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Year: 1861

Says the MEMPHIS AVALANCHE of the eth


1t is discreditable TO our city that the work of
military organization has been delayed thus
long. What impression must il make on the
minds of the thousands of brave men who pass
through Memphis on their way to camps and
iortrcsses, intended for her defence, to see her
streets crowded with stalwaTt men and not a
company drilling, not flag flying and not a
note Of martial music saluting the ear II
must discourage their zeal and dampen their
ardor to see such an exhibition of apathy where
they had a right to expect the hveliest display
Of martial enthusiasm. They have read the
proceedings Of our grand mass meeting our
solve our eloquent address, depicting the dan =.
ger Of Memphis, and calling the entire valley to
arms for her defence but on coming here and
vitnessiDg the perfect NonchdIance with which
Year: 1861

THE ACCOMMODATIONS FoR SKATERS
the Central Park Lake will be mate rally j
creased this season by the ercsion OF 20 ne :
or eight new houses, which are now being bu
on the margin Of the lake.
Year: 1861

~ HEADACHE is the favcrite sign by which nature
makes known any deviation whatever from the natural
state OF The brain, and viewed in this light il may be look
cd on as safeguard intended give notice OF disease
which might oberwise escape attention. till too late be
remedicd; and its indications should never be neglected
Headaches may he classified under two names, viz -
Symptomauc and ldopathic. Symptomatic Headache is
exceedingly common and is the precursor of great va
Iiety OF diseases, among which are Apoplexy, Gout,
rheumatism and all frbre diseases In its nervous form
it Is sympathetic of disease of the stomach constituting
sick headache, of hepatic disease constituting bilious
headache OF worms constipation and other disorders of


the bowels, as well renal and uterine affections Dis
eases of the heart very frequently attended with
Headaches; An9mia and PLETHORA also affections
which frequently occasion headache ldopathic Head
ache H also very common being usually distinguished BY
the name of nervous hvadoche sometimes coming on sud-
denly in state of apparently sound health and prosra-
ing at once the mental and physical energies and in 9TH
or instances it comes slowly heraded BY depression OF
spirits acerby of temper In most instances the pain
is in the front of the head, both eyes, and
sometimes provoking vomiting; under this clls may al
so Re named Neuralgia.


For the treatment Of either class of Headache the Ceph-
alic Pills have been found and safe remedy re-
levng the most acute pains in few minutes and by is
subtle power eradcsting the diseases of which Headache
s the unerring index:
Year: 1861

OVER EXCITEMENT, aud the mental care and anxiety
incident to close attention to business or study are
among the numerous caGsos of Nervous Headache The
disordered of mind and body incident TO this dis
tressng complaint is fatal blow all energy and am
hiton. Sufferers by this disorder can always obtain
speedy relief from these distressing attacks by using one
OF the Cephalic Pills whenever the symptoms appear
1t qucs the overasked BRAIN and soothes the strained
and ang nerves and reaxes the tension of the stom.
ach which always accompanies and aggravates the dsor
dercd condition of the BRAIN
Year: 1861

~ Did you ever have the Sick Headache? Do you
remember the throbbing temples the fevered brow, the
loathing and dgust at the sight of food. How totally
unfit you for pleasure conversation study. One
of the Cephalc Pills would have relieved you from all
the suffering which you then experienced For this and
other purposes you should always have box of them
hand TO use occasion requires.
Year: 1861

GREAT DIscovERY.-AmOng the most important Of f'l
the great medical discoveries thi5 age may be cons
cred the system of vaccination for protection from Small
Pox the Cephslic Pill for relief OF Headache and the
Of Qunine FOR the prevention of Fevers either Of
which is specific, whose benefits will be experience
ed by suffering humanity long after their dscoverers
forgotten.
Year: 1861

DR. WARNER, with grateful thanks, has
the honor to inform the ladies and gentlemen of
Memphis, that through the kind and liberal
patronage which he has received from them, he
has been induced to settle here permanently
and become citizen of Memphis. He consid-
ers it unnecessary, in this connection, to pub
lish tie hundreds Of


HGtEeriIsg TeSGiBssoni0Is
Which be has received from gentlemen Of the
highest respectability, in this city and else
where. They are IN his possession and open
for the inspection of all, but the reference be.
low are Of a nature that viii sbundanily satisfy
al who peruse them.
Year: 1861

