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DORISOE & CO, Proprietors.
A Southern Scene from Life.
"Oh ! mammy, have you heard the new??"
Thus spoke a Southern child,
As in her nurse's aged face
She upwards glanced and smiled.
"What news-you mean? my little one,
It mus be mighty fine,
To make my darling's choeks so red,
' Her merry blue eyes shine."
" Why, Abram Lincoln, don't you know,
The Yankee President,
Whose ugly picture once we saw,
When up to town we went;
Well he is going to free you all;
And make you rich and grand,
And you'll be dressed in silks and gold,
Like the proudest of the land.
A gilded coach shall carry you
Where'er you wish to ride,
And, mammy, all your work shall be,
Forever laid aside,"
The eager speaker paused for breath,
And the old nurse said,
While closer to her swarthy cheek,
She pressed the golden head:
" My little Missus, stop and res,
You's talkin mighty fas,
Jes look up dere, and tell me what
You see in yonder glass?
You see old Mammuy's wrinkly face,
As black as any coal;
And underneath her hankercher,
Whole heaps of knotty wool.
My baby's face is red and white,
Her skin is soft an' tine,
And on her pretty little head
Do yeller ringlets shine.
My chile, who made dis difference
'Twixt mn mmy and twixt you ?
You reads Ie dear Lord's blessed book,
And you can tell me true.
De good Lord said it must be so,
And honey I for one,
Wid tankful heart will always sly
His holy will be done.
I tanks Mass Linkum all the saue,
liut when I wants for free,
I'll ask de Lord of glory,
Not poor buckra man like be.
And as for gilded carriages,
Dey's nothin 'tall to so:
My massa's coach, what carries him,
Is good enough for ine.
An' honey, when your mammy wants,
To change her homespun dress,
She'll pray like dear ole Missus
To be clothed with righteounness.
My work's been done dis many a day,
And now I take's my ease,
A waitin for do Master's call,
Jes when do Master please.
An' when at las' de time's done come,
An' poor ole mammy dies,
Your own dear mother's sof white hand
all close dese tired ole eyes.
in~arf- rdo., eJuwessoon-will-tall, - t
le mammy home to him,
An' he kin wash her guilty soul
From ebry spot of sin;
An' at His feet I shall set down.
Who died and rose for me,
An' den, and not 'till den, my chile,
Your mammy will be free.
Come, little Missus, say your prsyers,
Let ole Mass Linkum 'lone,
De debbil knows who b'longs to him,
An' he'll take care 'f his own.
Free 'he Newcberry S. C. Cunn-rt.
Something more about Sper:ts.
" And there were nline of themu, all1 stand
ing round the door, and the last one of
them said they would take sugar~n m
there'n, and a little boy, eight years
old, says he, Pap, I'll take a litc it it
kills me.
My dear brethren: The last sarmuint I
preached you, was on the subject of sper
its. In that discourse I told you of the
different kind of sperits, evenly of the
sperits of' just men miade perfect, for there
was " nine of themi all standin' round the
door, and the last one of them~ said they
would take sugar in thiere'n, and a little
boy, only eight years old, says he, Pap,
I'll take a little if it kills me." and in the
present discourse, I will tell you of' the
use that is muade of sperits.
Ia the first place, myw brethren, thtere
are those who don't use those gifts of' nat
tur iu their purity, nor as their own c:ou
sience dictates-for instance the candy
dats-but they are iln the hab.it of poutr
ing out tandeleg and buckeyve in killin'
doses, and Jhey arc gulped downt by the
pople in summiter and winter, in seedtimela
and in harveat. and the " last one of themx
said they would take sugar in there'n, and
a little b'oy only eight ye:'rs *.l. says.
Pap, I'll take a little. if' it kill< toe
Now, moy brethren. do you spose these
candy-dates keer for the good of the coi~l
try, or the internal comftirt of~ the people ?
Not a bit; for ef they had a sly chanice.
and they thought they could make any
thing by it, they would take a feller oil
by himself' and treat him to pop skull andi
rd eye, and there might be niine of them
all staindin' round the door, and the I.a-.--i
one ot' them, if' they was :-xt, would~ say
they would take sugar in therc'n.
But m y brethrenig. there is :umother' class
of sperits rappers, who are ver~y different
fromt this class. The ob jetioni I have to
them is that they are to keerful. If' you
keep a look out. yoi u an a mowst any tune'
see one of these felIlows stepj til to the
speit land, by his self', antI undier te
pretense of' the ionly.grubis, or sonme tther
ail:nnt, call far a fou'tr.fingered load fori
his stumiei sake. I havee seen them at
slippin' away f'romi their friends, when,
" there was nine of themt all standmii rouniid
the door. antd the latst one of ltem said
they woubil tatke sugar in the're'n, and a
litte hoy' only tight yea:rs old sayvs lie.
Pap. lIl take ai little it' it~ kills mue !'' A
mny a haird shell lBaptist. hhie-b.ellied
Presi 'vt erian, cavortin Me.thodis, and
~i.thid tut Pis-opadlii b'ing to this set.
anl t hey are expect in' Stomeit dayv to p:ay
upon that " har-p of a thojiuand st rintr;
spits of just men mzade perfct''t," but in
that day it will be' no go, I ir they will atll
" e sttadin' rotnid and the last onet of
thel will take sugar in there'ni, liut there
will be nto sugar."
