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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

RECIPE FOR CHEAP PArsr-.Elcvcr
pounds Of dry lime, siftcd fine, gallon Of
water, , gallons Of linsccd oil-raw or boil
cd; onc-fourh ID. of potash dissolved in !,
pint of water. which can be easiest done by
heating in a kettle over the fire. First mix
your lime and water, which will appear
much like thick hasty pudding; then add
your oil and potash water. Mix thorough
Is, and if the o;! and water unites, it is rea
dy for use; isnoi. a little more potash wa
ter must be added to cut the oil. I'sc 10
more potash than is necessary for this pur-
pose: Put on with 4 paint brush, As other
paint. Ii will appear much thicker than
ordinary oil paint. but it will lay easy in
this c"nliticn. The writer Of this has paint
ed for twenty years, and for the lust three
years has used this preparation Oh first class
housc>, and but few prisons can see any tie
iicicncy in it. 1t wears well, AMI costs less
than half As much as all oil paint.
l.. l.. PIERCE.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25
South Branch Intelligencer.
William Harper, Editor.
Office, Corner Main and Gravel Lane SIS
RoMSEr, WEST VIRGINIA.


. -FOUR Dollars per annum-payablc in advance.
owing to the extreme high price Of printing ma
,erial, paper, &c, and in fact every Thing in use
we nave been compelled TO place journal al the
above price. We hope, however, after the present,
year. to witness better state of nifairs-e return
oi the good old fdtimes'-when We will be able to
furnish the "In'euigencer' at the old price.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING:
The rates of advertising are, for u square item
iinesl or less OSE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS for
three inseruons--larger ones in the same proper
tion. Each continuance Thirty-scvcn Cents.
Quarterly, huff yearly and ycnrly advertise
ments inserted at liberal reduction ON the above
rates.
RESOLUTIONS of associations, communications of
limited interest, and notices of deaths exceeding
TEN LINES will be charged ten cents per line.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25
POETICAt.
From the New Orleans Sunday Timcs.
THE SOLDIERS GRAVE.

Tread liShtly-'tis IL soldiers grave,
lonely, mosSy mound
And yet, u hearts like mine nnd thine,
1t should be holy ground.
Speak gcn,ly-lct no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtlcss jest,
Escape your lips, where swcclly sleeps,
The hero in his rest.
For him no rcvcillc shall beat.
When morning beams shall come;
For him, nj night, no tattoo rolls;
Its thuhStt from the drum
No costly marble marks the plncc,
Recording deeds Of fame,
But rudcly on that bending tree
Is carved the soldiers name.
\ namc-not dear to us-but nh
There may be lil:s that breathe
That name rs sacrcily and low
Asvespcr prayers at eve.
There may be brows that wear for him
The mourning Of cypress vine;
And hearts that make this lonely grave
y holy pilgrim shrine.
There may be eyes that joycl 10 gaze
With love into his own.
Now keeping midnight vigilS long
e.. With silent gvicfs alone.
There may be hands now clasp'd in prayer
This soldiers hand has pressed,
And checks washed pale by sorrows tears,
His own cold check carcssed
Tread lightly-for man bcquca,hei,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God!
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25
Farmer and House-Keeper.

Onions AND PorLrRY Scarcely ton
much can be said in praise of onions frr
fowls. They seem to be preventive anil
remedy for various diseases to which lo,ncs-
tic fowls arc Liable. Forgapcs aud ;Eflan-
nation of the throat, eyes anu head onions
arc almost l specific. They should be fine
ly chopped. \ small addition of corn meal
is an improvement. So says the Gcncsscs
Farmer.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

frrrAh$ arc rcmorei IN a Snypri<;nqly
sh"!f ti"'", by perfectly new process whlci.
probably no one besides the writer is ac-
Iualnted with. This process | have tried
first on my own person, and the good effect
obtained, warrants its general introduction
into the t"ilctroons and "boudoirs" Of the
w"rid. Here it is: Take powdered n;trc
(saltpctrc,) any small quantity, and apply
it to the parts affected, by the finger, n,ois-
tened and dipped in the powder This is
the whole proceeding; when properly done
and iudiciously repeated, it will remove all
frecilcs from the f;,cc.-.Nc,c York Ps,,Ic.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