In the operation Of watering polted
plants persons not familiar with plant col.
iure are apt to make serious mistakes.
CulIlvators find by experience that ae ex-
cess Of water at the roots is very iniuri.
to almost all plants, and hence il is usual
10 direct that great caution be used in the
application of water, especially in the
winter. The result is, that frequently
the opposite extreme is fallen into, 10 the
great injury Of the plants. From the
moment that the soil becomes so far dried
Taat the iibres Of the roots cannot absorb
moisture. Some plants can bear this loss
Of water with more impuniiy than others;
some again, and the erica family among
the rest, are ia this way destroyed. The
object IN watering should be 10 prevent
this stage Of dryness being reached, a.
least during the time the plant is growing.
and al all times in the case Of those Of
very rigid structure at the same time
that excess which would sodden the soil
aud gorge the plants is also avoided
NIthIn these limits the most experienced
persons may follow sound directions for
the application Of water with safety, bat
whatever water is given TO pot plants
enough fhould be employed 10 wet the
soil thoroughly. and the difference be-
tween plants that require more or less
water should be made by watering more
or less frequently, and not by giving
greater or less quantities at one time
Year: 1861

worked together which are matched about
in this same way. II is not an easy mat
ter 10 find pair Of horses well-not to
say perfecily-maiched in every respect;
and we regard the thing as impossible,
unless they are Of the same blood on both
side. In market II is essential 20 a good
price that horses offered IN pairs should be
of equal size, similarity Of build, and
col0fed alike TO a shade. These qualities
are Of importance as affecting the market
value of horses offered for sale as match
ed pairs, but there are, in our opinion
other considerations Of vastly more i'm
portance as affecting the real value of
matched horses. They should have the
same temperament; that is, one should
not be quick aud nervous, always ready 10
start at the first signal, aud the olher
SLOW and phelgmatic. never ready 10 move
until started by the whip; and a pair Of
horses perfectly matched in SIZE and color,
bat Of different actions. are i'll matched.
Therefore a span Of well matched horses
should have the same spirit, action, tenn
perament, gait and disposition, as well as
color, from and size.


Then again matched horses should be
gated alike when they walk or irot
Many horses that well together cannot
walk together, because one may naturally
walk fast and the Other slow, aud the fast
walker takes more than his share Of the
load, while the OlheNis greatly worried
TO keep pace with his mate, and ambition
and courage never can make up for a
natural slow walking gait; and although
pair Of horses may move along together
when upon a walk because the slow walk
er has the disposition to keep up with his
mate, yet he is worried in performing what
his mate does with the most perfect ease.
In matching, or selecting pair of match
ed horses, there are many things TO be
taken into account, besides color, size, &c.


As we nave said above, it is a difficult
thing to get a pair of horses well match
ed unless they are the same blood on both
sides. A spirited, sprightly ambitious
nervous Morgan never will work we'll
with dead mettled dunghill Thorough
br, ds of the same stock have a similarity
Of temperament, disposition and gait, if
not of size and color; and when they are
found to ma ch III color aud size, the same
discrepancies do not exist between them
as between dunghllIs. Take the different
families of Morgans, aud if kept pure,
they will be found to possess the same
general leading characteristics. and when
got together make valuable pairs. In
this view of the subject of horse raising,
who can doubt that the wisest, cheapest
and best to bestow great care upon the
stock used for breeders 2---.Amsrican


Stock Journal.
Year: 1861

The following suggestions in reference
TO the wool trade Of the West are made
in Walter Browns New York Circular q
the lst instant:


For our numerous friends il The West.
who may be interested 10 the new CLIO.
we would remark ilat the prospect for
home demand for their wool seems very
discouraging, owing to The great scarcity
OF money among manufactures, ard with
the Bank both East and West. Most Of
those who have in former seasons visited
the West to lay in their stocks, have
either been forced by The siagnalion in
trade 20 stop their mills, or al least can
only manage TO buy N market for their
immediate wants. The entire uncertain.
ly Of the future clearly prescribes the
latter as The only prudent course, even IL
the former were practicable. In pros
porous times the trade farmer or store.
keeper in Ohio or Michigan may find q
buyer at his door almost any fine morn
ing IN the shason; but when, as al pres
ent, the whole business Of the country is
IN great measure paralyzed, the little
remaining vitality is only 10 be found in
the great commercial centers. Il seems,
therefore evident that the best way 10 sell
wool will be to send il TO the market
where consumers must necessarily, in the
regular course Of lheir business, como in
contract with it. As to prices which
ought to be paid for wool and which grow.
ers ought to expect, we think that such
portion Of the wool as is sold in the West
at clipping time, will range in price from
POO to 33c for the usual qualities in good
condition-most Of TIE better lots proba.
bly, selling FOR abou, SOC, and very choice
clips going as high as Csc. The last are
not at present desirable, and we presume
a large portion Of the best clips will be
Wisely held by growers for an improved
demand.


Our annexed quotations are probably
from 2 to Be per pound above what could
be realized for new wool, on a full market.
Lots arriving early may bring yearly OF
quite our quotations.
Year: 1861

WILL give for good ast-off clothing the high
L Cot cash prices in gold. All kinds wanted.
Call before selling elsewhere l also have large
stock Of nice new clothing, which am selling at
extreme low prices for CASH. All, therefore,
who have good clothes for sale can get the high
est cash price here, and buy at the lowest as
buy and sell for cash.


Come and see. No. 1858 D street, between
Ninth and Tenth. ieb l6-ly
Year: 1861

AFTER THE BATTLE.
The drums are a,e all muffled the buglers are


still;
There's pause in the valley-a halt on the hill;
And bearers of standards swerve back with


thrill,


Where sheaves of the dead bar the way
For a great field is reaped, Heavens garners to


fill,


And stern Death holds his harvest to-day.
There's q voice in the wind like spirits low
'Tis the muster-roll sounding-and who shall


reply2
For those whose wan faces glare white to the


sky,


With eyes fixed 30 steadfast and dimly,
AS they wait that last trump which they may


not delay


Whose hands clutch the sw ord -hilt SO grimly.
The brave heads, late lifted are solemnly bowed,
And the riderless chargers stand quivering and


cowed,
AS the burial requiem is chanted aloud,
The groans Of the death stricken drowning;
While Victory looks on like a queen, pale and


proud,


Who awaits till the morrow her crowning
There is no mocking blazon, as clay sinks to
The vain pomps of the peace time are all swept


away
In the terrible face of the dread battle day
For cofins nor Surroundings are here;
Only relics that lay where thickest the fray
A rent casque and a headless spear.
Far away, tramp on tramp, peals the march Of


the foe,
Like storm waves retreating, spent, ftfu, and


slow,
With sounds like their spirits that faint as they
By your red glowing river whose waters
Shall darken with sorrow the land where they


flow


To the eyes of her desolate daughters.
They are fed; they are gone but Oh not as


they came,
In the pride of those numbers they staked on


the game;
Never more shall they stand in the vanguard Of


fame,


Never lift the stained sword which they drew
Never more ehall they boast of glorious name
Never march with the leal and the true.
Where the wreck of our legions lay stranded ant


lorn,
They stole on our ranks in the midst of thu


morn
Like the giant OF GAIA their strength it wa


shorn


Ere those mists had rolled up to the sky;
From the flash Of our steel a new day breal


seemed born,


And we sprung up--to conquer or die.
The tumult is silenced, the death lots are cast ;
And the heroes of battle are slambering thei


last.
Doyou dream of yon pale form that rode on tn


blast2


Would ye free it once mora, Oh ye brave?
Yes! the broad road to Honor is red where y


passed,


And of glory ye asked but-a grave
Year: 1861

CLEANING GUN BARRELs.-We see in the
Scientific American and other papers recipes
for cleaning gun barrels. They are all open to
the objection, that they involve the use of water,
thus requiring time to dry the barrels and in.
curing the danger Of rest. We give a method
used by scientific sportsmen in England with
success: get a quantity of quicksilver, which
can be kept in strong pill box, and when the
barrel is foul, place the thumb on the nipple,
pour the quicksilver in at the mouth, and then
run it up and down for few minutes. Turn
it back into the box, and the barrel will be
perfectly clean. The mercury forms an anal
gam with the lead and removes it. The lead
can be taken from the mercury by straining.
Year: 1861