But my brethering, there is still ani.tht-r
,lass of speritul people, who are ailwaiys
tandin' round the dioor. Som~tetimes I
wnt to) axe one of rmy brethring to take
.a drink with moe, a drink with sugar in it.
and I can't do it, a for there are nine of~
them all standin' round the door, antd the
last one of them said they will take sugar
in there'n, and the little boy on ly eight
ve.,-C old. saLv' he. Pap. J'll take a little
et it kills ie." These fellows, my brmth
ring, never huy any sperits of their own,
but they drink the sperits of everybody s
else. In election times they stick to can. a
dy.dites who treats the most. and they t;
may always be seen "standin' round the s
door." They never lose sight, much less il
smell, of the critter, and they are not '
particular about having sugar in ther'n- V
but they had something rather. J
In conclusion, my dear breethring, be. t
ware of the candydates, look with a wish- (t
tl eye upon the brother who drinks his t
self, and if you should happen to be at i
Fairtix Court house, or Massas 1 unction, f
tarry not in the plains, but fly to the I a
mountains, "for there are nine of them all s
standin' round the door, and the last one v
of them all said they would take sugar in t<
thern, and the little boy eight years old, d(
says he, Pap, I'll take a little ef it. kills mue!" ti
lDut when you go to drink, drink a gdod 1
article, and never go in without axin' me, 1(
or some other one of the breethring-for i
- there are nine of them a standin' round p
the door. and the last one of ihei said \
they would take sugar in ther'n, and a f
little boy only eight years old, says he, c
Pap, I'll take a little of it kills mue !" c
The health o' our Camps.
il PaOF. DAnnY, Or EAST A.AUAMA COLLEGE h
T the Editors of the Enjuqirer: "1
Gentlemen :-Feeling, like thousands ti
o our taelow citizens, the deepest solicitude P
in regard to the health of our army, I t
visited Fairfax and its environs, to see if P
there was any obvious cause of the vast to
atouiit ot sickness amoing our forces. S
The cause, in tty opinion, are most a
:pparent. It is now a well established b
tfear. that for the atmosphere. to rightly t
perform its office in supporting hunan .
health. it mnust contain ozone, the active a
condition of oxygen. It is readily detected ii
in all healthy localities. I tested for it a
in the tents of our so!diers, and none a
could he discovered in the lower parts of C
the tents in the morning. The sleepers s
then were without this essential condition b
ef' the vital air. The mere absence of
this might, perhaps be borne by imiost h
constititions for many successive hours ;
but it would be remarkable that the agent
that neutralized the ozone should just ti
be sufficient to produce that neutrality, C
and not be in excess. Hence, we tested. -
ttr what Savi calls rekrine, and found it ti
abundantly in a tent in which live of our j,
oldiers slept. This is s heavy putrescible '
'ub st anee. without odour, and is gener
ated in certain conditions of decaying
matter.
Its source in the tents is probably ti
mostly from the emanations of the bodies n
fth'e -&errr Aicthig' purifies -more'
readily than those emanations, as may
readily be proved Another --";rce i ti
trotm the soil on which they 1Ii,. The g
living vegetation, which would (itlme?:; t I)
cstine thos, materials, is des't r edel
a1nd the warmti of the body hastens its
production, and there is no ozone in the u
air to constiue it.
Ozine and puterine are antagonists. F
Where one exists the other cannot.
The above are the thts-caln they be tl
remitedied ? We think their cotditions
might be reversed. 'The tents are toon
close at night. 'I hey might he made so
that thev could not he closed only tosheiter Ii
andl keejp oflf the storm. One thbird of the
tent should always lie o'pen ; the op~emlng
sarranged that it might b~e altered to
ditlrent sides of' the tent, so as to be to
the leeward in storms.
There are too. manuy in a tent as now
construted.t
T1he tents are too near each other.
a
There should be at least one road between
the tents ; so that the sun may have its
full et~ect on the intervening spaC.c'. l
The contents (of the tents, especially r
laikets. straw, &ce., should lie platecd out
in the sun every day, when the sun shines.t
The tents should be completely rolled up
or removed at least onice a week, that the
sun may have its purifyintg effect on the :
Much aidvantage, no doubt, might. be
gained in the location of the tents mi regiard
to each other and surrounding localities.
Our prevailing winds are westerly. All j
iive loealities should, of course, be J
to the leeward, or east bide of the c ap;
the tents being arranged North and South,I
the cooking and fires should, as mucih as
possible, lhe on that side, that the vitiatedI
atir ay not be driven inuto the tents. TlheI
conditions are rever-' int the arrangemelt ct dI
ot muymt of the campt. 'lThe sickness ia
now somewhat submiding for want of
material in subjects ; but if no better
arraneentst are inade, pneumonia, pleu
risy imid typhoid fever will aippear with
grcater virulence.
Manyv of the camps are kept clear from
otlensive materials; but even this, we
are sorry to say is not the case~ with
all. lBut the utnost cleaimnnss is nt
sufhicient. The viruts has nto necssary
Lc ttlition with filth It:i exhib ited toi sightt I,
or smell. The most loathsomte conlitidnis *
ia be fcree from itthe act ive: age~t ill I
produciniig diseatse, antd the tmoist cleanly b
ippetv. Imay pruceuil it itn greatest '
po~er. The tests atre the only' critet riln,,.
aid Itlese.alotld lbe "lpp'lid. , n
It is said the condi it ions repured are
irmpctiable. 11loweve.r t h inimay beI,
I cannot, sa.i If arm disipline. ."
enats and is inflxibile, site is inl conflict
inever vield, Ilutttan bin~gs must have (
and the~ contditionis of surply intst, he
obserCivd. or* such re-ult5 as or m now mutm. t
fstint themtselvyes ini our -inty wil fui ow. I
I have made~k thte aboi ve statemenntts with-t
ut arutmenwt or proof; that your space
m igt be sp,:uie'l, :uud with the kuuldest
' is~ towards'.h alii conegrnted . havn no to
(ither mi tive t han the ieres:t oif oitr o
gl riuis cause'. by promottg the he.altht of~ a
our oblef soldliers. h
Very respectfully, o
* J. C.I). ti
_. - .-- ,-----.- t
Lincoln pays~ wel for info'~rmiationl from 1
Ihe "reb els."' Th'e sp Iies are doing a b
thriving buinesis~. A Washiny;e'i dis- in
ptc mto the New Y. k I Ierald, of tnh :5h II
ultio, says. that a yimung man w~ho' enmrie I.
there and statted thait the rebel army~ wasL
well stpplied with shoes, has been ap- t
pointed a Lieuteniant in the army for such
Winter Quarters.
