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Year: 1865

Every one is familiar with the fact that tht
animal system can bear much longer under the
influence of hunger than under that of thirst
The reason is that during abstience from fooC
the organism lives upon its own substance
The accumulation of fat feeds the system, which
does not suffer materially until that source o
sustenance is exhausted During absence from
liquid, the organism has no self-sustaining sup.
ply. Except when person is placed in very
moist atmosphere, three days of deprivation O
drink is usually the limit of endurance; while
persons who have been knows to exist without
food from fifteen to twenty days. Raging thirst
is the most terrible infiction which can be Wis.
rible than starvation. The subjection to thirst
is much more effectual in tanning animals
than their deprivation of food.
Year: 1865

The Washington Star OF last evening says:


"On Tuesday afternoon, after the Commission
for the trial of WirE had adjourned, and the
prisoner was being taken to his quarters at the
Old Capitol, in charge of the guard, an elderly
lady, aged about fifty or sixty years, who had
been waiting to see him, stepped up to one of
the guard and inquired if the prisoner was the
Andersonville butcher. She was answered in
the affirmative, when she flew into paroxysm
of passion, and endeavOred to strike him with
her umbrella, exclaiming You wretch, you
butcher, you murdered my son at tAndersonville' ;
Being unable toreach him, she got a brick and
begged the guard to let her get at him. 1t was
with some difficulty that she could bs restrained
and the prisoner conveyed to bis quarters


alt was aseertained that she was an Ohio wo-
man, who is here for the purpose of procuring
the back pay of her sons, all four of whom have
been in service-one having been killed in bat
tie, one murdered at Andersonville, another
made hOpelessly insane by the treatment there
and the fourth only left to return to bis home at
the close of the war
Year: 1865

READING, Pa, April 19, 1864.


d. WIsHART-Dedr Sir: One year ago the
Examining Surgeon of this district told me 1
had Consumption of the Lungs, and that could
not be cured; and Judging from all my symptoms
at that time, myself supposed this to be true.
l was for more than one year troubled with a
hacking cough, which gradually grew so bad
that / could not have severe fit of coughing
without splitting up blood in large quantities.


For monthsI could not work at anything,
and was obliged to keep my bed most of the
time While in this condition l was in Mr.
Rowbotbams s store in this city, and be seeing
how low l was recommended me to try your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. He said he had sold
great deal of it, and that, as it had cured so many
others, he believed it would do some good. 1
bought bottle and commenced using it. Ia a
very short time saw that l was getting better
very fast, and after taking several bottles was
entirely restored to health so that could work
every day at my business, which is very heavy
work, in an iron foundry. When commenced
to use your Pine free Tar Cordial, my weight
was only one hundred and thirty-f pounds;
since the use of it l have weighed on an average
one hundred and fifty five. / shall be glad to
have you publish this, as l believe should not
have been living at this time if had not used
your great medicine, and wish all who suffer
to receive its benefit.


Very truly YOURS,
Year: 1865

The southern women who have petitioned
Mr.. johnson to pardon Jefferson Davis, speak
of Mr.. Davis as ''called from the retirement Of
his home to position which he did not solicit,
but which his manhood forbade him to decline. -


This is not quite accurate; they should have
spoken Of him as ''leaving his place in the Uni
ted States Senate in violation Of his solemn oath
of fidelity to the United States to assume the
position of chief of a traitorous conspiracy
against that Union WHICH had educated him in
a national school, and had received his oath OF
fidelity and allegiance, not merely as Senator
but as student and as soldier"
Year: 1865

When sincere and unaffected, modesty con-
veys graceful tribute of Difference and respect
to the merits of others, which charms the eye
and wins the heart even of the bold and the
proud. True modesty is true humility put in
to practice We find that modesty is not the
virtue of persons who are unrefecting aud who
are easily driven hither aud thither by the un-
tutored instincts and hasty impulses of their
nature. On the contrary, the man of solid mer-
it and ripe thought is much more likely to be
modest and retiring, than the man of trifing
pursuits, of imperfect education, and unmistak-
able mediocrity. This does not happen because
the great man is ignorant of his great powers,
or the good man of his good qualities.
Year: 1865

