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Year: 1863

Softening of the brain is not unfrequently
the result Of everlasting that delicate and


wonderful organ. Southey, the poet, died


of the disease. and it is sometimes produced


by sensual excess as we'll as mental labor.


But according to distinguished modern


anatomist. hardening of the brain is more


common than it's opposite. Nothing can be


more easy than to indurate the organ of


thought 1t can be done either by soaking


the contents of dead mans Uranium 10


alcohol, or by the introduction of liquor into


the skull of living subject in the form of


drams. In short, drunkenness sometimes


hardens the brain during life as effectually


as bath of fourth proof spirits could solid


ify it after death. Hyarth. the celebrated


physioligist declared that he could distin-


guish in the dark. by the resistance it


offered to his knife, the brain of drunkard


from that Of person who had lived sober


ly; and when he found hardened brain


in the dissectinz room. was accustomed to
congratulate the students in his class on OBJ
tanning a specimen so thoroughly prepared
for preservation and for the purpose OF
demonstration. How horrible thus 10 petri-
fy. as it were. the seat of thought, the organ
OF the soul. while its arteries still throb
with the pulses Of life, and its gossamer
tissues are permeated AMI acted upon by the
immortal principle of our being. Does the
ever reflect that he may be liter
ally wallng his mind out of its God-appoint
I'd home? Does he realizs. as his ideas
become more and more obtuse. that the
through which they are 'devel
oped is hardening; that it must soon lose
all hexibiii,y aud elasticity and become
utterly powerless that were it scooped
from its skull now. and given to the sur
geons it would be the jes, in the dissecting
room as I" drunkard's brain 90 Well has
it been said that habitat intoxication dries
up all the fountains of feeling. leaving be-
hind only g brain of lead and a heart OF
stone.'
Year: 1863

Many an earnest, pleading letter comes to
US from town and country, written by wo-
men whose hearts ara full of tears for their
country's misery and of aspirations for their
country's welfare. praying for some channel
which their devotion may pour itself
out in deeds. We read these letters not
with sadness that women can do SO little
but with gladuess that they can do SO much.





That women can do so little for the war
lis this the cause Of their complaint? 1t
cannot be: for. leaving the actual army
work out of the account. they do actually
more than the men. Whence come the
boundless supplies for the Sanitary Commis-
sion and other societies which have in
charge the welfare of the troops? From
the women of the country. How are the
numberless hospitals kept furnished with
nurses. watchers. readers. comfor,ers ? By
the women. By whom are the young men
melted, yes. driven often, to the field By
the women-the sisters, wives, lovers, who
shame the laggards in many instances to
their duty. The difficulty cannot be that
women have not opportunities enough for
impulses in connection with the war. They
have almost every facility. This is sufi-
ciently proved by the fact that the war has
reused them to such prodigious efforts as
they are making. Their moral batteries
play with superb effect on the two points of
terminus. They furnish great measure Of
the pure enth usissm by which the war spirit,
in its noblest aspect. is kindlsd and fed
And they furnish nearly the whole of the
tender devotion which takes the sick and
wounded from the beld, and restores them
to life. They are last at the cross with
,heir hearts full of fself-surrended-and 6rst
at the grave with their hands full of band ages
oil and wine. There is no end to the work
women may do at either place. Tuere is
something for all of them. and enough for
all. Many meI complain with reason Of
their owl uselessness-the only thing men
can do being to fight; and that is thing
some ere either unable to do from phy sical
weakness, or forbidden to do by domestic
relations. -. sk~


Shall we be thought ungenerous if we
sugges; that some porrion of the noble dis
satisfaction OF women proceeds from a sort
OF contempt Of the kind of work they dos
1t is not fashy; bu, surely it is noble, is il
not? Is ii not as noble to heal hurts as to
make them. to scrape lint as to bruise skin
to WELD the creating needles as to flourish
the desolating swords, to mend garments as
to tear them in shreds, to sit and read an hoar
by the bedside Of dying soldier rs 10 leave
him stabbed aud dying in the dust? Who
was i,tha, said. 1T is better to save life than
destroy is.'' Believe this. and the work of
women becomes not only the most beautiful
but the most glstious work of the var. We
bless them daily that they are qualified and
willing to do it TIE Lndspeadent.


