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Year: 1864

to foot with blue bruises and wheels and
cuts inflicted by the ponderous iron work,
the splinters and the enormous weight OF
the train. The bodies were cleared from
the wreck and carried into the upper story
of the shed on the wharf below the bridge,
the lower part of which had been Uttered
with straw for the wounded. The debris
around them was covered with shreds OF
their clothing, pieces of bread, trinkets,
and coins, gun-stOcks, implements OF every
description, torn books and papers, tin cups,
boots and shoes, and an innumerable num-
Der of other articles. A great many of the
dead were evidently asleep, or the majority
of them had taken off their boots and coats
in the endeavor to make themselves as COM
Portable as possible. They lay heaped one
upon another like sacks, and dressed in the
traditional blue clothing of the German
people, and, as we have already stated,
were almost undistinguishable from the
blood and bruises with which they were
covered. AS the second car swung round
on its chain mass of eight bodies, as close
ly packed as they could well be, became ap-
parent. The lower tier consisted of chill
dren and young man. while above them
were two girls and boy, and on the top OF
the pile well-built man, Of powerful
frame, who lay on his back, with car
wheel resting on his throat, completely
cOncealing his face from view. The prob
abilities are that it was so shattered by the
wheel as to be unrecognizable. One of his
hands lay by his side and was quite black
with blood. 1t is supposed that from twenty
to thirty bodies are still in the river.
Year: 1864

An army letter relates the following: "a
very curious piece of strategy, which took
place the other day, shows that the Won
ders of Cooper's Indian heroes have not
ceased. One of the Fourteenth New York
Artillery Seneca Indian, l believe, from
the western part of the State-undertook
on wager to bring in alive rebel sharp
shooter, who was perched in tree in front
of our line, considerably in advance of his
own. His manner of accomplishing this
was as ingenious as successful, and rivals
the 'deviltry' of any of the Misunderstanding
redskins. Procuring quantity of pine
boughs, he enveloped himself with them
from head to foot, attaching them securely
to branch, which he lashed lengthwise of
his body. When completed he was indis-
tinguishable to casual observer from the
surrounding foliage and resembled Il tree
as closely as it was possible for his really
artistic efforts to render him. Thus prepared,
and with musket in hand, concealed likewise,
he stole by almost imperceptible movements
to beneath the tree where the sharpshooter
was lodged. Here he patiently waited un-
til his prey had emptied his piece at one of
our men, when he suddenly brought his
musket to bear upon the 'reb,' giving him
no time to reload. The sharpshooter was
taken at disadvantage. To the demand to
come down he readily assented, when the
Indian triumphantly marched him q pris-
oner into camp and won his wager.
Year: 1864

AN old bachelor in New York offered q
young lady pony for kiss. She gave
him the kiss. He refused her the pony
She sued him. He pleaded mo considera-
ton" The Court decided that kiss was
legal consideration. Certainly it has often
been matter of earnest consideration with
us, and, we have no doubt with good
many other young fellows.
Year: 1864

On the lst DAY Of Jan. next. the STAR
l. CHRONICLE vii open new Nail Book,
and inser; therein the names Of those only
who have paid or shall pay in ADV ANCE,
(We except only Soldiers, sratuitous pa
psrs, and those who have other or running
accounts BY the Cash System We have
thu. far veathered the storm reasonably
we'll. and little more rigid adherence TO
it We think will carry our paper through
Let Gold and oil 90 up or down, we
mean 70 run" our machine in the good
old way" Those who wish to assist in
this plan, please send in your money, by
msil or otherwise as You think bcst. We
prefer Greenb,cks-but take the genuine
hostage currency and want most kinds
Of Produce in exchange for the News


We make no new promises for the tu-
fure-ouly. that We hope the condition Of
public affairs may no, require SO much
political discussion, the coming year, and
ours may therefore be more generally a
family and county paper.
Year: 1864

Carneys organs are just now making terrible
ado over the fact that the President refused te
accept two regiments of one hundred days men
The President, Secretary Of War. and General
Halleck. are receiving the abuse of the Frauds
for thus refusing te impose . draft upon our
State. Five thousand ahead of all calls. yet our
valiant Fraud Of Governor must make tender
OF two thousand more. Where and how could
he raise two thousand more men in Kansas 7
The State is totally drained, and if he was honest
In his desire to protect the State, and advance
its interests. why not make demand for troops.
One OF his organs at Leavenworth unwitsiuely
remarked that had he received authority to raise
these troops. he would through the commissions
to be issued bring about q revolution in the in.
terest of Fremont. The demagogue sought 70
thus burthen our people for the accomplishment
OF his Own base objects.
Year: 1864