THE PERIOD IN WHICH Coal WAS FORMED
OF the lapse of time n the formation of our
coal fields we cannot have the faintest cOncep-
ton lit is only measured by Him with whom
a thousand years are as one day. But the
magnitude of time is not surpassed by the
boundeSsness of the proyidential care which
laid upon these terrestrial treasures in store
for his children, whom he was afterwards to
call into being Let them therefore dismiss
this proftIess subject with one illustration
Mr.. Maclaren, by happy train Of reasoning,
for which | refer the reader to his Geology
of Fife" arrives at the conclusion that it would
require a thousand years to form bed of coal
one yard thick Now, in the South Wales
coafed there is a thickness of coal Of more
than thirty yards, which would have required
period of 0,000 years for its formation. II
We now assume that the 49, 900 feet of sedi-
mentary materials were deposited at the aver
age rate OF two feet in a century, correspond
log to the rate of subsidence, it would have
required 3.SO7, 900 years to produce this coal
feld.-Hulrs Coal Field Of Great Britain.
Year: 1861

been safe in them ever since, and our home
now will not suffer by comparison with that
of our friends, the Bowens. With good books
and papers, can spend my leisure hours more
pleasantly and proftably at home than any
where else and the saving Of small expenses
more than pays for them, and is the secret of
success.
Year: 1861

hS- A schoolmaster, in a neighboring town
wishing to discover the talents OF his scholars
for geography, asked one of the youngest of
them, what State he lived in? The boy re-
piled


A state of sin and misery"
Year: 1861

Our railroad non comes from Wales. Agents have
TO go over there and dance attendance upou the
actures OF it, and beg tor credit in oder to build cur
railroads. he earnings uf tue roads consequently to
ton extent OF paying er such material go out of the
country, which Is made so much the poorer thereby
IL there were any necessity for this any reason fr it 10
the nature OF things, the money would be well spent
We cannot do without the roads and without the iron
Tor various other indispensable purposes We must
AaHe u. IL Is not an open question: But are we
coiged 10 20 three thousand miles for It? On the
contrary, we can reach as good iron as any ia the
mountains OF Wales by ride OF les than three DAYS
" e can retain every dime of the purchase money at
home or all the iron need for railroads. Or lronclad
vessels OF war; Tor steam engines, and for all other par-
poses Every body knows that the mountains of orth
Carolina Tennessee and Arkansas not to mention a0y
other Southfra States, are tu of iron and COAL and
various Other most valuable minerals Read the fol-
loving which we clip from Ienne Sc paper


Mineral Resources IN East Iennessee-Ihe Chatta-
nooga Gazette OF the l7h has an article referring TO
the mineral riches OF the Eaftrn division OF our State
IN which is very truthfuy observed that tie capt.
Bts ami men OF enterprise in the South scarcely know
that La>t tennessee Is not plaeau-tbat it is not
part and parcel of our belt of cotton lands Nine out
Of nine hundred perhaps have heard of the towering
mountains, which TEEN with ores Of iron Of the best quail
ty and neXhausnble quantity. There and there onIy
IN all the Southern Conederacy copper is found in all
It's invaluable richness Besides iron and "copper" also
are found deposits of lead tin, gypsum zinc and EPSON
salts OR suphate of magnesa such quantities as to
least convince the geoOgist or the man of pract
cal common sense, that there after ALL the mineral FL
Dorado OF the South, if not of the world


Could anything exhibit in clearer light The penny
wise and poundfoolish, the suicidal almost Fridcuous
policy which We have hitherto pursued Of sending to
the North or to England, somewhere eIse for such
an article of prime necessity in "a State as iron


What do capitalists with their idle money in view
OF such facts? What are they waiting for? De they
propose to wait for peace and then send again
for iron In view of the necessities that are upon us
we submit that it is time to inaugurae different poll
cy 1t is demanded in any contingency in peace OF
war. We hardly know in which it would be the more
Importantly. 0. Bulletin.
Year: 1861

By reference to advertising column, it will be seen
that the Directors of the above Company will hold their
annual meeting in Wilmington on the Goth inst.


1t will also be by the notice OF the Treasurer,
in this ISSUE that the Directors have declared dividend
upon the capital stock of per cent? of which per cent
is due to the present. and per cent to the preceding
year. This speaks in terms commendable to those who
have thus judciousy managed the machinery of this
great public improvement.


