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m mi- CAKOliBA STAflUAKDs TUJCSOAX. NOJVV 8. 18G4. life 't-5 si 'Ml it; r -1J ft m 9iO Sad 3 m k-u, 3$ m 5rT 5; 1 -? 1 K-:Ll i m fell I 'if i-r i -Of. V, 5 f r- i km ? - i - m 1 mil n Mi in mi Ifiiii-lfrlilij lianltaiil. SOULS, NOT STATIONSi ? Who shall judge a man from manners ? Who shall know him by his dress? , Paupers may be fit for princes, Princes fit for (something less. Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket .May beclolhe the jrolden'ore Of thi dcepesyhoughts and feelings Siitiu vest could do no more. There are springs of crystal nectar Ever swelling out of stone, There are purple buds and golden, Hidden, crushed and over grown ; . God who counts by souls, not drosses, Loves and prospers you and me', While he values thrones, the highest, Cut as pebbles in the sea, Man, upraised above his fellows, Oft forgets his fellow ; then" Masters rti'.crs lords remember Tl at your meanest hands arc men I Me'u by labour, men by feeling, Men by thought and men by fame, Claiming equal rights to sunshine In a man's ennobled name. There are foam embroidered oceans ; There are liUle weed clads rills. There are little inch high saplings, There are cedars on the bills. B it God who counts by souls, not stations, Ljves and prospers you and me, For to him all vain distinctions Are as pebbles in the sea. Toiling hands alone are builders Of a nation's wealth and fame; Titled 1'iziness is pensioned, '- Fed and fattened on the same. By the sweat of other's foreheads, Living only to rejoice, Whilj the poor man's outraged freedom Vainly hlieih up its. voice. But truth and justice are eternal. Born with loveliness and light, And sunset's wrongs shall never prosper, - Where there is a sunny right ; And God, whose world-heird voice is singing Boundless love to j'ou and me. Will sink oppression with its title3, " As the pebbles of the sea. EXTRACTS FROM DANIEL WEHSTEU. Other misfortunes may be borne, or their effects overcome. If disastrous war should sweep our commerce from the ocean, another generation may renew it ; if it exhaust our treasury, future industry may replenish it ; if it desolate and lay waste our fields, still, tinder a new cultiva tion, they will grow green again, and ri pen to future harvests. It wera but a trifle, even if the Avails of yonder Capitol were to crumble, if its lofty pillars should fall, and its gorgeous decorations be all covered by the dust of tho .valley. All these might be rebuilt. But who shall re construct the fabric of demolished govern ment ? . Who shall rear again the well- )roportioned columns of Constitutional iberty? "Who shall frame together the skilful architecture which unites national sovereignty with State rights, individual security, and public prosperity ? Is'o, Gen tlemen, if these columns fall, they will be raised not again. Like the Coliseum and the Earthen.on, they will be destined to a mournful, a melancholy immortality. Bit terer tears, however, will flow over them, than were ever shed over the monuments of Roman or Grecian art ; for they will be the remnant of a more glorious edifice than Greece or Rojne ever saw the edi fice of Constitutional American liberty ! Webster's Eulogium 07i Washington. The secession of Virginia 1 The seces sion of 'Virginia, whether alone or in com pany, is most improbable, the greatest of all improbabilities. Virginia, to her ever lasting honor, acted a great part in fram ing and establishing the present Constitu tion. She has had her reward and her distinction. Seven of her noble sons have, each filled the Presidency, and enjoyed the highest .honors of the country. Dolo rous complaints come up to us from the South, that old Virginia will not head the march of secession, and lead the other Southern States out of tho Union. This, if it should happen, would be something of a marvel, certainly, considering how much pains Virginia took to lead these same States into the Union, and consider ing, too, that she has partaken as largely of its benefits and its government as any other State. And ye men of the Southern States, members of the Old Thirteen ; yes, mem bers of the Old Thirteen; that always touches my regard and my sympathies ; "North-Carolina, Georgia, South-Carolina ! What page in your history, or in the his tory of any one of yon, is brighter than those which have been recorded since the Union was formed? Or through what period has your prosperity been greater, or your peace and happiness better se cured? What names even has South-Carolina, now so much dissatisfied, what names has she of which her intelligent sons are more proud than those which have been connected1 with the government of the United States? n Revolutionary times, and in the earliest days of this Con stitution, there was no State more honored, or more deserving of honor. Where is she now ? And