Gen. Grant is represented by those who
have to day come up from headquarters, to
be PEI fectly satisfied with the result of his
operations before Petersburg, and to have
said that bis losses were not disproportion-
ate to the advantages won, nor at al in
excess of bis estimate of the sacrifces in
evitably necessary for the attacking army
TO make.
Year: 1864

Br Why, we are often asked does not
the administration order tie re arrest of
Val. The President knows full well that
to re-arrest Val. by his military satraps
without due process of law, will touch off
u magazine the consequence of which will
be fearful.
Year: 1864


Z A man is taller in the morning that at
night to the extent of half an inch, owing
to the relaxation of cartilages. The hu-
man brain is the twenty-eighth Of the
human body, but that Of the horse but
the tour hundredths. Ten days per an
mum is the average amount of sickness
during human life. About the age of
thirty six the lean man generally becomes
fatter and the fat man leaner. Richter
has enumerated six hundred distinct spe-
cies of disease in the eye. The pnlse of
children is about one hundred and eighty
in minute; at puberty it is eighty, and
at sixty It'll only sixty. One pair of pigs
will,increase in six years to one hundred
and nineteen thousand one hundred and
sixty, taking the increase at TOUR pigs per
annum. I: A pair of sheep in the same
time increase to but sixty four A sin
gle female house-fy produces in one sea-
SON twenty million eighty thousand three
hundred and twenty eggs. The fee. To-
Gust and, grass hopper jump two hundred
times their own length, equal to a quar-
ter of mile, for q man. -.
Year: 1864

The streets of our towns and cities
swarm every night with children let
loose from parental restraint. The warm
tmptatien too stronR to be withstood-
The little ones plead earnestly to go aud
play only for few minutes, and refu-
sal would almost break their little hearts
as the gentle mother is coaxed into COM
pliauce Yet could that mother but step
outupou the street, aud watch aud listen
unobseved for but single, FIVE minutes
to the example that's is set. before her
ehildeand the lessons be is learning, she
would hide her face in shame to find that


minds SO young could be so polluted, and
'shudder with horror to reflect upon what.
must be tho consequeces of src1 associa-
tions upon the future destinles of the
young immortal soul committed to her
charge. We know that each fond moth
er thinks her darling is naturally so well
disposed and has been so correctly trained
that there can be no danger of his being
led very far asaay. So vital an error
willsbffng its own punishment; when the
mother f1ds her heart crushed and her
life 5embittered by the sins and crimes Of
her darling boy.


The infant soul may come forth from
its Makers hand pure as the snowflake
ere it falls; but it is as impossible that it
should not be degraded by wicked associ-
ates, as that the snowflake should remain
uDsullied after being trodden into. the
muck and mire of the street. For in the
street, beyond the restraining preseucelof
their parents, under cover OF the gather
ing night, beys emulate each other In
profane and vulgar language, obscene and
indecent conduct, and lawless and riotous
behavior. And these boys are not mis-.
erable "brats" from the haunts Of vice
and iniquity. but. the hopeful sens Of our
bankers, merchants, professional men,
christian men, respectable men in every.
way. In the most aris.ocTatic streets Of
the city, no decent woman can walk the
length of block without having to force
her way through crowd Of Insulting, OBJ
scene, blaspheuhors bedlamites, and bless
ing the city fathers, who are SO consider,
ate to her bushes as to not flood the,
street with gaslight. The extravagant
assertion of Sir Bowie Roche almost ceas-
ed to be an exaggeration-whe bespoke
OF 'cnliuren TOO young TO Walk or talk,
running about the street and cursins
their Maker"


Kind mother, if you love your boy-if
you would not have him continually revel
in areeking pit of pollution beyond all
language to describe, keep him from the
street after dark. Win him if you can,
compel him if you must. He will thank
you forit by and by. The first step to
the. State prison and the gallows is the
step that takes the boy out of the eats
and into the street safter sunset, when
daylight fades; make home pleasant to
Jour children, by kind words, interesting
books, handsome pictures, or harmless
amusements. But at all events, forbid
them the streets, for it is the highway to
temporal and eternal ruin.
Year: 1864

sar A Democratic paper consoles it's
elf as follows: cit is no shame to be-
long to the minority. Noah and ibis fam.
lily were in the minority, while .the vast
majority went to destruction, pretty much
as they are doing now
Year: 1864