There seems to be an -impression with
Dme -rsons that the troops on both sides
re going into winter quarters, and mili
try operations will be suspended till the
pring. The Northern generals have not
te most remote idea of any such inaction.
'he policy of the North is to make the
'ar short and sharp" and with this ob
yet, it has carried on its military opera
ions during a season far more trying to
ie health and endurance of Northern
roops than the winter. If they had gone
ito summer quarters, and waited for the
l or winter before attempting to invade
Southern country, . they would have
hown more wisdom tian in choosing hot
'eather for such an enterprise, and adding
that folly by suspending operations
tiring the most salubrious and invigora
ug season in our climate. So far from
ling into winter quarters, the North
uoks to the winter-which, in the South,
i mild, agreeable and healthful-as the
eriod of its greatest activity and eflort.
Ve may set this down as one of those
.ed facts which we may base our own
lculations upon with the most perfect
mnfidence and safety. To wait till the
ring is simply to wait till the wurs
ason foib Northern military movements
as returned again, to perpetuate the comu,
iercial misery and individual distress in
le Northern cities, and to increase the
robabilities of foreign interference for
to purpose of procuring the cotton sup
Is. McCiellan looks forward to no win
J quarters except in the heart of the
outh, and will be compelled to make the
tenipt, if not in the direction of Manassa,
y some other route which will strike at
ie capital and cotton of the Southern
onfederacy. That he will meet with an
ihilating defeat, that he wiil be even
tore thoroughly routed than at Manassa.
id not only routed, but followed tip and
iihilated, is our firm conviction. Nev
rtheless, he will make the attempt, and
ich a thing as " winter quarters" cannot
e found in his vocabulary.
"Winter quarters," in thct, is an obso
te idea among the military men of
odern times. Even in the old wars of
merica, our glorious ancestry uas not
ed up to " winter quarters." The snow
ad regions of Canada were invaded in
id-winter. and it was over frozen rivers
tat Washington led his soldiers, with
are an.d bleeding feet, to their glorious
ictories in New Jersey. We have a
utter and more inspiring cause than ever
fashingtoi defended. We must take no
ate of winter, except to provide our
-oops shelter and clothing, and derive
,w energy from its heahhful airs and
ieing-.winds." -So-far 2as- going -into
winter quarters" implies inuactioi during
t winter, we apprehend that nio1 Sottherii
ineral dreams of Cnry suih suicidal imi
eilitv.-Richnond Disp atch.
" 1 Mr. .1. Woo D).melnsos, Contrib.
torial Editor of the \Vinnshoro Register,
riting from the Camp at Lightwood
not springs, near Coltnbia, says:
This period of the year usually find
i sprils L gland other plIeasture resorts de
:-zed ; hut Liqhtrwon Kiwi Spriigx is
ill in the l'ull tide of sueeessfu l attend
le. There is a great deal of conung
r et. .ll' .i.-ut-/ i.e/ up field pui-suits
\Var is a veryv big lbing ats our men are
st lindiug out. The romianice (A the
-ted field is not: hard to kinock out of a
Ilow who is well exercised with early
reilles and lots of doule-q1uick dtiriing
i day. Arims (not womian's) are rough
d heavy things, breast-.worlks (ditto) aLre
ct pleasant to mieet.
But apart fromt the romance and all
at, we have as noble an army as ever
llied to a country's banner. Our sol.
iers in active service suilier ofteti; but
iy feel the eyes of' interest and afflectioni
em on them fromi home.
It has been said that the peculiar char.
eteristic of the souitheirner has alvays
ee his devotion and deferenc toi woman.
\len this war is 'over thait devotion may
tell become worship aind that 'lelirenice
aiere into reverce;~C fir ler in the
isto'y of any people sin1ce civilizaitioni
awned, has womaniil roSe to SO pure and
oble (nay, divine) an attitude as now.
iigle in.-,tanc.'es, here mid there in history,
ave reflected honor uipont our own race.
ere. woman'i has ri~cen as one~ andu pre-.
mts the subliime exanple of universal
evoioin to our cou'lntry pr''I'vationi, saeri
c, dutv. ebarity, Ilove, laboui -/,eroom.
ever before has~ woman, as a whole pee.
I, conw forward thus. Bless them all.
To Cmlarins CoFEE.-Don't use the
Luf. There isn't tone cook in five hun.
red who ever did anythiing else than
bme~x it. Some of the papers are recom
ind ing sub sti tutes--par'ched beants, peats,
ye. bread cru'ist4. acorns. &c., &c. Swamp
mad willI blacken water' just as eflectuail.
, but m-ithier' of theimi will ma~ke Colfee
ny mtor'e thatn ebalk will inak'' cheese.
ou ust hav'e a warni dinik. t.ske
oiig wvater' anti put a little milk and
iari in it. C omipared with what is called
1e. ini utine eases 'ut of' ten-it. is the~~
ectr out thle go ds to Ilarger beeri, and doeits
oa no harm, whiila the coffee fills your
oach with mud banitks andI sht'als,
.ninst which the hark of' hmtiian lif'e is
ient wreckeid. The gre:iuest htumblug im
, world, as cuiommoly iund~erstood and
ac'ticed, is roife! T''hink of patying
ity cenits a piounid fur charcoal to embhit
'r id blacken the water you drinik. The
ractice should be suppressed by the
;oard ot' Health, if' there were no war to
Thei~ l'allowing extracts friotm the letters
' Gein. Nathaniel Greeiie I think worthy
fa pa:ce in you l.p'per at this timie,
-heni mai~ny are prone to complini of
dships and sufferings brought oin us by
r war for independence. " At the hat
e of the Etutaw Springs " hundreds of
iy men w ere nakedl as they were born.
