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Year: 1863

To the People of the Confederate States.
Mr.. HoLDEN:-I have thought much of the dis
tressed condition of the families OF the soldiers and
can conceive but one remedy to prevent them from
suffering seriously.


The fittings, if properly distributed to the fami.
lies of the soldiers would relieve them gceatly-that
IS that part of the fittings that can not be got to
the army, and that will rot and waste in the hands
OF the government officers. Let the common soldier
be given an order on the commissary of his County
for corn wheat or bacon in lieu of such part of his
monthly wages as he may be able to devote to the
support of his family, and his family be entitled to
receive these supplies at government prices By
adopting this plan, much Of the fittings would be
saved, the government would not be required to is
sue so much paper money to pay the soldiers, and
the families Of the soldiers would be provided for
learn that in many localities government officers
are compelled 10 sell articles to keep them from
spelling, and in this way supplies, which are prec-
Gus, are passing into the band of Spectators


verify believe tbnt if the plan herein suggested
should be adopted it would work bene6cally to the
government and to the soldiers and their families.


W. F. HENDERSON.


Rich Fo1k, Davidson Co., n. G.
Year: 1863

NEWSPAPERS AND THE WAR-No class of men
seem so indifferent to their pecuniary interests
as newspaper men. Whilst the merchant sells his
wares at five to ten thousand per cent advance OH
the old products in proportion, and whilst every
thing necessary to sustain life, as well as newspa
per- is selling at ten and twenty prices, publishers
are still furnishing daily papers at very slight ad
vance on the old rates. We believe it may be safe
" assumed that there are but two classes of in
the Confederacy, not in the army, who are not
spectators" or "high price men," in some way
or other. The person who still breaches to his con-
gregation at salary which barely keeps soul and
BODY together, while publishers Of newspapers are
working for the public gratis and boarding them
selYeS.-COlum6us Sun,
Year: 1863

GARAGE SpRoUTS-Very few people take half the
Mains they ought to with cabbages. When they
srp cut, no matter how-the stumps are left to
brinc sprouts, 10 matter when Tor how many. Now,
be fact Is, chat when sprouts begin to come, they
should all be rubbed off out the best or at best two
Int if there be only one left to grow on each stump,
twill grow faster and BETTER and be occasionally as
rood as the first head that was cut nsteaA of which,
multitude of ofsmal ones are allowed to grow not
any of which bring good hearts, and all are, for the
MOST part, but poor apology for greens: When
cabbage cut, the leaves should be cut off the stem.


As soon as the buds Of the stump begin. to
grow, rub off all that are. not wanted, leaV-
inc one of the strongest and best to grow into
head, which it will do in incredibly short time,
eoualng, and most frequently excelling the first
head itself in flavor and appearance. This is adapt
ed for more than market gardens, because there is
some trouble in rubbing or taking off the useless
shoots but it is we'll worth while in the case Of
early cabbages in private family, for it forms an
excellent second crop.
Year: 1863

and its attendant IF symptoms il like
charm than medicine. There Is nothing in the whole
range Of the Ma,eria Medica that can for moment bear
a Comparison with IL in thiS disease


full 4 this wonderful plant may be found in
the eleventh edition Of the L. Dpensaory, pages 1887
and 1888


A series Of experiments in which Dr.. Bull has been
for years engaged has just been brought successful
ermination and be is enabled offer the public


combinaan Of Cedron with other improved tosics the
whole preserved the best qualify Of copper distilled
Bourbon whisky, which be IS confident has equal in
the world