TAKE a rose that is faded, and after
throwing some common sulphur on a
chatting dish Of hot Goals, hold the rose
over the fumes and and it will become
quite white. Then dip it into a basin
of water, and giving it to any one, tell
him to pat it into his drawer or box, and
close the place tightly. Five or SIX
hours afterwards tell him to open the
box, and he will find to his astonish-
ment, instead of the white rose he put
there, one perfectly red.
Year: 1864

HERE come creeping, creeping everywhere
By the dusty roadside,


On tie sunny hillside,


Close by the noisy brook,


In every shady nook.
! come creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here I come creeping. smiling everywhere
All round the open door,


Where sits the aged poor,


Here where the children play


In the bright and merry May,
I come creeping. creeping everywhere
Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere;
In the noisy city street,


Ny pleasant face you'll meet,


Cheering the sick at heart,


Toiling his busy part,
Silently creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here l come creeping, creeping everywhere
You cannot see me coming,


Nor hear my low sweet humming;
For in the starry night.


And the glad morning light,
come quietly creeping everywhere
Here come creeping, creeping everywhere
More welcome than the flowers
In sum mers pleasant houls;


The gentle cow is glad,


And the merry bird not sad,
To see me creeping, creeping everywhere.
Here | come creeping, creeping everywhere;
When you re numbered with the dead,
In your still and narrow bed,


In the happy spring III come,


And deck your silent home.
Creeping, silently creeping every where.
Here come creeping, creeping everywhere
Ny hamble song of praise


Most gratefully raise


To Him at whose command


beautify the land,
Creeping, silently creeping everywhere.
Year: 1864

Honor AMONG THIErEs.-A


tlemen went with friend to the d
and arrived before the doors were
While waiting in the crowd, staI 4
behind his friend, he amused himsd
picking the pocket of the latter
stracting therefrom a handkerchiI
Hardly had he done so when hd
tapped on the shoulder, and on tuI
round he saw gentlemanly lookin
diyidual, who handed him his own


box with a polite bow, observing th
never knowingly Operated on a b
er professional, and was sorry thd
had made such q mistake"
Year: 1864

a ScorcH paper speaks of a fox
ing been seen trying to spring tr
means Of a stick he carried in his I'd
We knew fox once that took a
pole from the well and pushed Il
off from the lower limb of a tree
it, and put the pole back in its pla
At least he got the turkey, an
well pole was found all right i
morning.
Year: 1864

MY books viii show that for the past hve months
my practice has Increased hundred per cent. over
the last year. until it is not TO be surpassed BY any
in the State. With my general practice in the city
/ treat the following
Year: 1864

Young MarIied ladies whose misfortune Il has
been not to bring forth in due season, remember
God hiss said you should multiply and replenish. II
this is your desire you can consult me either by
letter or in person. No lady thirty-dve years
of age iced make application. All communications
bH Letter or paraOn strcllY CONFIDENTIAL.
Year: 1864

WHAT Do YOU Think OF THE NEWS FROM GEoR
GA ls the question now most frequently asked
What any thi0k of the news but that it is bad
news? There is no Disgusting the fact that we have
sustained there: aGd there would be no
use il Disgusting it, even were disguise possible.


Locking the matter fairly in the face nothing exten.
uatjDg, se should nothing exaggerate nor set down
ought in malice. Yet things are exagger-
ated ard things set down in malice
The etCtious at the North are near at hand and the
INC1LN papers will exaggerate any and all the success
es achieved at any point OVER the Confederates.
They have announced the recent transactions in
Georgia IS the death-blow OF the rebel
lon," and they have proclaimed the end of the war,
through Nyrthern success, at hand This they
have done before with stronger cause and with even
less motive. We need not be surprised to hear all the
organs of Lincolndom raise grand shout of triumph,
row that triumph the appearance of triumph, is es
santia to their political salvation. We must not al
low tie explosions and vatcnations of the Abolition
papers to fright us from propriety. Neither
again, must We attach too much Importance to TIL
uterancas of opposition in the Conederacy, some
times sprngirg from honest motives and some.
times the expression OF personal malice or
political urcba,ableness, but 10 either case capable





