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Year: 1862

A SperiGc for Typhoid Fcyr.-The
following is communicated to the
Nashville Bulletin


The generally received opinion that
typhoid fever is selflmited disease
and runs certain course in spite of
treatment, is false, When | say this |
know | say it in opposition to an opiIl-
ion almost universally received and
believed by physicians throughout the
civilized world. The iodine to potas-
Stun or the iodide Of sodium, in from
three to five grain doses every six or
eight hours will always cure typhoid
fever i'll about one week. unless there
Is an intercurrent disease to protract
the fever. Never give calomel in u
we'll developed case use laxatives If
necessary. [ often keep the bowels
locked up three, five and sometimes
eight or ten days. When you fail to
check hemorrhdge, Or even the running
Of the bowels by ordinary means, in
iect cold water, the addition ola little
acetate of lead and landanum will
make the injection much better.


With the above as o main, and
other appropriate collateral treatments,
| scarcely ever have much trouble
with typhoid fever. | believe ifeverv
surgeon in the Southern Gonfcdcracy
would adopt this treatment it would
be the means Of saving many sweet
life.


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Year: 1862

PRESIDENT DAVIS ADDRESS TO THE ARMY
OF RLCHuoND.-Tho President has is
sued the following address to the army


| render to you my greatful acknow-
Judgements for the gaIantry and good
conduct you displayed in the battles
Of the 31st May and lst inst, and with
pride aud pleasure recognize the stead
mess and intrepidity with which, you
attacked the enemy in position cap
tured his advanced entrenchmcnts, sew
eral batteries of artillery, and many
standards, and everywhere drove him
from the open field


At a part Of your operations itwas
my fortune to be present On no. other
occasion have | witnessed more than
you exhibited while advancing into
the very jaw Of death, and nothing
could exceed the prowess with WHICH
you closed upon the enemy when a
sheet Of fire was blazing in your
faeesl


In the renewed struggle in which yon
are on the eve Of engaging, | ask
and can desire but q continuance Of
the same conduct which now attract
the admiration and pride of the loved
ones you have left at home.


You are fighting for all that is dear
est to men; and, though opposed to
a foe who disregards many Of the
usages Of civilized war your humanity
to the wounded and the prisoners was
The fit and croWninS glory to your
va1or.


Defenders of a Just cause, may God
nave you iii his holy keeping!
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Year: 1862

The New York Herald even grows pale at the
bold audacity of the northern Abolitionists, and
thus combats, in its Issue of the 25th ult., what
sooner or later would become the condition Of
the country should the South fail in this war
Let weakened traitors read and ponder it


What the aboltionists in Congress, with Mr..
Sumner at their head and the abolitionists out
of Congress, led by Garrison and Greeley, desire
for the country Is political and social amalga-
nation, and some forty blacks in both Houses
of the national Legislature. Their designs are,
beyond all doubt, revolutionary. Let us see
10 what their measures would inevitably lead.


The following table, taken from the census re-
turns Of 1860, exhibits the free and slave popu-
latiOn in the Southern States, together with the
number Of representatives to which those States
are entitled under the Constitution, and the
number to which they would be entitled if the
abolitonsts could only succeed in abolishing
the Constitution:
Year: 1862

Y An extensive gun factory has been set in
operation at Holly Springs, Miss. a considera-
be number Of gUn-barrels are rolled out every
day, and contracts have been entered into to
supply the government with 10000 guns in a
short time
Year: 1862

Common Sense is rapidly gaining the ascen-
dency over Conservatism" and the hills of the
whole loyal North are reverbernting with the
ery, Let us have War" Heart-sck and dis
gusted, as every loyal man must be by this time.
with the sugar-coated dilly-dallying policy Of
those in power, We join in the demand that such
be done away with, and that the contest for the
preservation Of the Government be carried on
in the spirit of War The rebels are in earnest
and made desperate by the waning of their Star
of Empire. it must be apparent to every sane
man that War and not conciliation is necessary
TO again crown our land with Peace. 1t is also
is death, been meted the savages at the begin
ming of strife, We would now have been spared
the dark and impenetrable future. But expe-
rience is dear school, and the mos. doubtful
have been made to acknowledge the barbarity OF
man-selling, and the low ebb Of manhood ensen-
dered By it.