1t is understood that the State Board of Edu-
cation of Connecticut will insist that the law
shall be enforced which forbids employing chill
dren under fifteen years of age in manufacture
ing or other business, unless they shall have at
tended school at least three months of the
twelve next preceding any and every year in
which they shall be employed, under a penalty
of twenty five dollars for each offence.
Year: 1865

VALUABLE REAL EsrArx.-Those who di.
sire to invest in first class city lots will not
omit to notice the property advertised in
this issue BY Geo. l.. Davenport, Esq. He
is prepared to offer splendid bargains to
such as may apply.
Year: 1865

the thousands OF brutal who not only neglect but
abuse those whom they bound CHERISH will also
ieci tna there Is some law for Their punishment am
sorry cannot hnd In your eating feature


have looked for II IN vain and you be prepared
not only 70 receive, but TO suffer- the sentence about
70 impose To pass this sentence even in your case
exceedingly painful 10 me- There is to me SOM thing
very terrible about it, but do 1t in the dis barge of
solemn duty. Listen to Il, and when you have been
returned to your cell let the door be opened to some OF
those good and holy who visit those who are i'm
prsoned seeking to do good and let your heart be
opened to those holy influences which In the midst OF
your misery can give you peace The sentence Of the
Court Is that you Francis Ferris for the murder and
felony whereof you stand convicted be taken hence To
the place from whence you came there to be safely kept
and detained, and on Friday the ith day OF April next
between the hours OF tn A. N. and two p NJ Of that
day, hanged by the neck until you be dead and may
God have m rcy you


When the last words fell from the Recorders lips the
prisoner said "God bless my soul" He then placed
In the custody Of the Sheriff.


large number Of prisoners who we're indicted by the
Grand Jury for various crimes arragned and on
pleading not guilty, their trials set down for next
Year: 1865

from the Richmond sentinel, March IL


We beg the particular attention Of our readers and OF
our brethren of the press tho following proposition.
We are ready the gentleman whenever his offer
IL accepted Surely conederacy produce twenty
four other who ~ large Of heart - our friend
'Petcrsburg:'-


Messr appeal has been made to the farmers
voluntary OF bacon and hour TO feed
liberal But the army shoud be paid well ~ fed and IL
stated General Lees army has not been paid tor
montha Hence the moned Of the country,
many cases. contribute provisions, let them give
their Confederate Treasury notes which some Of them say
worthless.


They have pledged ~their Mves their fortunes and their
sacred honor" The Being out OF the army their
SAFE let them their sacred honor BY CIV
ing portion Of their fortnes Let attschment 70 the
be shown by work The undersigned with be one
OF twenty give two hundred thousand dollars each 70
this number be had You authorized 10 say ths
will be paid any whom General Lee may desig-
II the press viii properly this subject 10 ths
people Is believed that there patriotism and libcral
sufficient raise hundred millions by contributions TO
the As 10 the ability there IL question II In
respectfully suggested that gentlemen who have their hearts
do not feel able contribute two hundred
thousand dollars might make propositions Of hundred
fy thousand and twenty thousand dollars
each. Start the work and see what can be done.


PETERSBURG.
fAs the rebel Treasury notes are worth just two
cents for each dollar and two hundred thousand dol
lars OF that paper worth only four thousand dollars
this proposition may be said TO illustrate the old adage OF
beng "hbcral within the compass Of shilling "-Ep.
HskALp.l
Year: 1865

We have now really reached the critical period
OF the war. The point decided is simply this
can the Yankees Conquer us with the force which
the addition of such negroes as they may hereafter
steal from the South buy and draft at the North
or will their Government be compelled TO resort to
an indiscrminate conscripton Of tho population of
the North! This is the question in nut she'll