'osteity will scare'ely believe thant the
are loins oIf many b rave men'l, who unr
jed death into the en'ittvs ranks at the
tutaw, were galled by their cartouichi
tixes, while a folded nig or tuft of moss
rotected thiir shoulders from sustaining'
i same injury from the musket,"
Ia letter to the Seeretary at War, he
.'aWe lianv three httndredl ment
without arms, and more than one thousand
so naked that they can be put on duty
only in cases of a desperate nature. I
I have been seven months in the field with
out taking off my clothes.
Our Position--We are for Peace.
It is proper that the position of every
man and every political press should in
the present crisis be distinctly defined.
We have no hesitation in defining ours.
While we acknowledge the duty of
allegiance and fidelity to the government
of our country, by whomsoever admin.
istered, we are against coercion. We are
for peace. The South, which, in this
scandalor civil war, will include every
slaveholding State, cannot be re-couz uered.
Her sons may he defeated on the field of
battle ; her cities destroyed, her fields laid
vaste, but they will not then be conquered.
It' defeated they will flee to their mountain
fastnesses and their morasses, still carry
on the war, until ultimately their invaders
will be driven frotm their soil. They
never will be conequered. Then why make
war upon thema ? Why sacrifice thousands
of precious lives and hundreds of millions
of money, when in the end it will avail
nothing ?
Now, let every true patr' t in the land
-Republican, Whig, or Democrat-de
mnand that this fratrieidalstrife shall cease.
Let our Southern brethren go, if they
cannot remain with us except by coercion
at the pointof the bayonet and the cannon's
month.
.We are for the peace policy. When
our land is filled with widows and orphans,
aid our homes draped with mourning, as
they will be in two short years, and we
thet find our brothers of the same race
still unconquered. all will be for peace.
Then why not make it now, before all
these tremendous sacrifices have been
made?
We are for our country, or what re
mains of it. We are for its brilliant and
gIl'rious emblem-the stars and stripes.
its glory should never be-bedirnmmed by
bathing its fblds in the blood of brothers.
We are for naintaining the glory of this
flag on the soil of our own country We
are not fir the invasion of the South. We
are for the defence of the North. If'our
brethren of the South invade the North,
we are for repelling them. We tire for
defending the cit - of Washington until
Maryland shall se :edc. As long as that
State shall renair in the Northern Union,
we are fore -
soil, and that
ington. If si.
even to de feid
Such is our p
be-the positiul-OJ
North. It probalbi)
only their position, hI.
of thousatnd:s of JReput
war. shall have been I
-Concord (N. 11.) Dem. Standard.
PRoPoSED DiscIn.tRG. oF SICK Sor.tmeI',
-We understand that the Go vernImlent
is considering the plan of giving absolute
ikeharges instead of furloughs to the sick
soldiers likely to be incapable of doing
duty for any considerable period of time.
TIle Iplan is reconmnended by a nuiber
of cotsiderations. It may be safely esti.
mated that a good proportion of the sick
solili.rs discharged, under these cireinn
sine(', wilt, after rec'ruitinzg at their homies
instead of the hospitauls, volunte:er auit
to take the lie~d. The plan proposed will,
secure of them the best tre'atmnent. of
couse, with t he care of relatives and
friends and the conuventiencte of hoes;
will relieve thle hospitals of' mtuch of the
inconveient pre'ssulre upon themn; and is
calculatedl to f'urnish, on the whole, the
most economical. expeditiouis, and, per
haps. hunmane disposition of our' invalid
soldiers.-Richmtond Exaine.
Pi' r Ux.--A corr'espondent of' the
Clrendon B~anner' is down on "mnopo
lies" with a v'engeance. Pecad how he
crowds the poor untbrtunate i'ellows whose
avaricious in(-lintlttions hanve led thenm
astruy:
"We imake the broad :ztz1 unqualified
assertion, that the ma wht ~lo carries within
himi a heart that cold prom~lpt the desire
n>"iake mzone'y" from'tz the neces'ities aind
:7i,tses of' the peophle at tis tie and
umler e.ristiuv/ cir'cums'atacx', he that imanl
ths allrtiler or' the wholceule <1eaher
woth s thi'e - enhoh a
hIs~ conduct is not only -- imean and con
kiemp1tible," hut he is a truitor' to the mzost.
vhal interests of' the country, and as a
traitor r'ichly merits the denunciation atnd
condemnnat ion of every good citizen."
Arnd the Sounthern HWatchman on the
same subject says:
"lHe who, by word or action, creates
that influence which tends to clog the
whels of' our rolling car of' indlependenee,
whih'l tenids to increase the dimliulties and
t'rials librough which our peo.ple are now
iasiig. c:utini(t bei ela-sed' attonig the true
fi'nds of' our1 great cauise. 1Tis is no0
time to. heap up trea.sure fr'om the results
of the neceessitie's o~f the coutriy, and
IA't'ry mtan, lie is positioni inl socity what
it. may (ev'en though lie shiould ha ppe'n to
le assooiated with those who pr'ofe~s to
be guided by the senttimnents of' love
and chariiity) who tus enigages hants'lf.
shultad have the mark platcedi upfon him,
in orde'r that he may' be idlentified in fit
tutre."
A T 1'W \omA.--The Worl d's WVash
ingtoni correspon'tdent relartes the followv
Iwas told to-day of' a marvellous in
stane of' escape of a prisotner' captured
byteeev. IIe was a member of' the
SeodRgimnent of' Vermont. After
the battle he was place~d in a tent. lie
noticed that hte was not guarded, and
wacing an opportunity, eff'ected an es.
cape into t.e woods near by. lie made
his way to ntear Lcesburg, and finnishinig
for want of' food, asked a wvoman to give
him sotmething to eat.