He m sht furnish volume Of certificates, but the pub
lie have long since learned estimate such things at
their true value lhe safest plan Is for every
for himself the virtues Of n medicine. Give the
Year: 1863

false and futile; and they only tend to
divide and distract where all ought TO be
harmony and concentration. The su-
preme object to be gained is the practi-
cal restoration Of the legitimate national
authority throughout the land. All 10y
al men agree that war is necessary to ac-
eomplish that; and Anti. slavery ought
TO be satisfied with the one single fact,
that the war, by it's own force, is break.
ing down slavery irrecoverably. Moth
ing was ever more conclnsively establish
ed than this practical result. Though il
is not the result specifically aimed at,
but merely collateral, il is none the less
complete and effective. The Pro-Slave-
ry men of the North who make the sal
vation of slavery their first consideration,
well understand this. They universally
are anti-war men, They know we'll that
it is impossible TO conduct the war on
any system that will not put their cher
ished Institution between the upper and
the neither milestone. In perfect consis-
tency, therefore, they are ever working,
directly and indirectly, for peace. IL is
fortunate thing that all truly loyal
men-all who believe in the constitution
al supremacy of the National Govern
ment--cAn unite in one common effort,
whatever their opinions on the bare ques-
tion of emancipation, 1t is enough for
all Union men that the war is necessary
TO the Union; and Anti-slavery men
surely ought to be the last 10 be restless
of the war, in the very process of saving
the Union, destroys Slavery. They, of
all men, are the most bound to avoid all
distraoting controversy, and TO endeavor
TO keep the public mind true to the su-
preme necessity of maintaining the war.
The project of territoralaing the rebel
States is something entirely extrAneous
TO the real objects of the war, aud there
fore no friend of the war should agi-
tate il.
Year: 1863

A soldier In :he Stonewall brigade has sent
us letter, picked up on the battle-f feld near
Charlottesville. We extract the following
from il. II is from young man to his brother.
He says:


81 hope you will have chance to come
home pretty soon. think you will, too; for
/ think they will have to give it up and let ths
South rule. They talk a good deal about
drafting here, but do not do much. Let them
try it, aud there will be worse battle than
ever was out South. There are a great many
that have got their revolvers all ready, and
carry them with them. l will die here before
/ will 90 to fight for the d-n niggers. tell
you, it is every man for himself now. l am
going to try and take care of myself any
way"
Year: 1863

The tsisgraphic news of yesterday announc'
ed that Banks had crossed his, army at Bayou
Sara. This is about ten miles above Port Hud-
son. His object is, therefore, to get behind
that post and carry it by land attack. This
movement is designed to finish the work ini,
tiated by Grant, and clear the navigation Of
the Mississippi A few days will tell the story.
The Yankee army cannot at this time of the
year long remain in the rear of either place,
and they must both be taken hurrisdly or not
at all this year. The next news will probably
be of AN assault ON Port Hudson.
Year: 1863

EXCITEMENT IN BATrLE.-1he fun of the
thing is thus described by soldier who took
part in the gallant charge at Williamsburg
d" The behavior of our men was splendid 10 the
extreme. We had but one thought, aud that
was to make the rebels " skedaddle' We did
that. rs for myself, can only say that have
been exposed to the fire of shot and shell at
Lees Mil-have been shot at repeatedly on
picket-had some little experience at skirmish
fighting-but Of all the places ia the world,
give me dashng charge. For real sport it
cant be equaled. | never experienced or i'm
agned anything like it. The huzzas, the yells
OF defiance, the cash of arms, the rattle of
muskeiry, the whizzling of bullets, the pellmell
conglomeration of everything, the total absense
of fear, the burning desire to do somebody an
injury-all combined and crowded into the
short space of fifteen minutes. keeps a man
feeling good for long time after the battle
is over.
Year: 1863

OLD MGSEs on THE LlKgs-A late English
work by Dr.. Wilson gives very Interesting
account Of the copper mines of Lake Superior,
which, though still highly productive were
worked and abandoned centuries ago, long
before the period to which Indian tradition
reaches, ana of the names of which-who they
were or whence they came-notLing can be
learnt only their stone hammers and mauls.
copper cLiseis and AIDES, together with masses
Of copper wholly or partly wrought, are found
in abundance in exactly the same position 10
which:they were abandoned Dr. Wilson, in-
qnired OF an old Chippewa CHEF if be could
give him any Information. and received the fol-
lowing reply, in be sententious spirit Of Indian
philosophy =" The white man thinks be is the
superior Of the Indian but it is not So Tie
red Indian was made by the Great Spirit, who
made the forests and tie game, and he needs
no lessons from tie white man how to live. II
the same Great Spirit made the white man, be
has made him of different nature. Let him
act according to his nature it is the best for
him; bat for Us it is not good. We had the
red iron before white men brought the black
iron amongst Us; but if ever such works as
you describe were carried on along these lake
shores before white men came here, then the
Great Spirit must once before have made men
with different nature from his red children.
such as you white men have As for us. we
live as our iorefathers have always done
The writer goes on to say " Whether BY
some terrible devastating pestilence like that
which nearly cXtermiaatel the native popula