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Year: 1863

WASH FOR FRUIT TREEs.-Put pailful
Of water in tub, and stir in three quarts
fresh COW manure, one quart soft soap. two
quarts sifted wood ashes, and add urine
enough to make tho mixture Of the consis-
tence of whitewash. Apply this to the
trunks and limbs Of the tree early in June,
with an old broom. The manure and ashes
form coating which the rain gradually re-
moves. leaving clean, glossy bark. aud al
so carrying fertility into the soil.
Year: 1863

CoLLIsI3N.-A train of cattle-ears on Che
c. c. & C. Railroad collided yesterday eve
ming with pony engine, at the foot of Light
house street. The pony was just switching
of, when the cattle car, coming with too
great rapidity, struck it. The engine and
the first of the cattle-cars were pretty well
broken up. No one was injured, though a
brakesman on the cattle-ear had very mar
row eseape.
Year: 1863

WHAT WILL MY NEIGuBoRs SAY?-The
practice of supporting the truth of any
mans assertion by the testimony of an
other person is called compurgation. {"
By the old Saxton constitution, every
mans credit in a court of law depended
on the opinion entertained by his neigh
bors of his strict regard to truth. The
manner in which the defendant gave Sc
curity that what he asserted was true, is
particularly described in the treaty be-
tween Alfred and Guthrum the Dane
He was to take into court with him elev-
en- Of his neighbors. and after he had as
serted on oath of his innocence of the
charge brought against him. his eleven
neighbors declared, also upon their oaths,
that they believed in their conscience he
had spoken the truth. This was called
the wager oflaw, and the oaths of these
eleven compurgators were considered
equal to verdict in favor of the defen-
dant. Thus we find that the practice in
our own country ofjustifying any mans
veracity by the testimony of another is
very ancient.
Year: 1863

CONSOLATION couple were engaged
10 be married recently in Chicago, and
every preparation was made to celebrate
the Nuptials, but the bridegroom did not
appsar. A messenger. however. brought
the ness TO the waiting party that he had
been dEaIeed In New York, and could not
leave The reply Of the young lady was
worthy Of the occasion. With the tear
drops glissening in her eyes, and her
heart ready to burst with grief, she turn
ed to the company and said al don't
beer q durn-there's plenty more men in
the world, anyhowl" The meeting ad-
iouFned.
Year: 1863

A cOuntryman, while passing through one of our
Streets saw an elegant equipage passing. After
gazing in wild amazement, first on the handsome
driver, then on the gentlemen with folded arms
and white erayat, he asked, which one owns
the tcami"
Year: 1863

A CAUTIoN.-This is dangerous period Of the
year for colds People should be careful. Mrs
iaftlhgt0n says she has romantic affection in
her llders, the neurology in her head, and the
embargo in the region of her jOcuar vein, and all
from opening the window to throw a bottle at co,
pie Of belligerent cats on the shed.
Year: 1863

We are satisfied, from what we see and hear, that
it is darling wish with the authorities at Rich
mond to cause . breach, if possible, between Gov.
Vance and the great body of his friends in North
Carolina. The same authorities that prosecuted
him during his campaign for Governor, and actually
interposed such obstacles as to prevent him from
forming his legion, now approach him with honied
concentrations, and declare that he is true to the
cause, while the great body of his friends are false.
The cue having been given at Richmond, Gov. Vance
and President Davis are endorsed in the same breath
by the Destructive meetings held in this State, and
by the recent party meetings in the army in Vir-
gina- The Conservative purity an North Cdroliaa.
presents the only obstacle in tho Confederate States
TO the assumption and exercise of absolute pouer By
the authorities at Richmond. If they can divide
and destroy this party they will then have every
thing their own way. Conservatives of North Car
Ona you are the special guardians in this crisis
of Constitutional liberty and the rights of the States
Stand like rock. IyOu give way, all will be lost
If the administration at Richmond should be able to
divide and conquer you the next Congress will
sweep away every vestige of civil liberty in these
States. Be firm, patient and united We do not
believe these Vaccinations against Gov Vance will
succeed We believe he will stand by his friends
He has never yet proved false to his pledges or to
his friends, and we believe he will maintain his
record in this respect, and his own high integrity
against all the selfish and seductive influences which
may be brought to bear upon him.
Year: 1863