"Xou are' a Federal soldier I see,'' said
" I ami," he r'eplied~ and wetnt on to ex
lhil about his being takenm prstisioner, and
how he~ escaped.
"Have yotu a mother ?"
" I have."
"I1 will rriva yon fnnol anelt navc voun
said.the lady : "a son of mine in the'rebel al
agmy has been taken prisoner, and I have ei
te feielings of a mother ihr you." L
She at once gave him a hat and a suit "w
o clothes behImging to her hunband. who hi
ma miller, and through this disguise he h6
worked his way outside the enemy's lines fr
and thence to this city. He now wears c:
t e hat and suit about town. a
From the South Carolinian.
ospital Supplies.
r For general information upon a matter I
di special importance at this time to our
(tizens, we beg leave to quote the Army Ii
Iegulations upi li lospital Subsistence.
Sestion 1.073 of the Regulations reads : e
lssues to .the hospital will be on re- di
t ns.by the mediical oflicer feLr such pro- fC
vpio only as are actually required for fo
the sick and the attendants. The cost of
suich parts of the ration as are issued will
becharged to the hospital at contract or
.e t prices, and the hospital will be credi- S
tto by the whole nunmbe r of complete ra."
tens due through the month at contract It
oncost prices; the balance constituting it'
fli hospital fund, or any portion of it, th
.be expended by the conniesary, on
tl .-requisition of the medical offier, in
the purchase of any article for the subsis
t ice or comfort of the sick, not author
i d to be otherwise furnislied. At large I
is or general hospitals, this fund may li
biVpartly expended for the benefit-of de- Ii
pindent posts or detachments, on requisi- di
tijns approved by the medical director he
oVsenior surgeon of the district." th
The fact that the Ladies' Hospital at it
the Fair Grounds, in this city, has been a
b gely dependent for needed supplies
upon the generosity of our citizens, espe
cidtly of the ladies, has raised in some
niinds the inquiry, why has not the regu. ni
la course for furnishing supplies been th
taken, so as at least tosassist those volun. is]
tary Q>ntributions which have flowed in
with.' sch noble liberality ? We have
taken occasien to make some inquiries.
e know,. of personal knowledge, that
the surgeon of the post at Lightwood
Knot Springs, and the surgeons of the
tree regiments respectively, have iiiade G
proper and full returns to the regimental L
commissaries, and these commissaries M
huve di.,htarged their duties by making St
r4.uisinis upon the conunissairy of the
pt. But as yet the arrangements have fu
nit been successful, owing to difficulties thi
1 ing beyond the reach of these officers.
sec au : ticle. from the Saranauh Re- is
publican. uking for inormation as to the
best mriithad of pickling beef. I have
thoroughly tested the following recipe, N
and tin the pjust seven years have never p
tiled by this process, and have hadl the P
very best corned beef I have ever eaten. c
For pickling 100 pounds beef. Take
six gallons of water, nine pounds of salt. n
three pounds browln sugar, one quart i
lasses. ttoz saltpeter, loz red pejper, and
one oimewe potash. Boil and Skim~ it well,a
and let it staind until enti relyv cold ;then
having rubbed your meat with line salt
anid pa;cked aind closely tilled in a water
tight eask, pour the birinec over it-after
stanlding :,ix weeks, reboil the brine and
return it to tihe tub, or if yon prefer miak- et
mug it into b~acon, take it outt of the brine t
aIt thle end of thu ,-ix weeks and, smioke it .'
well with green hickory wood. This reC-b
eipt answers admuiraibly for curing haims
also. J. R. S.
Rome, Ga., Oct. 7th 1861.
MErr CoI.Luso wivh rilE RIE..- II
Amiong the arrivals at Richmond last week f
we see chroniicled that of Sir James Per
guson, Knight, a memtiber~ of the Uritish etc
Paurliamnent ; and, it is stated in connec
tion with him, that lie brings letteris toi-r
the Prersident of the Rebel Confederacy Y
fromi Dudley Maini, one of the rebel '
Commissioners to Europe. If~ this be so,
it is a nota ble inistance of' thie viohitiont of
neutrality, and deserves to have the :at. m
tt'ttion of the Enuglish Government called be
to it. Anly subject, of Great Britian; who e
would identify himself so far with theu th
rebel cause as to act as bearer of djes
patches between traitors at home and
traitors abroad, can have no very nice fl
sense of honor or self.respect, and as Sir
James must have passed through the thi
Northern States to get to Richimond, lie hi
has doubtless given tihe JemT D~avis cabali p1
tile benefit of hiis observations. and earned, h<
in addition to his knightly title, that of
spy, so that he may be known hereafter
as Sir James Ferguson, Spy, M. P. We a
wish him joy of his new hoos-Ni
Yourk Heral.
ll;IA L oF MExIC.t N Ciiu n~n h N.l eau- Si
iful is the biurial of children among the
Mxicans. No dark processions nor
gloomy looks mark the passalge to the
grave : but dressed ini its holiday attire
and garlanded with bright, fresh flowers,
the little sleeper is borne to its rest. Glad eC
songs are suing and joyful belle are rung,S
and lightly as to a thustivatl. the gay group
goes its way. The child is not dead, they at
say, but "going home." d
The Mexican mother who has house- d
hold treasures laid away in the " camopo j
santo,"-Godls's sacred field-breathes a -
sweet flhith only heard elsewhere in tihe
poett's utterance. Ask her how manmy ye
children bless her house, and she will atn.
swer: " Five, two here and three yonder."
So, despite death aud the grave, it is yet sl
an unibroken household.