tion of New England Immediately before tie
lnnding of the pilgrim fathers or By the
breaking out Of war or, as seems not less
probable, by the invasion of the mineral re-
gion by a barbarian race, ignorant Of all the
arts of the ancient mouud-bulders Of the Mis-


sissippi aud Of tie miners Of Lake Superior ;
certain it is that the works have been aban-
doned, leaving the quarried metal, the labori


ously wrought hammers and the ingenious
copper tools. just as they may have been left
when the shadows of the evening told their
long forgotten owners that the labors of the
day were at an end, but for which they never
returned. Nor during the centuries which
have elapsed since the forest reclaimed the
deserted trenches for It's own, does any trace
seem to indicate that native population again
sought to avail themselves of their mineral
treasures, beyond the manufacture of such
scattered fragments as lay upon the surface


London Athrneum.
Year: 1863

An ExPLosIvE.-The French navy has
found an explosive which goes through any
iron plate, however thick, and produces al ex-
plosion sufficient to blow up vessel of The
size of the Monitors. 1t is obvious that the
rebels at Charleston had DO knowledge of it !;
for most of their shots were solid, and had not
that strength of impulse peculiar to the newly
invented explosive French shot
Year: 1863




BRAG.-I have come to the conclusion that
il you want to make out anything in this
world, the surest way to do it is to brag. Ii
makes no difference what your calling is, just
make people think yon know it all, and you
will slip along well enough. 1t isn't those
persons that haze the m-st education that
have the most influence in society, for the
reason that the best educated make the least
show the more man knows. the less he
thinks he knows. Bat the world, taken as
whole, lock to the outside, and those who
make the most show and The most noise gene
rally have the name Of being the smartest.-
Now, DO not say anything eainst education;
I would that everybody should gain all they
can for their own Pleasure if nothing else but
do say, that though your head may be cram
med full Of all the ol7gi5s" under tha sun. and
though you may speak every language ifyou
cannot speak the language of brag. and tell
what You know, somebody with not half your
sense will get ahead of you. SO my advice i,
brag. Are you mechanic? Brag. Make
people lhiak you understand every crook and
turn Of your trade-tell how mach YOU can
do and stick to it." II you have profes
sion brag it up-tell how much business you
have, and you will be very likely to get more
Are you a minister? Tell how smart you are
and how well you can preach. B7ag of your
elequence and you VIII find your milk and
water discourses will slip down as easy as
though they bore the "rng of the true metal"
Do you teach ideas to shoot? Make every,
body think You know all there is to know
cultivate the gift Of brag, and you Will be a
popular teacher.


Do yon say This is strange philosophy .
Ask yourself If it is not true. Go where YOU
will. aud pick out those persons who exercise
the most influence over the crowd and see if
it is not those who possesses this self sufficient
Dragging propensity. If you don't have a
good opinion Of Yourself. who wiS Again !
say to everybody, brag.
Year: 1863

TIE new process for saving fine quartz gold
has been put in operation at the Poverty Point
Mil near this city. The main feature in the
process, is the employment of electricity in
connection with the pans, in the same manner
that galvanizing and electrotyping by electrici
ty is accomplished. If the new process does
half that is claimed for it, in saving fine gold
it will work revolution in quartz mining in
this vicinity, and render highly valuable many
now abandoned claims Placervile News.