what a fall is there, my countrymen 1 But I leave her to her own reflections, commending to herewith all my heart, the due consideration of her own example in times" now gone bv. Fellow-citizens, there are some diseases of the mind as well as of the body, dis eases of communities as well as diseases of individuals, tkat must be left to their own cure ; at least it is wise to leave them so until the last critical moment shall arrive. I hope it is not irreverent, and certainly it is not intended as reproach, when I say, that I know no stronger expression in our language than that which' describes the restoration of the wayward son ; " he came to himself." He-had broken away from M the tics, of love, family, and friendship: Ho had. forsaken everything which he had nce regarded in his father's house. lie Jiad forsworn his natural sympathies, affec tions, and habits, and taken his journey l?ai -r Cntry; IIe liad S110 away .tiom .himself and out of himself. But misfortunes overtook him, and famine threatened him with starvation and death ' o entreat. from home followed him to beckon him back ; no admonition from others warned him 0f his fate. But the hour of reflection had come, and nature and conscience wrought within himr until at length came to himself" And now, ye men of the hew States of the South ! You are not of the original thirteen. The battle had been fought and won, the Revolution achieved, and tne Constitution established, before ydnr States had any existence as States. Yon . came Ufa prepared banquet and had seats as--Bighed yon at table just as honorable a3 those which were filled b older guests. Yon have been and are singularly pros perous ; and if any one should ' deny this, yon would at onco contradict his assertion. You have bought vast quantities of choice ami excellent laud at the lowest price ; and if the public domain has not been lavished upon you", yon yourself will ad mit that it has been appropriated to your own uses, by a very liberal hand.' And yet in some of theso States, not in all, per sons are found in favor of a dissolution of the Union, &t of secession from it. Such opinions are expressed even where the gen eral prosperity of the community has been the most rapidly advanced. In the flour ishing and interesting State of Mississsppi, for example, there is a large party which insists that her grievances are intolerable, that the whole body politic is in a state of suffering; and all along, and through her whole extent on tho Mississippi, a lpnd cry riugs that her only remedy is " secession, ' "secession." Now, gentlemen, what in fliction does the State of Mississippi suffer under? What oppression prostrates her strength or destroys her happiness? Bo fore we can judge of the proper remedy, we must know something of the disease ; and, fr my part, I confess that the real evil existing in the case appears to me to be a certain inquietude or uneasiness growing out of a high degree of prosper ity and consciousness of wealth and power, which sometimes lead men to be ready for changes, and to push on unreasonably to still higher elevation. If this be tho truth of the m.ttter, her political doctors are about right, if the complaint spring from over wrought prosperity, for that disease I have no doubt that secession would prove a sovereign remedy. Webster on 44 The Ad dition to the Capitol" IS51. Correspondence of the Miasissippian. HOSPITAL GANGRENE. Makion Hospital, "Marion, Ala, Oct. 17. Ot all the diseases that are destruc tive of human life, I know of none that presents a more hideous aspect or is more intolerable to its victim than that which is known to this medical profession as Hospi tal -Gangrene so called from its frequent ocenrranco or probable origin in military hospitals. The actutl destruction jxn eating away of flesh, muscles, sinews, veins and arteries, whose progress is visi ble to the eye, afford a picture of horror that is sickening and shocking even to the experienced physician. This mass of suf fering and putrefaction will soon become a corpse, to be transferred from the hospi tal to the private soldier's lonely burial ground, unless the work of dealli is speed ily arrested and baffled. Fortunately for its present and future sufferers, I think, from what Iiave wit nessed in this hospital, there is a method of treating it which will inevitably cure it, if it is commenced before any htrgo vital artery has been destroyed. I have seen more than one case restored to life and comparative health, of whose recovery gentlemen of large professional skill and practice had entirely despaired. I do not know who deserves the credit of originat ing the treatment, but the merits of its introduction into this hospital is cheerfully accorded by its medical staff to Assistant Surgeon John N. Holinan, of Marion, Mississippi. So uniformly successful has ho been (not having lost one