The revelations of Dir Pollard put it beyond all
doubt that if ever we force Lincoln to adopt that
obnoxious measure which sends men to the field
without respect to their wishes or their wealth. he
will find the Yankee nation prepared to acknowl-
edge, that il would be better to abandon the con-
test than to prosecute it at such It clear,
therefore, that the work before US is by no means
so hard as We have been lately inclined to SUPPOSE
aud that in order to put end to the war; il is
not necessary to expel the Yankee armies from our
midst nor even beat them thoroughly the field but
only to make the subjugation of the South 90 diff
cult as to demonstrate to the people of the North,
that without the measure 10 question, they might
as well relinqnsh the enterprise. To do this is,
beyond peradventure within our power. little
endurance and resolution, and the thing is achiev-
ed. Ii within the next six months the enemy see
no sign Of failing spirit and relaxing energies upon
our part, he will most assuredly come to the con.
clusion which it is so desirable he should reach.
Could any other development of this strife have
resulted in placing before US an easier task? We
shall indeed deserve to be slaves forever if We do
not accomplish it before the grass of another sum-
mer shall deck the thousand battle grounds of the
land Columbia Caroliaidn.
Year: 1865

IA Some time ago silly story was published
in some of the southern papers, that Gen Sherman
had said in conversation that he was opposed to
peeted after the war to own plantation of negroes
in toe South. Sherman has written letter to a
friend in the North denying this report. He says
he is in favor of putting all the negroes he get
hold Of in the yankee army.
Year: 1865

spared. and blessed with speedy recovery, ought
to be the prayer of all our people,


If there be any fault in this matter, we leave
Others to hnd it. However great cur loss, aud sad
our disappointment, we feel only like re-echoing
the just sentiment of the Conssruotive-"All
honor to the noble defenders of Fort Fisher if
they did not overcome frightful odds, which
mortals could not do"
Year: 1865

sg- The Lincoln newspapers, in evident tribu


lation from the reported determination of the Con
tederates to employ Africans in our service, bawl
out the top Of their throats that it is evidence
of desperation. If the arming of the negroes by
the Confederates is an evidence of desperation,
what is the armng of them BY the yankees an evil
denee Of? They must have become desperate
long before we did, for they have been employing
them for years and some Of their leaders have
openly confessed that without their aid, they could
not have carried on the war.
Year: 1865

If Congress passes law to take charge of all
the cotton and tobacco in the country, how some
body will howl against 'the Administration. "
Despotism and thunder will be the order of the
day among the sharpies!
Year: 1865

Two burglars have been convicted in London,
and sentenced to six months Imprisonment each,
on the indirect testimony of parrot, who told its
mistress that one Of the prisoners came into the
room and stole the money.
Year: 1865

Wade Hampton has been defeated for
Governor Of South Carolina by five hun
dred majority, the successful candidate
being Mr.. Orr, formerly Speaker of the
United States House of Representa- sses,
who was on this occason. the Union can
didate. Hampton's large vote is attribu-
ted to the rebel soldiers, among whom he
was very popular Ho was very ultra
rebel to the last moment of the struggle,
and fought with all the desperation he
could muster in cause for which all his
sympathies we're most earnestly enlisted.
At the CLOSE Of the struggle he was so
terribly mortified that it was announced
that he was among the Brazilian emil
grants but he thought better of it, and
concluded to remain, hoping that the
South might fare better than his secession
friends anticipated. lie was a member
of the convention which amended the
constitution, and apparently acquisseed
in the new order Of thing. Mr.. Orr has
never been SO ultra in national politics as
the general run Of the South Carolina
politicians, though always aD affiuential
Democrat. At home this was attributed
to his having aspirations for national hon.
ors but the truth was that he lived in
the mountain region of the State, where
Perry did, and where the Union has ever
been strong. This present election, ta-
ken in connection with that Of Perry as
United States Senator for the long term,
shows how completely tho new basis of
representation has thrown the power Of
the State into the hands of the people of
the upland country. 1t has been said
that we might look fora better policy at
the hands of Hamptop than Of OT, but
wo doubt it, the prejudice of the former
being too deep-seated and bitter for much
present likelihood of Unionism. We
must admit that Orr's well known Demo
cratic partizanship is against him, but
stRl we incline to favor his election as
wise choice of evils-North american
Year: 1865