A FAcT.-As general thing, the rebel
troops at a long distance from Richmond have
been unsuccessful, while the farther from
Washington the greater the success Of the
Union troops. In the immediate circle Of
Richmond influence the rebel arms have tri-
umphed, while Washington influence has had
a disastrous effect on the Union armies


5. F. Call
Year: 1863

might be made a very useful institution, as
long as our city is filed with straggliog
thieves, who plant themselves on the corners
of the streets In the day time, to select their
victims for the night. Scarcely day passes
that some poor soldier is not robbed of his
hard. earned pittance by these hyenas. who
dog him from the paymasters office, to his
boarding house, the post office, places Of
unfrequensly seriously injure him, before ef-
fecting their purpose. In times like these, the
laws cannot be to rigidly enforced; and no
effort should be spared by civilian and police
to ferret out and properly secure suspicious
characters.
Year: 1863

City C0uncil.-There was . pretty fall A.
tendance at the session of tho Council yssler-
day afternoon the most important business
transacted was the adoption Of an ordinance
for tho relief Of the poor Of the city not inths
Poor House.
Year: 1863

Close at 7en-Several restaurant keepers
have been heavily fined by the Mayor for
keeping their houses open at night at later
hour than the one prescribed for Closiug BY
the City Council
Year: 1863

The friends Of this Institution will be happy
to Know that it is now id successful oper.tiop
under the Presidency of the Rev. A. G. Stacy.
we learn that an encouraging number of youpg
ladies from both North and South Ca folina
nave been enrolled, aud that others will coon
apply for admission. The rates are remarkably
low for the times. Additional information
may be obtained at this office.
Year: 1863

BY reference to all advertisement in this issue
from the Executive Department it will be seen
that Magistrates are not exempt from tho late
call for troops for the defence of the State.
Year: 1863

We tho undersigned volunteer our services
for the defence of our homes and fresidcs to
be organized into "a company Of Mounted Rifle.
men As soon ss forty names are procured, that
we may be ready to meet any raid at q mo
ments warning. upon the upper part Of our
Year: 1863

Reading maketh full man, conference q
ready man, and writing an exact man
and, therefore, if a man writes little, he had
need have great memory If he confer Iii
tie, he had need have present wit and Il
he read little, he had need have much caa
ming to seem to know that he doth not.
Year: 1863




The farmers Of Northern Illinois have
too easily given up experimenting with the
Usage Orange as 3 hedge plant. During
recent visit to Kendall county, we saw
mile after mile Of fence, grown from the
orange, that nothing could push through
None Of it was more than Six years old,
and none Of it had cost much more trouble
than an equal length Of we1l-tended corn
rows; but as q fence it was all perfect.
The region that we visited is underlaid
by permeable gravel subsol, hence is dry
and, in all seasons. arabic. To this fact is
perhaps due the SUCCESS Of the Usage in the
ncighborhood- Ifso, others in localities less
favored may possibly procure the same re-
suits, yjudiciously tile-draining the ground
along the line upon which their hedges are
to be set. This would be a large increase
in the expense; but when we consider that
the fence does not cost more than a days
labor to each quarter Of a1nile, that when
four years old it is impenetrable, and that
it will last through the lie time Of half a
dozen generations, the first outlay is really
small. Three-inch tiles Of the best quality
ought to be afforded in the interior ct
about fourteen dollars per thousand feet.
The cost f1aying is as much more, unless
the farmer should do the work himself
Add to both sums the amount necessary to
set the hedge plants and trim them until
they are four years old, and nobody need
be Alarmed by the aggregate. The I'M
: proyemcnt when made is permanent, and
adds just so much as it costs to the value
Of the farm that is benefited thereby. We
beg our agricultural friends to look into
the matter.
Year: 1863

ther say that We, who have escaped the raw
eyes Of war on our own soil, have in our turn
got to suffer 60. They say we will haye civil
wur among ourselves, and point to our own
papers, which they read daily, as their author
ity for their hope and belief.