case) that, by com mon consent, every case of gangrene is committed to his care. I take pleasure in recording this fact, as it is equally credita ble to the science and skill of an accom plished, zealous young physician, and to the candor and liberality of his profes sional brethren. A3 a lover of mankind and a friend of the soldier, I deem it my duty to give publicity to his method of managing it, to the ellicacy of which every one here can testily. At the same time it is agreeable to bring before the public tho name of a gentleman who could not enjpthat ".thrift which follows fawning," and who only aspires to reputa tion and position by the faithful discharge of his duty and by an independent, honor able life. Such men are rare and should be cherished. He has had the kindness, at my solicitation to give me tho following in writing. Trusting that it may be tried in other hospitals, 1 have no fear in pre dicting the infallible -curative power, if anything of mortal birth deserves that ap pellation : The wound is first cleansed with warm water. Then make a solution of chloride of zinc, in tho proportion' of three drachms to an onnce of water, tho wound is then thoroughly packed with pledgets of lint perfectly saturated with the solution. i The pledgets are allowed to remain three or four hours; they are then removed and new -ones' applied in the same way. If this course is rigidly pursued, it is very seldom that more than one or two dres sings are required. The solid stick or crystal of chloride of zinc is to be prefer red, if every part of the wound could be reached by it, but owing- to this uncer tainty, and the' difficulty )f procuring it, it is always best and most certain to apply the solution. This treatment, with the occasional application of chlorinated soda, (Larrabaques's solution,) and with.full diet, (whatever the patient wishes,) has arrest ed and will cure the' very Avor'st cases. The protracted application of the caustic, as above directed, is all important The simple mopping of tho wound will not do. Tiie use of turpentine, creosote and other articles of this class is useless and unreliable, because they divert the atten tion of tho physician from more active re medies, to which ho must ultimately resort. Ko hospital need be without this chloride of zinc. Mr. G. P. L. Reed, ono of the dispensary stewards of thi3 hospital, who is very proficient n3 a practical chem ist and a clever gentleman, inforni3 mo that it can be made in tho following man-" ner. The .formula, ho tolh me, can be found in every Pharmaccepia. I am no chemist myself, but have no doubt of its truth and accuracy. It is so simple and so easily prepared that no hospital need be without it. Zinc, in- small, clean frag ments, added to muriatic" acid until effer vescence ceases, will make the remedy that Dr. Holman uses. I hope Mr. Editor, that . by publishing this communication, yon and I may bo humbly instrumental in doing much good. Very truly, EX-EDITOR. GENTLE WORDS. " 0 germ ! 0 fount ! 0 word of love! O thought at random cast r" Ye were but little at the first. But mighty at the last" Mackat. A corect idea of the power of language is seldom -entertained. Mai of us forget that our conversation, yea, almost every word we utter, exercises a mighty and last ing influence. We who are Christians fail to realize tho great amount of moral power which we might exert by the loving use of encouraging .words. We are prone to distrust and shun tho peuitelit profligate, and too apt to turn the "cold shoulder" on the church-member who once yielded to temptation, but who is now confessing his sin and seeking the forgiveness aud fa vor of God. This course i3 contrary to the spirit of the Gospel and to the exam ple ot our blessed Saviour. " Neither do I condemn thee ; go and sin no mere" were the gracious words that felf from tho lips of Jesus like heavenly music on the ear of the penitent. We who are too censorious forget our own liability to fall, and re member not the Apostle's injunction : " Brcthen, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such a ono in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted." We may foster good resolutions in 'a struggling heart, by a single word fitly spoken. Sunshine and dew are not great er blessings to tho drooping flower than smiles and gentle words of hope and love to the tempted soul. On the other hand, how many spirits emerging from tho gloom of error and sin into an atmosphere faint ly illumined by the first rays of truth and holiness how many spirits beginning to aspire God ward, have been astonished and wouuded by harsh or thoughtless words from an ill-tempered, morose Christian. An iU-lemjtered 7Koro.se Christian! What a contradiction of terms! Speak gen'ly ; for an angry word May probe a tendi r part, And be a keen-edged knife to pierce A tempted, Rtiuggling lyfirt. Let