To rYrc iD,D,,,}iofr/u all

To rHrc imn',,iiohIy oN sick:
hcaiachc.--Talsc hafa drachm ord drachm
0! aromatic spirits Of ammonia, in Il littl.
water. y: the same time apply cloths wet
III 4 solution Of muriatc OF ammonia Conr
ounce Of muriatc ammonia il n;nc ounces
water AMI one ounce of alcohol, 10 the fore
heal. 1t is surprising to observe how quick
ly the headache disappcarS-Ib.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

tTG"i wc axe loved by those around IL.
wc can bear the hostility Of all the rest -
the world; jus; us if we were before warn,
fire We need no; care for ali the ice in tho
Polar regions.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25
How To RErRopUcE OLD LIrnoGEApus.

How To RErRopUcE OLD LIrHoGEApus.
this subject hardly comes with
in the range of physics properly 50 called,
it is closely rcaicd 10 il, and as the process
is both simple and interesting. We lay it be-
fore our readers. The method, which is :.
new one, has been described by VI. Rigaut.
The lithogralh TO he transferred to stone is
first laid face ulrCrmost on 4 surface o: pure
water, and THIS all those portions not coy :
crcl with ink are allowed 10 absorb the H.
quid. 1t is thea put between two sheets %
blotting.rapcr, wIiie. carry of the cxccss Of
water; after which it is laiI face downwards
on the stone, t, which it adhcrcS perfectly.
Another sheet is lail on this and moistcncd
with dilute nitric acid; the acid pcnctra;r4
both sheets and eats away tie stone III A.
coTdancc with the lights and s!,alcs OF the
original picture.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

lio" n m"Lc ireSton'S Es$cn:c Of SrA<,
Qor smelling, in headaches, ctc.) Take
Oil Of Gloves, half drachm,
Oil Of Lavender, one drachn,
Oil OF Bcrgamot, two Il c-halfdrachms.
Ammonia, Carbonate of, one and half
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

REMEpy FOR CHoLfi;A The followin.,
extract from Tic letter Ola clergyman to t!,,,
Lord Lieutenant Of ireland presents yrry
simple, and, he says, ciIcctuai preventive -
cholera, as we'll asa remedy Of great power:
The preventive Is >implc--a tcaspoonful
Of powdered charcoal taken three or four
times week, i'll 4 cup Of coffee or other iip-
uid, i'll the morning. When attacked with
cl,uicra. u mixture Of an ounce Of clarroa,
an o;;;!,c of laulanum and an ounce of bra,-
dy or other spirits may be given. as follows,
after eng well shaken: \ tca<po"ntul
every iivc minutes. In half an hour have
known this c:icctually to relieve and STAY
the disease. As the patient becomes bet
ter, the mixture may hc given at longer in
t"ryals. have known 4 patient in the
blue stage. and collapsed perfectly rccov-
cred i'll few hours.
T;.r charcoal WAS tried as 4 preventive on
4 larLe plantation i'll the Mauritius. and but
Il single individual out of eight hundred was
los.
- Every man hath domestic ciarlair
within hi, own bosom that breaches owe"
L
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25
THE VETO MESSAGE.

Colorado not yet - state.
HER ADMISSION Not \ NECESSITY.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25
NIISCELLANEOUS

-:i:S-Thc following extract is taken from n work
lately published, entitled 'Surry Of Eagles Ncst
written by John Estcn Conke pu,fr officer TO
Stoncwnll Jackson. at the commencement of the
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

- Every man hath domestic cIlarlair,
within hi, own bosom that breaches ov":'
the sermon to him again. aud comes over
him with "Tituu art the man
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

N'nn 81" /. ; bet. w.lnu:,..i. f., ,"u;,.:
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

Sumnrr shows 4 disposition t, abuse .hc
Amcrican dag. II Justice were done H.:
would exhibit Nor" "trip. ihu ever .hc
.ii q 80 III r.. ,',r.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1866-05-25

Of ucw States, and ;lat i'll the meantime 30
new States shall he rrrmaiurcly and unnc-
cc:-arily admitted 20 participation i'll the
political power which the federal goycru-
mcnt wichls, not for the benefit of any in
dividual States or section, but for the com.
mon safety. welfare aud happiness Of the
whole country.
CSigncd.} ANDREW Jouysov.
WASu!NGTrS. D. g., Nav 10 tS6G
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08

