P. Bat
ties, and others, to proceed to Washington to
confer with the authorities on the subject of
cOnfscation.
The tide of emigration from tree States has
already set IN, and manv important sales of real
estate are pending. The settlement of this
question, the best interests of the State, re-
quires that an understanding should be reached
as soon as possible; hence the departure of the
commissioners. It is, however, believed that
there will be no cOnfiscation in North Carolina.
Negroes are making two or three dollars per
day at re-washing the dirt in the North Caro-
lima gold mines, from which gold has been
once extracted.
The negro who was hung up by his thumbs
for forty hours, near the railroad depot at Ra-
leigh, on Friday last, died soon after he was
taken down.
Newberne now contains large Northern ell
ement in its population and has become the
business centre of the State Cotton and other
products from all parts of the State, are daily
arriving there in large quantities, for shipment
North, which gives the port very lively ap-
Dearance
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FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
A Fourth of July Disturbance BE.
tween Negroes and Citizens.


New YORK, June S.-The Heralds Fortress
Monroe correspondent gives the following ac-
count of a melancholy result of the excursion
party to Smithfield, composed of so negroes
belonging to the Quartermaster's Department
here. They went in the steamer Newton. On
arriving, some opposition was made to the
steamers landing by the residents of the
pace and others, when the Captain of
the Newton insisted on landing, ON payment of
the wharfage claimed. This demand Captain
Lester refused to pay, referring the claimants
for indemnity to the government by whom the
boat was chartered.
Meantime detachment of the Sd New York
Cavalry, Major Ebbs commanding, rode down
from Suffolk to preserve order, in anticipation
that the day would not end without disturb.
ance. ~
Robert Earle, butcher OF Norfolk, alleged
leader, of the citizens crowd drew a revolver
on Captain Lester and was about to shoot him
when Major Ebbs interfered with this murder
Gus attempt by hitting him over the head with
his sabre, laying Earle's scalp open.
In the course of q subsequent meele, private
John Gray, of Co. c, Third New York cavalry,
through mistaken disobedience Of orders was
shot through the left lung and MORALLY
wounded
Major Ebbs behaved very handsomely, and
but for his presence and the men under his
command there doubtless would have been
many lives lost. More excursionists returned
than went out. Gen. Miles on the facts being
related to him. next day sent force to Smith
field with orders to hang leaders of the citizen
1SsailantS