At this critical moment the Government should
but consult the happiness Of the present and
future generations by bringing into requisition
everything on Gods earth, consistent with the
honor Of the Nation, THAT CAN KILL REBELS. Why
any doubt should exist in the minds of loyal
men as to the propriety Of arming negroes against
the enemies of our Country We cannot under
stand 1t is rather q marked inconsistency. As
to their abilities, history affords many proofs of
their valor-in the face Of which, who can now
question their usefulness, when actuated BY
desire for Freedom. That they would be fit and
formidable antagonists for their enslavers admits
of no doubt The sole aim. then, of every war
measure from this on should be-kILL REBELS.


But, since the above was written. We have
received the gratifying intelligence Of the pas
sage of the Confscation Bill, and its approval by
the President. Thus is the Nation aroused from
Its lethargy and the habiliments Of War to be
assumed in earnest by its defenders in the field
While amnesty awaits them in the background,
let the cold steel be pushed to them until they
yield to the power Of the Union. In the bill,
which is now law, much room for clemency is
left the President. The property of Rebels is
conhscated to the Republic, and all their slaves,
who come into the Union lines, are declared for
ever free. The President is authorized to employ
persons Of African decent for the suppression of
the Rebellion, in such manner rs he nav deem
best and he is authorized to make prov yision for
eclonizing the blacks beyond the limit of the
United States. These are the importan. features
Of the law.


The bill was likely to have been vetoed by the
President, because Of its declaring forfeiture and
extending beyond the lives of the guilty parties
which confiicted with that clause Of the Consti-
tuition that declares that no attainder of treason
shal work corruption of blood or forfeiture except
during the life Of the person attained" 1t was
20 modified as not 10 confscate the real estate of
traitor except during the life Of the traitor.
Year: 1862

Issues colneeted with the State canvass are
now Pretty generally being discussed by the
press of the State. We have learned nothing Of
the action Of The State Committee, which assem-
bied at Lawrence last Wednesday. The Topeka
Record suggests the propriety of holding the
Nominating \ Convention at as late day as the
conduct Of the campaign will admit, and that
the delegates be elected on the basis of the rep
resentation in the Legislature. The lines OF
demarkation between loyalists and rebels are 30
plainly laid down, and acceeded to by our people,
that there seems to be no question OF that made.
Disgraceful as an admission Of the fact is. we
have scarcely noticed q newspaper article on
the subject in which Honesty was not more par.
tcularly dwelt upon than anything else con-
nected with the canvass. This the taxpayers
are unit on-their all depends upon the selec-
ton Of men who will not betrav therr. They
know that with the State Government another
year in the hands Of such as now hold it. they
will be irretrievably ruined. 1t is indeed not
very acceptable to conduct campaign on the
bare issue Of Honesty-it places our affairs in
rather bad light-but such is the lamentable





&C. upon it, the sooner they will be saved from
the frightful vortex of bankruptcy now threaten
ing them.


To this object the united efforts of the people
must be combined and accelerated. This can
only be effected by union of the masses, with
out regard to past party connections, on common
platform. Why cling longer to mere name :!
Last week We recited the acts Of Congress, where
in the Republican party have accomplished all
set forth in their platform and now we have the
passage of the Con6scation Bill, which in its
provisions viii give Freedom to over half the
slaves of the country. This it will be seen strips
US of almost the name, for the that it does
more for Freedom than merely restricting the
boundaries of slavery. The redemption Of the
State cannot be accomplished by one man, or q
dozen they may aid the matter but the work
must BE- accomplished by UNITED rEcrIE-by
their enthusiasm: and persistence On them then
rests this grave responsibility. :.
Year: 1862

F The St Joseph Herald describes
the town Of Elwood as rapidly passing into
the Missouri river. The spot originally
selected for the Railroad Depot is now some
four hundred and fifty feet out in the river,
and the Great Western Hotel Was in so
much danger that it has TO be taken down
and removed.
Year: 1862

ANorHER.-The City Attorney of the
City Of Atchison is being tried for some
misdemeanor BY the Common Council
"sittug as High Court Of Impeachment. "
This High Court OF Impeachment" will
soon be as popular play as the Last
Ditch"
Year: 1862




1t is now generally known that the
President, under the advice of Gen. Scott,
and with the acquiescence of Gen. McClel-
Ian, has called Major General Halleck to
Washington, to act as General in. Chief of
the armies of the United States. He will
have control Of the operations in the field,
thus relieving Secretary Stanton of some of
bis official business.