The toOthless old viper who dIstils his venom
through the columns of the Raleigh Register, very
distinctly intimates in his last issue that he would


Ike to see physical force used against the Editor of
the Standard. Physical force means mob law
Our readers know that we have uniformly opposed
mob law. We should regard resort to it in any
event as an aggravation of all the evils now upon
Us; but we have thousands of friends in and out
Of the army, who would signally avenge any injury
inflicted on US or on our printing establishment
We now give notice to John W. Syme and John
Spelman, and those leading Destructives here who
associate with and endorse them, that we have
friends who are specially prepared for them and
that if they, or any of their minions dare to lift


finger against US their bodies will soon ado,7s the
trees and lamp posts of Raleigh. "a word to the
rise" &c.
Year: 1863

The late political meetings and conventions in the
army in Virginia have occasoned dscord among
the officers and men, and thus weakened the eff
cheney of the troops and given aid and comfort to
the enemy. Thousands of the soldiers feel that
they have been cheated out of fair expression of
their opinions-that persons have assumed to speak
for them and have misrepresented them because they
had the. pOa0er to do so, and they have no remedy
for this wrong, but must bear it in silence; and
they feel also that these meetings and conventions
falsely called and arroganty acting in their name
have cast unjust mputationS on thousands of their
friends at home.


Under these. circumstances, if our brave boys
should not acquit themselves well in the terrible
struggle that impends as they have heretofore DONE
the blame will rest on those who have stirred up
this strife 1t is impossible that an honest or hon.
orabe soldier can love or respect an officer who
has deceived or imposed upon him; and officers
who have forfeited the respect and confidence of
their commands, owe it to the to resign, and
not attempt to lead their men, under such circum-
stances into the great battle which must soon be
fought. -


We thank God that none of the awful response
Sility of this party strife in the army rests on our
shoulders. g..


But the evil has been done and our brave soldiers
in Virginia owe it to themselves and to the country
to rise superior to it. and do their duty as hereto
fore. Let them remember that We must fight for
peace in the field and talk for it at home. 1t will
require all the fighting and all the talking we can
do to ensure that great blessing honorable terms
Year: 1863

The following appeal, by the Rev. Frederick
Fitzgerald Post Chaplain, will meet cheerful and
prompt response from the ladies of our State:--
To the EiitOr of the North CttroLina Standard:-


SIR R-lermt if you please call the attention o.
the ladies OF our State to good work for sold
through the of your journal There this time
several hundred wounded soldiers in the excellent
hospitals in this city They the heroes of Gettysburg
Bandages needed n each of these hospitals The
Surgeons 0 charge do all that they possibly for these
wounded men, but it is possible procure except
through the aid of the ladies of State the and
kind OF bandages that needed On behalf then,
OF our suffering soldiers not appeal to the ladies of
our State? The Surgeons, in a measure, procure
baudages but it is cloth that they desire:
they want DID, SOFT perfectly clean white bandages either
Of linen cotton, not old enough be weak and free
three and four inches wde he pieces together and
send them IN rolls each containing yards Be-
sides these cloths for dressing wounds and bsters
needed Of various Sizes inches by T. and inches by
In these strength not essential in the bandages
Will not ladies from all parts of the State help in this
good work? The battle is not yet and there
will be great need of these articles The undersigned will
promise that they shall be justly distributed the various
other hospitals of the STATE should there be than
sufficient for the hospitals in this city. Bundles be
sent by Express from all parts Of the State and should
freight be charged upon them, would respectfully ask
the kind donors that be paid before hand there
is fund at my disposal for that any other purpose Of
relief for soldiers In this way great kindness will
be done with system and attended to most faithful
ly by your obedient servant,


FREDERICK FITZGERALD,


Post Chaplain, C. S.