Ouma Er'ron.--!t niibrded 11s mutch o1
pleasure, on iMonday afternoon last, to
shake thle hand of our editor, W. P. tI1
Price, Esqj., whlo had just returnled on
fulugh from Virginiua. Hie looked like a
oe whot had seen service. In the engage-.
iment at laewinisville, tin thle 25th lilt., he
received a shock fri-om a riled cannon ball
strikinig within a few inches of him, which S
rmaiyed his r'i6ht side, and came near P
td we hope will soon be entirely reem
red. 'rhe same ball killed private WW
.M. A. Scruggs. of the hitler G uard.
ho was lying beside hM. Poor tllo'.
never knew what. hurt him. his hen
cuing torn almost entirely, if not quit
otn his body. his remains were we;
ired for by his comrades, and receive
decent interment.--Greenville Entte
rire.
News and Mliscellneous Items.
The appointment of Generals in the Con
derato army are full, having reached th
ititation of five general oflicers, provided b.
:isting laws of the Confuderate States. Th
stinetion between the Provisional and Con
derate, or regular organization is, that th
rmer expires with the termination of tit
rr.
"- A Goon Best':tus.-Georgia tmilt
ate Railroad, which hap for years been beat
g the greater part of the State expenditures
paid into the State Treamnry, of net prof
for the month of July, $-2,0u0, and to
e month of August, $60,000.
laNo Monts P4ssas T CtmLtss.-I
is yesterday rumored that all civilians ar
mceforth to be rigidly exclude.l from ou
-es at Mannssas, and that no more pass
>rts will be issued to that useful, ht nov
nited class of cr citizens until further or
,r. No such instructions had bern received
>wever, at the passport ofliec last n'ghlt
ough the applications of civilian visitors t<
ir army of the Potniac were ~ruted with
ident reluctance.-Richmuond Enquirer, I lith
,o' Among the arrests in Louisville, foi
aiding the Southern rebellion," were three
,roes. There is nothing singular to uz, it
at, but such things must occasionally aston;
i the Yankees.
Ofi- The merchants of Shreveport, La., heldt
eetiug on the 1st init., and agreed upon th<
lowing rates as a standard price upon whiel
ey would take cotton in payment of debt:
ie them, or for goods:
od Middling.......................7:
:w. M iddling.........................
iddling,............................ 8:
rictly Middling,....................i
The object in view is to substitute cottor
e money, as a circulating medium betwee
e planter and the merchant.
?9 The Washington Republican say
a inove I LUa -
Er The war correspondent of the Sa
nuah Republican, says a late number of th
. Y. JIerald put, down the imports at tha
ace for the week at $600,000. For th
rresponding week last year they were ove
t,000,000, or five times as large as they an
sw. These figures tell a woful tale for th
nighty North."
SA Qc.ER CerrR.--" Let mec ha'
pound of oysters, my goodl tman, 14ill yont
Pound, sir I we don't sell themt by weigbl
e sell thema by mneasure." " Then let in
ve a yard."
gr A Wrr-rY MoTIRu:.-In oue of th
urts in Alabama, recently a woman wvr
stifying in behtalf of her son, and swor
~hat lhe worked ont a farm ever since lie wa
r.' The lawyer, who cross examined hei
d, " You assert that your sont lhas worke
a farm ever since he was born ?" " 1 do.
Xlhat did he do the first year ?" .4 11. .lil
" she replied. Thte whole court laughec
artily, and the witness was quiestioned' tn
rther.
?M" The following is an epitaph from th
Larchyard of St. Philip', Birmingbam:
C, cruetl Death I-how cul you be su unk id
atake bh tbefo ad luae a uo beLhind ?
su shouldI have taken t.,b uf u.s ir eiher,
high woub! have been moure ple.niu;; to Itl
$3rA verdant Yankee sceing the at
mucument ini harge letters, in hrout of
ok'tore, ".Nothitng to Wear Sold Ilere,
:elaimuedl: "Wal, now, I wontder who said
ere was!"'
girAn Arkansas exchange gets off th
lowing, which sounds quite characteristic
" Jeff. Thompson, of Missouri, being tols
at Ilecker had offered a reward for I
ad, replied "sorry I cant return the coni
mnt, but I wouldnt give a d-d for in
ad,"
E'~ There is a purple hlnf to the grapt
metl.low and crimson half to the. peachi
tny hail' to the globe, and a invtter half t
f A 1loi.o PuA'tvmn.--The Re~v. M
earuts, who preached in a Newark (N. J.
isopal Chunrc'h on that day. in the couirs
his sertmon pointedly justilled the S'.ut
d denounced the North. The co'ngregatio
sed, and the leading vecstrymnen have sine
mplined of the clergyman to the Unitel
ates District Attornaey.
jlii The Sewanee coal ttines in Tennesse
e now int full blast, and one hundred tons
y are being raised, which the proprietor
omise to deliver in Nashville all wintera
cents per bushel.
R~K ln Tmts.-.A banker asked
ug lady what kind of mtoney site liked besl
"Matrimony," she replied.
" What interest does it britng?" asked th
arp baniker.
"If properly invested, it will donble th~
iial stock every two years," she repliet
He conicluded she was a mtatcht for hhn, be
e rest is a secret.
ag The commandant at Fort Pickens set
Ilg of truce ott the 1-ith, to inform (Get
ragg that the prisoners captured in the Sat
Rosa fight would he sent to New Yor'k o
mnday. Geti Bragg sent a paymaster, ant
tid the men in full for the repasainder of the;
rni od seryige.
From the S.n:harn (;I::riian.
Mr.. Etrrn: Iam rather "pp- sed to an
, ;swering; anonymns' .vriter-. t pra-iUd!y when
coutched+ ini langullaa.! unb.e coming1I a newcspa;
per correspondent. I hav,-, i.:ve' er, Con1CIur
ded, if von vill allow t so miu1cu space in
your aluable paper, to reply briefly to the
interrogatories of your corrclpondent " Coro
naka," published in the Guardian of thu 5th
in:tant.