Gen. Halleck is to remain in Washing.
ton. Gems. Mcclellan and Pope are to
continue in their present commands.


On his departure from Corinth, the Gen.
eral issued an order saying in giving up
immediate command of the Army of the
Southwest, he desires to express bis high
appreciation Of the endurance, bravery and
soldierly conduct which they have exhibited
on all occasions, and to express to command
ers Of army corps and their subordinates
the warmest thanks for their cordial CO.
operation.


He says the soldiers of the West hayo
noblY done their duty and accomplishe.1
much towards crushing this wicked rebel
lion, and if they continue to exhibit the
same vigilance, courage and perseverance, it
is believed they will soon bring the war to
a close.


There is reason to believe that the Presi.
dent will soon issue one or more general
orders to the armies of the United States.
in which he will lay down certain rules for
the conduct of the war; such rules as any
one sincerely desirous of carrying out the
conhscation and emancipation acts would
adopt or enforce,
Year: 1862

Alone in the dark and silent night,
With the heavy thought Of vanished year,
When evil deeds come back to sight,


And good deeds rise with welcome cheer;
Alone with the spsctres of the past, /.


That comes with the old years dying chime,
There glooms enc shadow dark and vast,
The shadow Of wasted time.
The chances Of happiness cast away, -


The opportunities never sought,
The good resolves that every day
Have died in the impotence of thought;
The slow advance and the backward step
In the rugged path We have striven to climb :;
How they furrow the brow and pale the lip,


When We talk Of wasted time.
What are We now? what had we been


Had We boarded time as the miser's gold,
Striving our need to win


Through summer heat and the winters cold;
Shrinking from naught that the world could do;


Fearing naught but the touch of crime;
Laboring, struggling, all seasons through,


And knowing no wasted time?
Who shall recall the vanished years?


Who shall hold buck this ebbing tide
That leaves US remorse, and shame, and tears,


And washes away all things beside?
Who shall give US the strength cen now,


To leave forever this holiday rime,
a. >r - 81. g.


And battle with wasted time
The years that pass come not again,


The things that die no life renew,
But cen from the rust of his cankering chain


A golden truth is glimmering through:
That TO him who learns from errors past,


And turns away with strength sublime.
And makes each year outdo the last,


There is no wasted time.
Year: 1862

Compare the results here exhibited, as
between Minnesota and Illinois III the
first case the product in butter from sin-
gle COW is 72.9 pounds ; in the other case
it is 42.5 pounds. We have here, in q
few words, the difference between the clear
invigorating atmosphere, the nutritious
herbage, and the pure sparkling water Of
Minnesota, on the one hand, and the bill
ious air, the rank vegetation and tile stag
nant ponds of Illinois on the other. The
powers of animal life are almost doubled,
and who can doubt that in az equal de-
gree the physical and mental powers of
man are developed ? Do they not depend
upon the same great natural laws =? We
may indeed rejoice that our lot has not
been east in land where the very earth
gives forth diseases under which the eat
tie are blasted where the very wheat is
poisonous, and where the sun in his daily
course sucks up from the moist soil rack
ing fevers for debilitated and miserable
ne0nle
Year: 1862

LEGISLATION FOR AGRICULTURAL 1NrERESrS.--
Senator Porter has introduced Bill for the
promotion of Agriculture" in the California SEN
ate. 1t is q wonder some similar Bill was not
passed long ago. The richness of soil, aud vari
'ety of climate in California puts it in the power
of . farmers to successfully cultivate all the
products raised in any of The Atlantic States.-
Experiment has shown that Tobacco and Cotton,
equal in quality to any grown in the Gulf States,
can be produced why not Hemp, Sugar and
Rice 1t is right that the State at large should
encourage by liberal policy, the CULTURE of ev-
cry species of agricultural products, and no pet
ty jealouses or rivalry should prevent mcmbers
of the Legislature representing the mining dis
tricts, from voting for any measure which will
really tend to this end.