FEELING IN SoUTH CAROLINA. A
correspondent of the New York
Times, writing from Charleston, who
seems greatly surprised that the
South Carolinians do not love the
United States Government, says very
naively:
l have not yet found any section in
the South where Confederate theories
are venerated more than here, and
sometimes the publicity of such vene-
ration is positively disgusting to me
as Northerner. The dead soldiers
e yne South receive great attention
not more than the living, however,
for they are .feted and toasted on ali
occasions. A large amountof charity
is required to overlook such excesscs,
and it is only when assurance is
given that men and not principles aro
admired that we can forgive them.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08

SOUTHERN RELIEF. excursion,
under the auspices of the Ladies' of
the Southern Relief Association, was
made from Baltimore last Saturday
on board the fine steamer S. j. Pentz,
rendered grat,litiously for the occa-
sion, to In Belle Grove, on West
River, the boat touching at Annapo-
lis going and returning. The Con
cordia band was on board, having
generously rendered their services.
Passing Fort McHenry on the down
ward trip, the band played the "Star
Spangled Banner" and at the same
point on the return Dixie" What
with music and dancing, dinner and
rambling in the woods Mt the Grove,
the party had good time. The
excursion yielded some 81, 900 to-
wards the aid Of the destitute of the
South.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08

A private count of Congress on
Wednesday, disclosed the fact that
six Senators and fifty-fonr Represen-
tatives were absent from the city.
An adjournment about tho middle of
July is regarded us certain. although
some are opposed to any adjourn
ment, desiring to have succession of
short recesses, in order that the Pre-
sident may not remove any officers.
BY the first of August, certain, the
road will be complete from Shreve-
port to Marshall, Texas, forty two
miles.
500 men are engaged in cleaning
the streets and alleys in Chicago.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08
COLUMBIA
Friday Morning, June 8, 1856.


Religion in Northern Cftics.5
We learn from the New York He
rdid that there are in chat city 274
churches, and in Brooklyn. l7s; MAX
ing in all 478 institutions ministering
to the spiritual and moral wants of
: the people, we might say, OF one city
As the Herald remarks, it is evident
that tsthe influence exerted for good
by an those. churches would be i'm
mense if directed solely to such
proper and legitimate object as the
morality Of the people,"
But the newspapers of the above
cities are daily living evidences that
their Inhabitants fall far below even.
a medium standard Of morality, Muir
ders, robberies, arson, prostitution
and kindred crimes are matters of
daily record in those journals, and
show incontestably that either the
people are rapidly becoming as
wicked as those of the doomed
cities Of the plain, or else that the
oficiaing priests, ut their numerous
costly affairs, are recreant to the
duties Of their high calling.
We are inclined to believe that the
low state. of religion and morals in
those cities is chiefly attributable to
the detection of both preachers and
church members. They have for
saken the good old paths, and gone
after strange gods; they have aban-
doned religion for politics; they have
superseded churches and brotherly
love by fanatical natred, and have
followed as their apostles, not hum
bic, earnest and faithful ministers,
but such canting hypocrites as Bee
cher, Cheever, &C., who, for years
past, instead of attending to the spi-
ritual wants sof their people, were
constantly engaged in inflaming their
minds against q people who never in
terfered with them in any way; and
who from their pulpits, instead of
dispensing the gospel of peace, deli
vered infammatory harangues, aud
took up subscriptions for rifles to
arm the misled men who composed
the raiding party of old John Brown.
This style of spreading the gos-
peP' was not known in the Sayiour's
day, and fully accounts for the de-
generacy of morality noted by the
Northern papers.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08
JAMES G. BEECHER,
Brevet Brig. Gen. Vols.