I am aware that " Coronaka," in this con
test, is my bitter political opp:,nent. urge.i on
as he is, by those who would seek vcry tp
portu ity to destroy me, both puliti'ally and
c pecuniarily, as will plainly be seen from the
vindictive spirit exhii-ited tl:rouh .ut his in
qugries. lid is.egvjiiently inthie ied i.\ utie
Pi inIes than tlis, as he Fdiye, -of a1vi.-t:!O
tihr the' pr'1ici!'.-, the" firmneol', thei sanonaiu
of i.n who wosibli se?ek 1:. tt' 1..',11e pla
ei of trust and reslnrsiibilit."
During the adiinistrattion of .ame-: 11i
chanan, who Was e-la~ed President by .outh
ru votes, including th- vo:c of Su1 tob C:ro
linai, I hel a clerk.-hip in Wa'ingtn, wuder
the direction of the lion. Jacob The!ipion,
[ Secretary of the Interior, and meore ihum mcdi
ately under J?udg'! G reengood, of .\rka ,
as Conunissioner of Indian Agiairs. lietter
- and Iruer Sout h.rn mniu than they are do not
exist, " Coroinika," viih :ill his b:ued a
- triotism, not excepte'l. Both of these gen
tlenien resigned at the close of Mr. Blelian
an's Administration. When the ordinance of
secession was paeod by Sinth UCarii na I
I wrote my .resignation, and informed (ov.
Pickens that if an atitempt to coerce South
Carolina was made by the General (overn
ment I would hand it in, and return ,o my
native State, as a tirne Carolinian should do.
andl battle for. Southern iniependence.' No
lenionstration being made against her, I re
turned home in the month o' February Lit.
I never held oflice under Abe Lincoln, :nor
any other Black Republican, nor have [ seen
the day I would have done so.
While in Washington I addiressed letters to
several of my friends, (many of thema at their
own request,) counselling against immediale
separate secession on the part of South Caro
lina, unless we had the best evideice ;other
States would soon follow. I did not believe
then, nor do I believe now, South Caroua
could have sustained herself alone. Vice
President Stephens, Ex-Gov.. Johnson, of
--in. the lanenta -14t
ccrtser for s:mne time while in Vashington,
and I am not aware that I promulgated such
a doctrine.
On my return to Washington city. last De
cember, I met, on the G. & C. Railroad, Mr.
Wn. N. Blak', and the Rev. Mr. McLees,
froi Greenwood. The conversation turned
eupon polities. The position of South Caro
lina was freely and pleasantly discussed for a
considerable tune, at thie close of which btth
the gentlemen remarked to me, they would
hlke to see, and would take it as a favor, if~ I
e woul send thiem a few Black Republican pa
pers; they wanited to see, to use their owni
language, "what the Abolitionists had to
s say about South Carolina." I told them]I
would do so, and senit themi a fe numbers of
s the New York Herald anid Tr ibiune.
~,jIt is now as "clear us the sun in heaver,'
fromt the great struggle that is going on for
'olice, that political aspirants were at the- heaid
-of the secession movemient. Wiil Coronaka
i point his finger to a prominen~t leading poli.
i tician, who has sung~ psalns to the praimses of~
ecessiont, or prehe'd long.wi nded s.ermn s
fronm the same text, I will s.howv hi ni an olhii
holuer. it is enrrently reported. and i~euntr
ally believed, that Coronaka biam-f (tie
M1odern lhi.tcrianm) volunteered more t:. an
eonce, and tailing to obutainm .jhilue fr want el
ppujlalrity, refous.d to arve his cour.try as t
. private.
Thu at initrcogatory is so very contempti
ble i hat it is searcely worth a painotice.
I will only say. however. that it is news to
nu-, nlews to umy faumily anud ne~ws to tmy
neighbors, that <tjipsition wvas made by my
self, or a- ,eml.*r of my famnly, to amy sonm's
volunter ing. Iaving encouraged him my
self to volunteer, my son felt, in doing so,
his father ad 11o submsiou principles to re
Ihaving now disposed of a long list of in
terrogatorics, I will pay my respects with
~gves off to " (oronaka." I will informt
Vdur readers that he is a well-informecd g*tleti
Sman, scarcely ini t he prime of life. living in
the villa;;e of. Green~wooad,. .\bbevill district.
. who figuiredi souwu time siuce n-s a nwspape~r
corrspondenut fromi theu seamt of war in Vir
inia. It is said that heu was r.t 3Ianassas I n
Iithe eve of the great bat tle, andu a more re-st
ness bing never livedu; the white feather was
eplainly to ise seen, when a gun was oi~ered
iihim to aid in the achievement olf Siouthern
indeende'nce, which lie politely declined, and
left the field in doubleuquiek time, niot stop
aping until he got seven miles oif, a distane
far beyond the range of MleDowel's longst
,~guns.
The Miodern Ihistorian, no doubt. contsiders
the peln a imUCh more formidable weapon thman
athe sword, for with the former he. can ask im
pertinent and disrespectfl quest ions. while
ie reftises to wield the latter in defence of
his bleeding country. Ite says these are times
Ithat try* men's souml. In this retmark he is
p erctly correct, for lie has been tried and
found wanting.
t This is the gentleman that presunmes to sit
in judgmtent up1on a trute atnd loyal cit izen of
t Sotht Carolina, and paiss sentences upon the
. . charnter of a priva~te individual.
- Iad " Coronaka" lint his iuterrogato~ries to
i m mmcin a respectful matuner, I would have an
Iswered him in a similar way ; but as his ob
r ject was miore to insult, than to obtain infor
, &nsD T will remind him that one Hiaman
once voilntarily built a gn'tows for anottcr,
oln which lie .ais :ihung haii.:if. The 4o,.'!.
r:i.t. r::n t nv ,r : 1: , iot lLaeh l of I {.t
ctw. ..I;. C. GRIFFIN.