The press has great power, for the moment,
cyen though 1t be In league With the devil.
As a citizen Of great republic, which long
to see free, I demand that every newspaper
den Of treason ut the North be smoto hip and
thigh and sNeneed forever. Few Of US ut.
home realize what our brave, self.sacridcingg
brothers, eons md friends hare to endure in
the field. Their task is a terrible one at the
best. Our manly, sacred duty and privilege
is to give them what aid We can, Above all,
let US not add to their. task By suffering the
mighty press to send hope and encourage


mcnt to the enemies Of the Republic We are
false. to our own cause while We suffer it.
White our soldiers beat down armed foes in
the field, let us crush TREASON far more foul
and slimy at home. wish I could speak as
strongly rs feel. Let any man with heart
visit the. South, and he will come back to his
Northern home, resolved that treason to the
Republic and to man shall not triumph at the
North, and that the sunnicst region Of, our
land shnll not be wrenehed from us and given
over to a barboric civilization.
4 FRIEND OF bIAH AaD FREEDoA.
Year: 1863

We are glad to hear from the East that
the doctrines Of Cox aud Va1landigham
find little favor with the so-callcd Democ-
racy Of New York and New England.
They see that the dishonor Of the last a1ld
the ruin Of the first are involved in what
the traitors propose. Even New York, it
appears, has walked up to the fact that if
her Woods and Ryndc1s prevail, she will
be compelled to struggle for second place
in the new Union that her politicians would
create. We thought SO.
Year: 1863

THE SHIP CANAL.


The following Is the rote on laylng on the
table the bill to construct ship canal for the
passage Of armed and naval vessels from tue
Mississippi to Lake Michigan, aud for other
purposes. The vote is regarded rs test
Year: 1863

It will he seen that every member from
New England votedIagainst laying the bill on
the table, and thus in favcr Of this great mea-
sure. Would it not be 4 good plan to crafty
the gopperheads, and leave New England out
in the cold ?
Year: 1863

dsd, that we should be cautious and calm in our
conversation for in case of too loud talk or excite
mcnt, we might "get the Seventh Corps to run
ming" The occasion and the peculiar droery of
the expression are ndescribable, and the victims
themselves were obliged to hugh. They bore our
joking with remarkably good humor.


Monday night we pitched our tents on the reb-
ell soil OF the Rappahannock Tuesday We finished
our Journey and from the length Of my letter,
think it high time that that was flushed too.


ANTI REBEL.
Year: 1863

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN Rgs
ELDoM.-Peter Cooper, the we'll known New
York millionaire. in letter to Gov, Seymour, de-
Tending the policy Of the Government, thus
speaks of the Emancipation Proclamation;


al learn direct from Mr.. Dean, the Provost
Marshal Of ST. Louis, that the Proclamation Of
Freedom has done more TO weaken the rebellion
and prevent the foreign recognition than any
other measure that could have been adopted.
On his late visit to my house he informed me
that he had brought on a large number Of rebel
officers and men to be exchanged at Fortress
Monroe. During their passage he took the op-
portuEity to ask the officers in a body what effect
the Presidents Proclamation of Freedom had
produced in the South. Their reply was TO uss
their own vulgar mode OF expression that ii
had played hell with them Mr.. Dean iher
asked them how that could be possible, since th,
negroes cannot resd' 10 which one Of them re
Piled that one Of his negroes had told him Of th,
proclamation FIVE days before he heard il an,
other way. Others said their negroes gave then


their first information Of the proclamation. On,
Of these officers then said th defiant air, tina


if we would only leave them their corn, their ba
con and their home'pun, which their negroes pro
duced, they would fight us twenty years."
Year: 1863

lam PREPARED TO MAKE ALL KINDS
Il OF Steam Boilers, stationary or portable have
every facility for doing good work that good ma
chirery and good workmen can give, and all work
entrusted TO me will lie made under my personal


Workmen sent to any part of the City and
country to do repairing. j APPS
Year: 1863

RELIGION being the source of all good
morals, it renders men happy on earth by
giving them patience. which sustains
them in misfortune; charity, which makes
them love their fellow creatures, and 9TH
er virtues, all of which tend to their
preservation and felicity in this world
and in the other.