The Herald and H1ror gives The following
general features of the Bill


1t proposes to offer State premium for the
production, as the fruits Of one crop, of II certain
large amount of staple articles or such rs should
become staples in this section of the country
The Board of Judges is to consist Of one
farmer, one merchant and one manufactured
All orders tor the payment OF premiums must be
signed by the Governor and COuntersigncd by the
Lieut. Governor. This will make these officials
responsible directly for the character OF the
awards.


The producer of the first thousand bales of
hemp the producer of The first thousand pounds
of coffee or tea the manufacturer of the first
thousand casks of beer, proved to Withstand the
effects of climate aud to keep good on and after
a long sca-voyogc are to receive large premiums
under this bill.


That coffee and tea of n very superior quality
can be raised in California there can now he no
rational doubt and the promises of considerable
premium held out to those who will cndcavor to
first raise heavy crops will certainly be OF in
esmable value in stimulating cXertions and
plans and expenditures to that end.


Beer that can withstand the effects of suddenly
changing climate, that will keep its integrity
through II protractcd sca-voyagc, will soon find
u ready and large market, from hence, in China
and the Islands.
Year: 1862

HOLMES GETS UP HIS BILE Holiness of th c
Mariposa Gazette, pitches into the Secesh journ-
ais OF California with the following crushcr:


"Secession papers, which thank God there are
the reorganization of the Democratic party
They are the papers that sing Z" Peace Peace i"
-" Our distracted country rent with war;
" Bioody war;" Lincoln and his minons"-
"Subjugaton of the South.n Why, don t the
In fools know that no war was made by the
sA1--tis and although South Carolina seeded in
Dec, go, and fired on the star Of the West, Gov
ernment took no notice of it until the lombard
ment of SUMTER months afterwards. Why don't
the South understand that it made the war aud
wanted the seat of the National Government
How far North they wished to go. is not known ;
but bad no opposition been made to them, the
Overrunning of the Southern portion Of the At
lantc free States would beyond question have
occurred. Now there are men about, who Justify
this proceeding, upon the part Of the South, and
call opposition unconstitutional. Papers that
talk Of our glorious Union and our freedom of
speech freedom Of the press, and abuse of power
lie. The emergency has been met and the Union,
it is probable will be held together and it has
been done so far as it had to be done Think of
a man talking Union aud Peace and kicking up
his heels at every success Of those engaged in
trying to overthrow the Union. They urge that
the rebellion is the political result Of an election
bUt that is false too, and records some day in the
future will show that it was plot to overthrow
the Government and pecfect II slave oligarchy,
the commencement Of which idea originated
years ago"
Year: 1862

At midnight on my lonely beat,


When shadow wraps the wood and lea,
a vision seems my view to great


OF one at home that prays for me.
No roses blow upon her check


Her form is not lovers dream
But ON her face, so fair and meek,


A host Of holier beauties gleam.
For softly shines her silver hair,


A patient smile is on her face,
And the mild, lustrous light of prayer
Around her sheds moonlikc grace.
She prays for one that's far away
The soldier in his holy fight
And begs that Heaven in mercy may


Protect her boy aud bless the right
Till though the leagues lie far between,
This silent license of her heart
Steals DER my soul, with breath serene,
And we no longer are apart.
So guarding thus my lonely beat,


BY shadowy wood and haunted lea,
That vision seems my view to greet
Ot her ut home who prays for me.
Year: 1862

TIE BEST WAY TO ADVERTGSN.-Ths Is Il qucs-
tion of some Importance, and many different ways
are resorted to in order to bring the article to be
disposed of to notice. The handbill, to be con.
vcyed about by men, or sent into the country,
is not always the best vehicle of advertising for
merchants. The newspaper Is circulated without
any expense to the advertiser, which is by no


means an unimportant item, as every one will


testify who has had any experience in distributing
| his own advertisements. Not only Is the udver.


tisement circulated by the newspaper tree Of all
Icypcuse hui il j. done more speedilX and thor