HEART-RENDINo CALAMITY. A let
ter from Bambcrg, in this State.
dated the 9TH inst, to the Charleston
NerS, says:
This evening, between 8 and 4
o'clock, terrific cloud arose in the
West. accompanied 10y 4 fearful tor
nado, which swept through our vii
lage, dcmolishing everything in its
track, trees, fences, Ac., and striking
tho building of the Allen Lodge, at
that time us2;! as :: schouI rnom; Av
Mr.. Robert Seabrook and his sister,
completely destroyed it, hurying un-
der its ruins seven of the unfortunate
children who belonged to the school.
1t seems that the children were
having little party among them
selves, and We're Just in the act of
preparing some refreshments, when
the tornado struck the building, de-
molishing it almost instautancously,
crushing to death those who were un-
able to get out Through the pre-
scnce of mind Of some of tho larger
boys, several of the children escaped,
WHO Wotllu OtucfWlSc undoubtedly
have been lost.
The names of those who wero lost
are rs follows: Angus Brabham, son
of Major j. j. Brabham, Hattie Brab-
ham, daughter of Mr.. Hampton Brab-
ham; Euphrasia Huffman, daughter
of Mr.. G. G.. Huffman; Elmorc Sam
ders, son of Mr.. Jabez Sanders;
Charlie Simmons, only son of Mr.. a.
r. Simmons; Urbanna Remit, dangh-
ter of Mrs. Emma Rcntz, recently of
Orangeburg yillagc:a and Charles Stew
art, son OF MI Hanseford Stewart
besides several others more or less Sc
riously injured, including the eldest
son OF Mr.. William Rcnnet, who was
severely cut on the head by some of
the flying timber.
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Proceedings of City Council.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
COLUMBIA, Jr

COLUMBIA, June 8, 1866.
Prescut: His Honor the Mayor; Alder
mon Fisher, Gciger, Mcdonald, Mckenzie,
Nickerson, Radcliffe, Stork, Walter and
Wcarn.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and confirmed.
The petition OF w. X. Evans, Superin-
tendent Of Water Works. praying that GER
tain necessary repairs be made upon the
house occupied by him as Superintendent
OF Water Works, was referred to the Com
,nittee on Sidney Park.
The petition Of William and J. A. Shell,
asking q reduction on the amount assessed
upon their property, was. on motion, laid
on the table.
Proposals wsro received from various
parties for supplying wood for the use OF
the Water Works. On motion, referred 20
the Committee on Water Works, with DOW
cr to act.
The accounts OF J. G. Dial, James Brown
and Hopson y Sutphen against the Water
Works; j. C. Dial and Hopson 4 Sutphe,A
against the Street Department.; J. c. Dial
b. Glass against the Clerks office; j. W.
McCarson against the Aims House; and
Coiumbia Gas Company and q. q. New
ton against the city, were referred to the
Committee Oh Accounts.
Applications for license to retail spiritu-
GUS liquors were received from b. Turner,
John L. Wilson and Wolfe & Hook. Re-
ferred to tho Committee on Licenses
The City Clerk presented his report for
the month Of May. Referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
Tho Committee ON Accounts reported,
recommending that tho accounts Of T. w.
Fowler, Hospital Steward, for services rem
dered, $A6.75, j. \. Seiby, for printing,
slD35, and J. ID. Bateman, for corn and
hay, s114.45, be paid.
The report WAS received and adopted.
The following report was received from
the Committee ON Ways and Means:
The Committee on Ways and Means beg
leave to report: That they have rV4Hved,
from the City Clerk, mutiiated bills6f the
city as follows:
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08
EDGEFIELD.-The Atlce71ise,. saws.

"Major Wilson Coleman has been
unconditionally released from the
arrest under which he has been held
for three months past by the United
States military authorities of South
Carolina. Messrs. Blease, Mitchell.
Gomillion, Yarboroue and son,
young Herlong and Emsly Lott, have
also all returned to their homes with
in the past three weeks -Four arc
still in Jail in Charleston-Messrs.
Lanham, Lowry, Powell and Patrick
Coleman"
The 4Adcerfise'' also informs us of
the death Of DR.. John G. Williams
''the act of his own hand" The
Rev. Henry c. Herlong, Of that Dis
trict, is also dead.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08