Rolerb N n AnouO 10 1861
Year: 1863

The DRAFT IN New YoRK.-Quite a sharp cor
respondence has taken place between Gov. Sey-
mour and President Lincoln in relation to the draft
for men in New York. Gov. S. complains that
Democratic districts have been more heavily drawn
upon than Republican districts, and that the law
has been dishonesty perverted He also asks that
the conscrption draft be suspended until he can
test its consttutioaalty in the courts. Lincoln re-
plies that the draft must go on There are $4,000
troops in and around New York, ready to enforce
the law. Hero is hope for the South, if the State
of New York should array herself against this law;
but the Richmond Examiner is OF opinion that the
storm will blow over-that the draft will be en-
forced
Year: 1863

Gen. Robert Brank Vance arrived here few
days since from the army Of Tennessee, on visit
to his brother. We were glad to see him improv-
ing in health from protracted attack of typhoid
fever. He announced his intention of returning
immediately to his command in Bragg's army. He


is still feeble, but we hope he will gain strength
enough to again assume command in the field,
where his services have already proved so useful to
bis country
Year: 1863

her personaon OF Deborah Of Sieinmark this evening
large and fashionable audience attended Thursday
evening and called the young before the curtain
several times a testimonial OF her improved represcn-
taon OF the char actor. Her benefit tonight will DO the
last opportunity Of seeing the play which very closely
resembles the German version.
Year: 1863

appeared at the Philadelphia mass meeting on
The Fourth of July, In the Identical Scotch cap
and long military cloak in which he aed from
Pennsylvania to Washington, two years ago,
and astonished the natives of the capital by an
tcipating " the Dukes Motto" and declar-
ing-"I Am Here" The President and his
wife must be well housed and fed. Fernando
Wood cannot perfect his peace projects by the
seaside if the wines and the dinners be bad
Chase and Seward will be unable to muster
their hostile forces for the coming Presidential
convention If their digestion be disturbed and
their rest broken. The representatives of Tam
many Hall and the Albany Regency can form
no coalition without the aid of good liquors and
endurable segars. The future welfare and con-
duct of the nation-to say nothing OF the com
fort of the ladies and the success of the season-
depend, therefore, upon a thorough reform in
the management of the watering place hotels
If any accident shall happen, and the Reign Of
Terror be thereby prccipitated, we shall hold
these landlords solely and strictly responsible
and then may Heaven have mercy upon them;
for we shall have none.
Year: 1863

They that cry down moral honesty,
cry down that which is great part of
religion, our duty towards God and our
duty towards man. What care l to SEQ
man run after sermon, if he cozens
and cheats as soon as he comes home?-
On the other hand. morality must not
be without religion ; for if SO, it may
change as l see convenience. Religion
must govern it. He that has net relig
ion to govern his morality, is not whit
better than my mastiif dog; SO long as
you stroke him, and please him, ant
not pinch him, he will play with you a.
finely as may be. ho is a worry good NOR.
al mastiff; but if you hurt him, ho will
Year: 1863

When temptation appears, and we are
almost persuaded to do wrong, how Of
ten mothers word of warning will call
to mind VOWS that are rarely broken
Yes. the memory of mother has saved
many poor wretch from going aStray.
Tall grass may be growing over the hal
lowed spot where all her earthly ro-
mains repose; the dying leaves Of autumn
may DO whirled over it, or the white
mantle Of winter may cover it from sight;
yet the spirit of her, when he walks in
the right path, appears, and gently, soft
ly, mournlully calls to him waen wan
dering off into the ways of error.
Year: 1863

-LlTTLE CHARLIE came to tho table
very hungry, and he had his fork in po-
tato, and the potato transferred to his
plato before no thought Of the usual bless
ing. Looking up at his father he says,
"Pa, you talk to Heaven while smashes
my potato" His hunger made him wish
to improve every moment.
Year: 1863

An ITEM FOR TAX PAYERs.--" declare
it upon my responsibility as Senator of
the United States" said John P. Hale,
on the floer of the Senate in the presence
Of the leaders of the Lincoln party, "that
the liberties Of this country are in greater
danger to-day from the corruption and
from the prohisacy practiced in the vari-
Gus departments Of the Government, than
they are from the open enemy in the
field" This is the frank but humiliating
declaration Of a prominent member of the
Administration party. The only way to
put an end to the proAigacy and corrup-
tion and save the country from bank
ruptcy, is to restore the Democratic party
to powcr.
Year: 1863