told you So" audirg more directly to the removal
Of General JOHNSTON, and the assignment of General
HOoD TO the command of our Iargest Western army
The uufriends of President DAVIS are willing to
harp upon this string not because they love General
JoHSsToS, bu because they hate Mr.. DAVIS while of
course, as We know, General JOHNSTON has many true
AID sccere. and patriotic admirers, whose feelings OF
admiration for and attachment to that eminent soldier
7ere shocked by his being set asde and who will
naturally look the dark side of any disaster expert
enced by army under other leadership these sin
cere friends General JOHNSTON not to be cassed
with the mere baters of Mr. DAVIS still their views
however honestly entertained must be taken with al
most as many grains Of allowance.


1t evident, then, that everything tends to give the
darkest coioiDg to public opinion in reference to
af4rs in Georgia. The Yankees exaggerate for po-
ical purpose easily understood. The domestic groR
the Confederate administration do the same thing
for purposes even mere reprehensibe, and the ardent
admirers Of General JOHNSTON, attrbuting all disasters
TO the removal of their favourite not In frame of
mind fitting them for forming clear judgment of events


certainly not for taking cheerful view of the "situ-
alton"


We have had heavy blow; it remains with ourselves
to say whether it sha! be "great discouragement"-
We think the p1bc spirit will soon spring up strong,
healthy and elastic and ready to breast any storm that
may come, ard TO it back. We have ssen darker
hours than this, aud 'scaped them too and We will
escape this surely
Year: 1864

HOME MANUFAoruRERs-Many of our most wealthy,
lntegent and lovely young ladies have gone into the
manufacturing business, and some of them told
have made it quite profitable. Hat cap and bonnet
factories have sprung n every direction and almost
every man you meet wears an elegant hat present
ed to him by of these home manufacturing estab-
ishments. Our girls have become really in6ustrious,
they make beautiful cloth out of raw material, and then
make it up into clothing for the soldiers they make
beautiful hats for their fathers brothers, sweehears and
themselves they make beautiful palmetto fans some
of them make their Shoes and when the war is
they will make the very best of wives.


Brandon Republican.
As in Mississippi, 30 in North Carolina. The La
dies find that they do many things that they
dreamed of till taught by necessity, the mother Of in
vention." We are now wearing beautiful Palmetto
hat, made expressly present for US by one of the
class enumerated in the last line of the Repubcans
paragraph. [She has forbidden the mention of her
name


On Saturday last we saw 10 market neat and sub
santa straw and palmetto hats for ladies and gentle
men in four different carts, showing that the mapuac-
;ure is extending. And gentleman brought to cur
Office several very pretty wreahs for ladies' bonnets
head dresses made of white feathers little sealing
wax, wire, &C. They were made by Miss McGeachy
of Robson county, and show both skill and taste.


Fayetteville Observer
Year: 1864

THERE s enc thing that puzzles yea, two things
We DO not understand. The first is to know the pre-
else value OF Wheeers Cavalry and the second is to
ind out where be and they ars and what they are do
Ing. While Hood is pressed to death by overwhel
ming numbers and the halt the lame and The blind are
called upon TO come up to the assistance of our main
army in Georgia, Wheeler is said to have gone off
phianderng into Kentucky-a perfectly fruitless piece
OF folly. Start youth at the head of lot of mounted
men, no matter for what purpose, and the next you
hear of him, is in Kentucky or at the devil
Year: 1864

FRoS BELow-It is stated that the enemy 10 camp
at Cedar Point has struck his tents and embarkDg
health or something else not to be found at the Point


A few shots were heard yesterday from the direction
of Cedar Point 1t is supposed that they part
ng salute to the enemy given to his rear this change
of his base Hfobie Tribune, 4h inst,
Year: 1864

AS the eyes of the whole country ere turned to the
theatre of active hoetties in Georgia we have though
it best to copy everything tending to throw light
that subject The following is from the Augusta Con-
stitut,onalis of Monday evening. Things are not so
bad after all -
Year: 1864

Somebody who knows says that when
two or more women approaching you on a
narrow walk fall behind one another to let
you pass. you may be sure they are ladies
ofupcommon politeness and consideration
The usual course pursued by women is to
charge all abreast, sweeping every body
into the mud - SD.
Year: 1864

OF fairies that sent, in good times of old,
Rich bauquets, and jewels, and purses OF COLDS
Not about little Riding Hood crossing the moor
Was the wolf that she met like our wcif at the
Year: 1864