Oughly than can be done by the advertiser. The
| newspaper is already an established system, u
thousand doors are open to welcome it, thou
sand messengers are daily and weekly seeking
the pOst-ollice to receive it, Il thousand people
look for its coming, and.a thousand read it when
it does come. Again, those who read the news
papers are the very persons the advertiser wants
to reach, they are the intelligent aud WELT do,
the enterprising citizens of II country, and are
therefore the most likely to buy that which iS
worth buying, consequently worth ADVERTISING
Again, the newspaper IS not IL transient but
periodical visitor 1t comes day<Eb day, and
week by week, aud is expected and welcomed rs
IL friend. TO it every one looks for information
upon the subjects of interest to himself. The city
reader the telegraph reports aud foreign
news, aud then at his leisure reads the PROPOSE
tions Of advertisers and dips into politics. The
country subscriber however, reads everything,
from the head Of the paper to the last line OF the
advertising page Away from the attractions
aud turmoils Of the city he has leisure 50 to do,
and is benefited by thus doing. Thus every
advertiser reaches the people he dcsires-the


Wholesale dealer principally through the daily


press and the retail dealer through both daily


and weekly. 1t is idle to talk about advertise


mcnts not being read, for observation aud expert


ence prove to the contrary. Sooner or later every
advertisement will be read by every subscriber


who will be Interested or Influenced by its con


tents 1t is true some advertisements are read


more than others, but this is on account Of the
tact Of the advertiser, or the demand in which


the commodity advertised may for the time hap


pen to be- and not the fault Of the newspaper in
which il nnnenrs.- EcOAOAlisi.
Year: 1862

siiver-Egs Premium and Scarcity.


The New York Ee0HOmist thus discourses on
this subject:


Inssmuch as gold constitutes the bulk Of the
specie exported, it is q puzEling question to
many, merchants included, why silver should be
SO scarce, and why it should command nearly as
great premium as gold. In brief, the follow
ing ere the chief reasons why silver is no longer
cur general currency, and commands its present
premium:


lss Il wanted for Canada trade In the
Canada market silver is as coed as gold, and in
pay for the large amount of Canada produce
which we receive, of course the specie which can
be obtained at the lowest premium is preferred,
whenever it IS necessary 20 pay In specie


I'd For the reason that silver is lower than
gold, silver IS preferred for " boarding" There
are many persons, particularly those retired from
business, who have cash capital and are in fear
Of q further depreciation in paper currency,
who arc converting tbeir money into spseie, and
prefer silver, IS it is lower than gold.


Sd. The difference in the foreign markets be-
tween gold and silver is bat fvs per cent. a
g-sater difference than this in the market value
II silver would cause it to be taken for export
IL the plaee OF gold.


The difference in the premium between gold
a..d silver is only five per cent.
Year: 1862

From the Pine Bluff Bulletin Ocsyber %


Our army on the western frontier needs q good
and able general to lead them on to victory
AID without such, we can lock nothing but
disaster. Remsm5er he bsdly managed battle
of Elk Horn, ana l0ok at the preseat condition
of things now, and then say whether or not we
need q commanding general for the West We
have some Of Arkansas Aiissouri's and Texas
bTAvest men in the field. Shall they ba led TO
slaughter as others have been We are in
formed by the Fcrt Smith Bulletin shat this army
isfslling back. For what, We have not been
able TO learn. But there is one thing certain,
no ship can sail without a Tudder We think
the West is entitled 70 good general and should
have one, and that soon. We cordially endorse
the sentiments Of the BRlistia


We regret to hear that our army in tho West
hiss been falling back for lhs past daY or two
We think there must be something wrong in
this mstteT-we nave enoBgb men, and as brave
rs the world can boast /, aud all that seems
to be necessary is g competent leader We Think
the West is entitled to such, say Joseph E.
points the border SAFES IS tie ouly ground that
is now to be fought for. In now so palpably
plain that msu Of ord vry inteiject must ba
in state Of dsmentatio4 or wholly insane to
entertain an ides of the subiug&tion of the
Soath. The only thing the North expects or
contends for now is tie border Sistes-the
West. The border States hsve furnished the
best material in the great battles Of Virginia;
let the government now turn over to our Western
men Stonewsll Jsckson, Joe. Johnston, or any
of our leading generals, say even Price, and
our army thal is now falling back will winter in
st Louis. We DO not intend that it should hs
understood by anything we Rave said here that
We have rot the utmost confidence in the officers
commanding in the West
Year: 1862

my. was brought up for consideration in Com


mttee Of the Whole, and was passed. The
discussion on the bill! making An appropriation


for the Legislative. Judicial and Executive ex-


penses of the Government was then resumed
and was continued until the hour of ADJOURN
ment.