II there is u place in California entitled 10
the good will nt the Sacramento Union on the
s>prc Of benefits conferred, that place is Pa
cervle. That paper has been pampered by
the patronage of the people here, and has been
the rule aud guide of the political faith and
practice of very many of them. In fact, th,y
have not only helped to make it rich, but have
sworn by it and worshipped it as the Mussel-
nan Dies the Koran. One would think that
the interests of our people at least with fair
ness. But the Union is devoid of every virtue
and is ready TO desert and betray its beuefac-
tors whenever the doing sn will pay. We are
led to these remarks by the statement Of the
Union that work had been discontinued on the
riaccrvillc and Sacramento Valley Railroad
and that the Company Intended to lend their
energies TO the completion of Inc Dutch Flat
road. There is not shadow of truth in the
statement. Ii is as huge lie us the Union
ever published, and was doubtless fabricated
by 'hc man that gets up it's telegraphic reports
and writes It's denuncations of the Democratic
party The work on our rIIlrIad is steadily
and successfully progressing, aud to-day con-
tract will be let for the completion of the re-
naming fifteen. miles of the first section, to
parties having every requisite for its speedy
complexion. We speak by authority when we
say the Placcrville and sacramento RliIroad is
a fact, to be soon realized. Its success is as
certain aS can be any future event under the
control of man. We believe the Unions mis-
statement WAS wiitulIy made with the view of
injuring the road, and we trust our citizens
will remember 1t and govern themselves ac
. eurdinglY.
Year: 1863

CoPPEHHEAD IN THE WHITE HorsE.-
Mr.. Lincoln has recently committed
the unpardonablc sin, and is now receiv.
ing just and merlted punishment from
the hands of those patriots by whose con
sent he borrows leave to be-" In his
Late proclamation Of national fast, the
President, unintentionalv no doubt. ex.
pressed very natural, tut, at .hc same
time, very disloyal wish, in the follow
ing language:


/ Let us then rest humbly in the hope
authorized by the Divine teachings, that
the united cry of the nation will be heard
on high, and answered with blessings, no
less than the pardon of our national sins
and the restoration of our now divided
and suffering country to its former hap
py condition of unity and peace"


1t will be seen that our unfortunate
Chief Magistrate has SO far forgotten the
claims OF his high position as actually to
beg, as special favor Of the Almighty.
that "our now suffering and divided
country" may be restored "to its former
happy condition Of unity and peace ="
How such a perniciOus and damnable
hercsy could have invaded such quar-.
ter must ever remain mystery. How
ever. We are glad to see this back sliding
in high places meet with prompt and
stern rebuke from one of those father con.
feSsors who are the proper guardians OF
the executive conscience. The scourge
is thus laid on the shoulders of the peni-
tent by the Boston Commonwealth. Do.
per which is Jacobinically loyal to the
back bone:"


- 1t is cool assumption Of the Presi
dent that the pardon of our National sins
has any kind Of connection with the res
toration of our country to its former
happy condition of unity and peace"
Our own opinion is, that if God had re.
solved not to pardon US at all, He would
prove it by allowing the restoration of
that old "unAy and peace" That UNITY
was crime that peace verse than war





May the tongue be withered. ere if is
answered, that prays for restoration of
that old stage of things, from which God.
in His mercy, seems willing to rescue as
than which His fiercest wrath could
find no more terrible doom for blind ma
ton led by blind rulers Alton Demo.
crat.
Year: 1863

OrE readers will see the card of Messrs
Hunt X Chacc, in another column, calling on
their debtors TO come forward and square their
accounts. This popular and enIerprising firm
are preparing 10 transfer their establishment
to the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevadas.-
While we shall regret their departure from our
CITY, as Il loss to our social as we'll Us business
circle we wish them every success in theirnew
location, wherever it may be.
Year: 1863

THE NEAREST RoUTE.-Three packers
who crossed the mountains last week via
the trail, on their way to Umatilla Land
ing called into our Office and informed us
chat this route to the landing is consider
able nearer, coming from Boise, than to 60
by the old emigrant road. They stated
that they had tried both of them and knew
whereof they affirmed thet the trail, or
new road is also far superior to the old en-
igrant route, and that when fairly opened
it will be adopted altogether by packers to
and from the Columbia. If this be so, it
will soon be demonstrated that packers
and teamsters will be disposed to cut off
the eighty and fifty miles extra travel
which will be saved by coming to Walla
Walla and Wallula for their goods instead
of going to Umatilla Landing.