ILL NATURE.-Tbe srunkard hos been
known to renounce his darling vice the
slave to sin and extravaganza her besett-
ing sin bnt the waspish temper, the ir-
tating tone, the rude, dogmatic manners,
and the hundred nameless negligencies
that spoil the beauty of association have
rarely done other than proceed ill the
action of disgust and gradual alienation
has turned all the currents of affection
from their course, leaving nothing but a
barren track, over which the mere skele-
ton of companionship stalks alone.
Year: 1865

The ONLY SLAVE CoUNTRIEs. The only
two countries which new maiLta.n slavery
are Spain and Brazil A French journal
states that Brazil will be the first to abolish
it,. Measures have already be, prepared
in the Senate looking to this object. The
terrible war in tho United States, and the
equally terrible debt caused by trying to up
uneasiness In the countries which egalixe
il, and the question is being asked whether
il is not better to try and get rid of it by
other than violent means. A question Ike
this is likely to bring it about BY one meaas
or the other
Year: 1865

The Louisville Journal of Friday
morning contains the evidence in the
case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
rs. Caroline Miller and Clara Singer
her accessory, for the murder of Caro-
lines father. The Journal, in COM
menting on the case, says;


Among the many peculiar and start
ling events which have lately transpired
in our city, none is more to be deplored
than the case heard before the City
Court yesterday of q child numbering
her natural father. From the proof, it
appeared that the daughter Of the de-
ceased, of the tender age Of thirteen
years, had long meditated the destrue-
hon Of her parent, She naturally sup.
posed that drug which would kill rat
would put an end TO the existance of a
man, aud accordingly went to drug
/ store aud asked for rat poison, and re-
eeived compound put up for that pur-
pose, the principal ingredient being
phosphorus This she mixed with the
/ dinner she was want to carry to her
father, who was good, honest man,
and compelled 10 support his family BY
his manual exertions In this the girl
was disappointed, for her father eat but
two spoonsful of the dinner and ther
threw away the remainder, as the phos
phorus odor was too offensive. Thi'
was on the Tuesday preceding the dealt
of her father. On the Tuesday follow


ing.she applied to another druggist fol


arsenic, which was not given her on &C


count of her youth. She then gave th,


money to another girl (Clara Singer)


who purchased it for her


She carried her fathers dinner tha
j day as usual; put up from the Dime


which was prepared for the whole fam
lily. The next morning her father com


planned OF being sick, but vent to work


and returned that night with an intens
: burning in his stomach and pains in hi
limbs. He continued getting worse Ill


death put an end TO his s1fferings O
a the next day An analysis of the cor
tents of his stomach proved that arseni


had been the cause of his death AboU
), one hundred grains were found, enoug


to kill half dozen men. One girl d.
= posed that Caroline Miller told her, o


Thursday, before her father bad take


sick, that he had the lockjaw and woul
Year: 1865

From the Richmond Enquirer Feb. a.


The conscription of all the gold and sill
yer in the country and its dedication to
the good of the cause, instead OF permit
ting it to remain an actual aid TO the en-
emy, is attracting the attention of menl-
bers of Congress and tie Legislature
As long as gold is permitted to be sold,
either privately or at aVctioD, it is an ac-
tual aid to the enemy. Better remove it
at once from the trade of the country by
recurring its payment into the public
treasury. Conscript the gold Just rs We
conscript the men and soon will con
script the negroes. Impress the precious
metals Just as we impress the precious
corn and meal of the widow and the or
uhar. The brokers have no gold for
sale" to-day, but are buying at forty-tive
dollars they expect it to 60 up to one
hundred and ten dollars" Now this
means starvation to many of our people.
What injustice is done by borrowing
this iniquitous agent of the enemy, and
locking him up in the iron safes of the
treasury, Just as spy or emissary is I'M
prisoned in Castle Thunder, until the
war is overl After we are successful Mr..
Broker can get his gold with interest;
and if we are not successful he has no
use for his gold, because the Yankees
will take it from him. By all means
conscript and impress the gold.
Year: 1865