BY the late news from Europe we learn
that the war cloud which has been hang
ing over our country for nearly three
years has extended its shadow to the
Eastern hemisphere. War, like most
other diseases which periodically attack
the family of nations, must run its course,
and therefore it is hardly to be be ex-
pected that the brand lighted by the
great rebellion in America could burn so
fiercely without igniting the slumbering
brands in other parts of the world. The
spark has caught in Europe, and the toe
sin of war now sounding in the Schleswig
imbroglio bids fair to awaken the echoes
of battle throughaut the continent. To
group the European war and the growing
prospect of its further advance in single
paragraph, it would seem that the differ
cnt nations, great and small, are about
entering on new series of the old Napo-
leonic idea of universal war.


While we deplore the necessity for war
at all, yet in our own sad experience We
do not owe much sympathy to England
and France, the great powers at present
behind the curtain. They have not dealt
honestly by us, as good national neigh
bors should do, and they may yet reap
their reward in troubles with their own
happy families. The war phase in Europe
now presents the following picture to the
world:-The Danes and Germans in ac-
tual conflict; the Polish rising still afoot;
Garibaldi's call upon the Italians, which
will doubtless turn up to some account in
the general war fever; the Hungarian
declaration will no doubt bring forth fruit
in due season; the English troubles with
the New Zealand natives, and their neV-
er-ending troubles in the Celestial Empire
not forgetting Japan; then we have France
and Spain, who, finding at present no
particular outlet at home for their militia
ry spirit, must come over the water to in
dulge the charm of their old renown in the
passage of arms. France has taken hold
of Mexico, and Spain is engaged in the
West India Islands.


1t would appear from the above group
ing that the European Powers are pretty
well engaged for the present, with fair
prospect Of much work in the future. This
will do for the Old World, and now we
come to the New. We have here the
great American Rebellion, which absorbs
all the interest on this side of the Atlant-
ic; but it has nearly run its course. and
the kindling of the fire in Europe will
draw the intensity of the flame away from
us, and the war cloud will settle over
Europe. At least, if they smoother its
burning embers there; they will have
enough to do to prevent fresh outbreak
to let us alone, and that is all we ask.
Year: 1864

A despatch from Boston says that the
Rebel pirate Tuscaloosa has been seized
in the harbor at Cape Town by the Brit
ish authorities, for violation of the neu-
trality laws in landing portion of her
captured cargo on that coast. This is de-
cidedly good news for the neutrality
question, and if true, it proves that the
British Government has vigilant officers
at Cape Town, or that the Home Govern
meht has turned over new leaf and is
now going to carry out the golden rule,
as good in diplomacy and in the law of
nations as it is in morals, to do unto 9TH
ers as ye would wish that they should do
INTO you. While the Tuscatod;a appears
to be in quod, the accounts about the
Alaboma seem to be at sea. The latest
report places her thirty miles south of
Land Head, ner Calcutta, while previous
intelligence had her at Annoy, in China,
with the Wyoming keeping watch and
guard over her. But wherever she may
be it is certain her course is now nearly
run, when the English Government show
the right telling, as they have in the case
of the Tuscaloosa, to give full effect to
the neutrality laws which should govern
the nations of the earth in spirit and
truth. .-Phiiadclphia Inquirer.
Year: 1864

F0oD AND TREATMENT FOR HENs.-Lin-
seed meal is found to be great promoter
of egg-laying. Mixed with scalded meal
or shorts, or with sour milk, it is readily
eatens and is good substitute for animal
food and insects. Hens like Indian corn
better than any other grain, and it is their
cheapest food. For confning hens, a
covered room with dry earth floor, is
much better than an open yard, which
the rain keeps in a filthy state mnch of
the time. With sand to roll in, hens
may be confined under cover the whole
season Half an hour before sunset they
should be let out to range over the yard
and garden. They will then be too busy
picking grass, gravel, &C., to scratch and
do mischief, being always in hurry to
return to the roost before twilight. Hens
thus kept will more than twice pay their
keeping, if not too old to lay well. Two
or three days imprisonment in a coop
will break up Black Spanish hens from
sitting, and they soon commence laying
again if properly fed. It is only prof
table for villager to raise few early
chickens to renew his laying stock, as
chickens are great and increasing feeders,
eating when grown, much more than old
fat hens.