and Her Liberties.
1t is generally and very freely ad-
mitted that the approaching fall cleo
tions throughout the Northern and
Western States of the Union-if no.
thing in the meantime intervenes to
prevent such a dangerous test to the
strength Of the institutions and the
Constitution Of the country-win de-
eide the fate Of the Republic. Should
the conservative elements, in either
or all of the present parties of what
ever name, be successful, there will
be hope for our redemption and the
salvation of the country; but if, on
the other hand, the radicaism now
rampant in Congress prevails, it is a
widespread, conceded fact that the
liberties of the people will be rnt in
the utmost jeopardy.
The rank and file of the opposing
leaders to the radical faction, such as
Valandigham, and others of his
stamp, is receiving recruits from all
the other former parties, conse, vative
Republicans, Democrats, old line
Wings, and occasionally some desert
ers from the radical camp itself, sothat
the signs for the future are moderate
~ encouraging. But it will be n
hard-fought contest, and one that
will originate more hot blood among
the respective partisans than has been
evoked for many years in former po-
li*ical struggles. In fact, there is
moro to fight for now. It is not on
the subject of mere party or political
questions that the division now takes
place-it is battle for the Constitu-
tion and the integrity of the Union
on one side, and on the other side
for the obliteration of the former and
the demolition of the latter, involv-
ing the loss of the liberties of the
people.
Such is the mighty struggle the
country will witness the beginning OF
next fall, when the first State opens
her Congressional ballot-boxes. The
battle for the Union and liberty will
then be commenced in earnest, and
the hearts and the hopes of all true
patriots will be the great Union
party. But every man in that party
must do his duty nobly, faithfully
and firmly, and they should begin
The work now in moulding public OPT
nion and placing the issue in its true
light.
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Total 1884 90
The Committee have destroyed the above
mentioned notes, by burning, and receipt
cd to the Clerk for the same. All OF which
is respcc tfully submitted
J. FISHER, Chairman.
The report was received and fled as In
formation.
The proceedings OF the meeting Of the
Board Of Health, held the 29th uIt., were
read and filed as information.
Alderman Geiger reported the Smallpox
Hospital IN . leaking condition and need
ing repairs. On motion, it was
Resolued, That the matter be referred to
the Committee on Aims House, with power
to act.
On motion, Council adjourned.
]. y. MCMAHON, City Clerk.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08

Gen. Bee, writing from Havana,
appeals to the people of Texas for
pecuniary aid in behalf OF Gen. Ma
grnder, lately deposed from Office by
Macmillan. He represents Gen. NJ.
as very poor.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08

Columbia and Hamburg Railroad.
The Edgefeld Advertiser, speaking
OF the railroad meeting hold in that
place ON Monday last, says:
We regret very much that our want
OF space, and more particularly the
lateness Of the day as regards the
making up of our paper, forbids us to
give to our readers Colonel Johnston's s
admirable speech entire. He gave q
succinct history of the Columbia and
Hamburg Road since its inception, a
fiattering view of its present and fu-
ture prospects, brilliant and pro-
foundly truthful picture of tho ad-
vantages it would bring to Edgefeld
District, and q cogent and convincing
statement that investment in its
stock must prove surely and speedily
remunerative. He assured our people,
too, that an inevitable consequence
of the completion of the Columbia
and Hamburg Road would be the
building, and that very quickly, of a
road from Ninety-Six to some point
between Lofts and the Pine House.
Nor must we forget the graceful COM
piment paid by Colonel Johnston to
the iberality and disinterestedness of
the land owners along the whole line
of the road from Columbia to HAM
burg. In all this distance, he stated,
there was but single individual de-
manding any damages or indemnity
for right of way; an instance, in
Colonel Johnston's opinion, of un-
usual absence of mercenary spirit.
Colonel Johnston's speech was fol-
lowed by n short one from our dis
tinguished fellow-citizdn, ex-Gov.
Bonham, whose remarks were fol-
lowed by a few very appropriate ones
from our Intelligent and practical Le-
gislator, Luke Culbreath, Esq. These
gentlemen fully endorsed, and very
strongly urged upon the minds o. the
audience, the views, plans, hopes and
wishes of Colonel Johnston.
After this, the books were opened,
and, Notwithstanding the compara-
tive smallness of the gathering, some
$40, 900 or $15, 600 were immediately
subscribed; not Immediately either,
but in the course of the afternoon.
This, in former days, would have
seemed mere trihe, but now, among
so small a crowd, and in the midst Of
q people SO terribly impoverished, it
betokens most nnmistakeable will
ingness md desire to aid to our
utmost in the completion of this
great and important thoroughfare.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-08

A special despatch from st. Louis,
dated the I'd inst, states that three
fine steamers had been burned that
day