We recently had the pleasure of ride this road
and pleased to to those interested the very
excellent condition in which the road has been kept
and while much praise is due to the President and Di
rectors the highest eDcomium is due to the General
Superintendent Mr. j. +. Robertson, for the prompt
performance OF the arduous duties which devOlve upon
him. the result Of which is the dividend which has been
declared and which bas surpassed the expectations Of
the best wisberS for the prosperity OF the Road We
think the Directors fortunate indeed in obtaining the
services OF gentleman well prepared TO perform the
duties OF his Office aud trust that they will reward
him with Il salary that will induce him to retain
his position. Up to this time we learn that the
ceipts of the road have been few thousand dol.
lars than those Of the past year. but then the
penses Of the road have been considerably greater than
heretofore owing TO the fact that il has been engage


larger portion OF the time, il the transportation OF
troops and government stores at reduced rates. thereby
being of ncacuabe service to the noble 10 which
our Government is engaged And while the road has
labored under trying difficulties during the present year.
not serious accident has happened, within our knOwl
edge either from neglect of the cers OF the trains
from any other circumstance Long may it continue to
prosper while oficered as it row is--DiarlOn (S C1
S0T
Year: 1861

FEARS OF THE CAPTURE OF WAsHINGToN-RENovAL
OF THE PUBLIC ARCHIvEs.-Snce the terrible reverse
at Leesburg the Federas much agitated about the
safety of Washington, fearing the capture of their Cap
ita as, perhaps, the next step of the Conederates-
They are packing up bag and baggage, and Old Abe
may have occasion to cali into re9uston his famous
Scotch cap and military cloak" " sooner than he
poets. A New York paper says:


L here a rumor current in the city on Thursday
that the public documents were being removed from
Washington to Philadelphia. Whether the rumor had
any foundation not, think the act advisable as
matter of precaution The chances Of battle are un
certain and if the Conederates do actually give battle
to forces the safety of the buildings in Washington
is in imminent peril whether the Conederates gain or
lose the battle.


If gain, and, through the casualties of the fight
the public documents are destroyed we lose what can
not be restored if they gain the day. and get possession
of the treaties and other important State papers, the
foreign powers likely not to recognize the Con
federates as the Government de fdcto.
Richmond Examiner.
Year: 1861

skill might come crashing through the head killing on
Ine instant OF through the legs gripping the officer and
sending him off the field. Nothing but waverinp aim
can prevent the slaughter Of officers from being horrible
on bctn sides II the position of an officer has its non
ors and privileges it also has It's peculiar dangers and
Shopd not be sought by those who have not tie cour-
age fearlessy TO meet them
Year: 1861

MoRE FEDERAL LREvERsEs.-Dsetructton Of IrirnlGry
at reached this city yesterday,
from reliable source that the nhmary for sick soldiers
near the City Hall in Washington, was consumed by fire on
Saturday night last One life lOs-that of of the
nurses The soldiers in the building the time all
saved but other place provided for them and
what will result from their exposure does not as yet appear
They are to be sent to Georgetown.


The building supposed to have been ared by parties in
Washington opposed to the present war.


Norfolk Day Ok, 9Th mat
Year: 1861

GEN. EVANS VICToRY.-In commenting upon the
shocking dsobedience Of General Evans, in whipping
the Yankees contrary to ORDERS the Macon Telegraph
says He was like ardent lad on his first turkey
hunt and took of the old gobber without waiting for
the fock With his little band of couple thousand,
be smoe hip aud thigh just he had been sent there
with an adequate force to do that particular business
Year: 1861

As metallic pens are now almost universal
ly adopted, AID pure, incorrosive ink nearly
an impossibility, thousands of our readers
will thank us for the following TO prevent
any ink from corroding metallic pens, put into
the inkstand or bottle, few small nails or
broken bits of pens, mot vanished or any
other pieces of unrusted iron. The corrosive
ness of the ink becomes expended on these
substances which are soon covered By the
decomposition of the sulphate of copper,
which ordinarily adheres to and spoils the
pen. By this simple -emedy, you can al
ways have good pens and ink, and save you
any amount of bad temper.