On to Chartcston. -
The hero of Solferino, the on to Ricliniond
and back to WasLintgton strategist of the N-:rv
York T inus --lenry J. ThIvzmond-is out vo.
cilrousl with aiiother programme for con
tiering the r.bels. Co)ast attacks atre the
very things an:d on thes.e our modern Alexan
.der expiatiates as follows: c:Clellan, and all
suchsaml fr, su-1aside!
The plat is so atirae*ive ::nd fiible, -hat,
whl unl tments of volunters " fur the r:.i"
;,:-e" mad31.e 1,:,v a1 the rate of a few bundr' "I a
day in the New En:ynd St::es, twen y hoes
a:-di r;':-m ' enhs: tt-d iii a v.e1, were the .2.
.. -* .. ,: ;:" r.L 1[& 1ti hiit. . or .o
a::d t; hert be-I. :niaterial in the w.
irt the amy-utn ii.tr.i to e ery kin: '
ar *!:ip. :mee : .p.at ::.t: er ; or .'.ein to all
tl.e peril., .1 the a.dv':wt., life of sa.heii.
IL-re wul . :1 wo;rk whie:i every soldier
1 caid undrr,:atnd, a:al Is.ward the execut:ont
.t' which each one would direct all his t:, -
ulties. , .
New England ii nautical, and has s1f!red
molnt by the wtar. II.-r people are faii Ii:r
.u irh e-e ry fatot ",f S..ut!:era !-oil. They t:mt,
i.y subduing the n, bullion, it) restore the e" "
r: i::g tr:Jle. Thts:y have numerous gru.1,.es
:., .yt.{. We crn hardly estimate the emir
v aiid enthin wiithi which s'ich an ceer
i p:.r would be undeiakcn and carried tii
I ward. We trust the reported movenen" ofI
m-r".al futler have r etimnce to One agair.,{
twe hopes, t!: very sear " the secestion in
i.p!ity. The reeapire :>cf ! rt Sumter is a
nutter of national honor. Our people hi.v.
v'ow whjsicht must he perlurn:ed. At that f.rt
was the I!qi of the: eountry;'the Eynbc'l of
their unity ant power, first insulted and over
thrown. E4pon the s:mne spot Must' it be
raised andlioured ,y. the very hands that
.desecrated it. - -
We can only end ite war..)y the capture
of the Southein'seaports. A demonstration
of our power in these will he the only thing
that will bring the -obels to their senses. We
can in no other day jrotect our commerce
from their cruisers and pirates' and put a com
plete stop to smuggling. The same succe'ss
solves the cotton question. Cotton will cou
fnrwnrd ths moment W hA -
movemnicut Or Li ..
would ponr New England into the hot-bed of
slavery. The maere apprehension of such a
thing tvould send homie from Virginia ne.irly
every soldier from the cotton. States, leaving
the former to bear alone the brunt of the ii
mense force directed against it. We could
then tight the South single and decimated, in.
stead of collectively. Another motive which
.tiCtld tie a c.Jonstalt ,imr in her sides. i ti.e
release ot our pris nmers lost at Bull Run fromn
the damlp and luathsotne Fort Pinckney, in
Charles.toni harbor. Trhese tr~en must be goecd
ily releaised, if i.'t by exch:oInge, by th i r re
capture. Will not the Government speedlity
mnore fur the executionl of this plan?
The Webster (Ma.ss.) Times relates
the followintg ineident of the return of the -
Sixth Regiment:
The engine halted for water at the
Noirth \'iihig'e, and as the girls in Sisater's
miills had congregat ad upon the lawin
beween1 thle mnilb and 111e railroad tract,
the soldiers ilocked fromx the earsan
oeenieLd the ttfe miutes of the~ ha:lt in1
the most pron.unged .&:d indiscrinimt
hisring, to which the bh~ is.hing girl:. uba.'
miiiited with connuiidat'ie and becom'tig
'ruce.
IONt Phay wa:, a character. No: lon.ig
sinee1c. whzen his horse det d, he spen: l'aif
the nizht in calIn ting~ lhe price he shold(
re*ciye four the hide, as~ there was ai t1.
ii-r-v in thle vicinity. Tihe next dIv
t6,atd him21 curaing fearltdly, as the mien
of the tan2-ardl had zskinned the aniinal
andi~ a;,propria1ted the hzide during I he
iight. Old l'eep~s had another auima!,
'in its last legs, anid lhe looked to see himu
die every dayi, anid swore lhe individually,
should have the skin and skining. One
duv while riding the vettnable brute and(
iriously drun'k. his "' animal" espied a
ead and Iaed horse in the road-nnseen
by the rider. The ghastly sight made him
shy aind~ thlereh~y pitch-old Peeps a.s raddle
th de dead horse. As the old ,;ellow
thinking his animial had fidlen de. under
imi, glanced at the hideless Ca: .ass hev
h.. re'. he v.elloed :'Skiimed alrewly, be
twe my le'gs ! CNuss the tan-yard'.
sno . a-o~i\L umi (or.os-A Gentlemnan
f omn t- l..l emiatnin tells the fellowving:
AX sqnai~d of indianta volunteers, nut
S:OtitiIa. camea acrois an old womian in a
I I o cabi. in the mou.,ntaiins. After the
u.'nal salntations. one of them asked her
. 141 ol lady are you secesh?'
-- No." was her answier.
" What are you then?"
I "A Ilaptist, always have been." The
Ioosiers let down.
A- The Richmnond I7iig says it is only
in timen of' war, and wheni we are guarded at
all positions, that the Yankee 6ease to be
" terrible." In time of peace he is very for
miidble, and it will be when peace is mande
that the real danger to the Confederate States
will begin.
Say Tt is stated that G'en. Btowman, for
11r Supe1,rintendtent of' Publie Printing, and
farmer proprietor of the Washington Con
tiuinI hats subscribed $30,000) to the na
tionl luan
gy somei live or six th->u~and hogs from
Kentucky were driven through Nashville on
Wedneday. They conie to TOnnesOse for
he impravement of their' phjeioal C~adition.