From the hlcpDonu w mig, reo al


We learn from the correspondence of
the Mobile Register that after the sereI-
ade to General Hood, a few evenings
since, the band repaired to the quarters
of Gen. Beauregard. The general being
called out, addressed himself to the Lou
isaniaus, and said he was always glad to
meet men who had, like the soldiers of
Louisiana, by their gallant bearing at all
times upon the battlefield, placed their
names high upon the scroll of fame. He
urged upon them to remember that
though their homes might all be in the
hands of the enemy, they still had a
home left-and that home was IN the
front. He reviewed briefly his military
career from the firing of the first gun at
Sumter, until the present, and wanted
them to know that he intended to figh;
to the bitter end-and that if he failed
he could beg passage to some foreign
country. He paid glowing tribute to
the women Of the ContsdsraGy, to whoss
Year: 1865




From the Richmond Dispatch Feb ~


In Yesterdays Dispatch We published
the late legislation of the Yankee Con-
gress abOlishing slavery, and the scenes
attending its adoption. The proposition
which that body has passed Is for the IN
corporation into the Constitution of an
amendment ordaining that 'neitherslav
cry nor involuntary servitude, except
as a punishment for crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted,
shall exist within the United States, or
any place subject to their jurisdiction.


In order To be incorporated III the Con
stitution, the amendment mast be ratl
fled by a majority in each House " the
Legislatures of three-fourths Of The thIr-
ty-siX States belonging to the Union, of
which, the Yankees having twenty-eight
States. there can he 10 doubt. The hand
of Heaven has written on the wall tho
eternal separation OF the United States,
and no Confederate man Will longer even
desire to join together that which G"d
hath put asunder. From the bottom ~
our heart ,ge thank the Federal Congress tOr
this most tmelV and decisire legislation -
We assure them that il did not come a


mment too soon: that it Is not any too
stringent OF too sweeping. We look up
on it as the manifest hand of Heaven in-
terpOSed in the very way. and at the very
hour, that our condition required. lt
is greater boon to lis tlnln 4 grand We
tory i'll the field. We echo back the
shouts of delight that range through the
House of Representatives. We should
like to See gun for gun fired with their
frantic population in honor OF the event,
and give them shotted salutes on the
battle field The United States Congress
has abolished slavery in the United
States We could laugh ut their folly, If
gratitude for the service they have rem
dered us did not forbid us to treat orr
benefactOrs with irreverence. Why did
they not abolish it in Dahomeyl Why
do they not Command the sea u stand
still, and say to the ocean. Thus far
shalt thou come, apd no fuTtheri" Our
very slaves will teach them Ia respect
their rights Let them make good their
laws by deeds instead of words We are
going to resist them henceforth Is one
man, aud to defend our hearthstones and
our lives as men do who have no hope
but in God and III their right arms The
moral strength" OF the Confederacy Is
this day restored a by miracle We
ask no more for pedcs, nor do re accept It
nor ,riH IRE hare it lrkile the foot Of a YdH-
kee soldier pollrtes this soil, or a hostile
Yankee flag is EafTled on this continent,
Year: 1865

fortitude and patriotism much was due,
and related several amusing anecdotes
(which were highly relished by the
crowd) of instances which had come
under his personal observation. in which
croakers in the rear had been shamed
away to the front by presents of peti-
coats, &c, from the ladies. In closing,
the general said he had. hoped to remain
some time at Tupelo, but that the gov
ernment had deemed that his services
were needed elsewhere. He wonld strive
TO return to them as soon as possible,
and when he did return he hoped he
would be able to remain until the end Oi
the war.
Year: 1865

New YORK, Feb. l3-At the meeting
of the Board of Supervisors this after
noon, a resolution was offered stating
that whereas the authorities contemplate
the removal of the State capital, the
county government requests the state
government to accept the new county
Court House for the purpose of capi-


tol. The resolution was carried unani-
mously and Immediately signed.