gentle words words of admonition, encouragement, faith, and love fall ever from our lips. Oct-Door ExKKcrsu. It is owing main ly to their delight in out-door exercise that tho elevated classes in England reach a patriarchal age, notwithstanding their hab its of high living, of late hours, of wine drinking and many oth it health-destroying agencies ; tho death of their generals, their lords, their earls, and their dukes, are chronicled almost every week, at 70, 80 and 00 years; it is because they will bo on horseback, the most elegant," rational, and accomplished of all forms of mere ex ercise, both for sons and daughters. But tho whole credit of longevity to these clas ses must not bo given to their love of field sports ; it must be divided with the other not less charcteristic traits of an English nobleman he will take the world easy ; and could we, as a people, persuade our selves to do the Eamo thing habitually, it would add ten years to tho average of hu man life, and save many a broken fortuno and broken constitution. JlaWs Journal of Health. Swi;et Potatoes. This crop may be dug the latter part of the month, as soon as the vines are wilted by the first frost. When the frost comes on very late they can be dng when ripe, which is thus indi cated : Pull several potatoes from differ ent parts of your patch, break them, and give them time to dry, and if tho fresh broken part dry over perfectly white, the potato is ripe and should bivdug; but if of a darkish hue, the potato is not ripe, and should be left to ripen. Put up your potatoes'in small banks of -25 or 30 bush els, rejecting all cut or bruised roots. Let the foundation of the bank be a foot or more higher than the surrounding sur face, so the wafer may nut stand. Put up your potatoes dry and protect them, by an ; internal coat of pine straw and corn stalks, i with a good thick external yiie ot earth, ! from frost, leaving a small vent at the top, covered with a littie straw, until cold weather comes on ; some, however, cover 'entirely at once. A few planks should be arranged over the banks to carry off tho rain. Southern Ctdiivalor. NoTmxo all Dark. Tho velvet moss grows on sterile soil tho mistletoe flour ishes on naked branches tlie ivy cling to the mouldering ruin the pine and cedar remain fresh and fadeless amid the muta tions of the receding year and, Heaven be praised, somsthing green, something beautiful to tho soul, will, in the darkest hour of fate, still twine its tendrils around the crumbling altars and broken arches of tho human heart. In a contest between Lincoln and McMlel!an, the New York Herald has been like the bat in the war between the beasts and the birds neither side own ing it It has coquettod with each by turns, but its issue of tho 10th speaks contemptuously of both, as follows: " A Puzzle fou tiie Futcri? Historian. When the future historian of the rebellion sits down to his task, nothing will appear to him more wonder ful than the fact that, during our prent difficulties, two great parties in this country should have been so stupid and deficient in sag icily and patriotism us not to have selected and rallied round the great est and best men of tho t:tne to extricate it from its difficulties. Two men of mediocre talent and less real claims have been taken up as standard bearers, while our really great men are overlooked or ignored. While we hive before our eye the fact thatiive or six splendid men, who with pens as nointed s the swords, displaying infinite tact, talent and courage, are serving the Union at tbel risk of their lives, two men of small account are set up to claim the suffrages of the people, without the least positive merit, for the highest office in their gift. What n subject of historic contempla tion 1 How will this lok a half a century hence? Happy are those who s"hall live to read such a mor tifying record of our want of common sense." Ust of Casualties. In the forty-seventh K C. Regiment, in . the en gagement near Burgeti Mill, on the HlhOo- tober. 1864. " .... Company A-Wounded, sergt W D Cone thi?h. slight, privates J Hogwood severe in thigh. Mib Bing, B Abcrnathy, R T Aberoathy, E F Ross, J T Brantly, A M Carpenter, W Gardner, A J Hender soiOV Liles. O A Joyner, J R Strickland, A Tay lor, J Tick, P Whitley. B Killed, private L Perry. Wounded, sergt Allen severe in thigh, sergt Wipgs mortally in bowels, corpl Perry severe in thigh, private inos Perry knee severe, R Rogers, slight in east Missing, sergt M J Harris, privates S b Alien, B Bryant, G A Bunn, J Frazier, A B Johnson, J Lloyd, H H Medlin, M J Moss, J W Upchurch, S Wood. C Missing, Sergt J C Syme, W J Hall, J Ste phens, J Bishop, P Kelly, E D Matthews, R Mat thews, n Pollard, S King, J A Pool, R Phillips. D Killed, privates B Winston and T W Short Wounded, R Pullen slight in leg. Missing, L D W Barnes, R C West, B Thompson, E Pullen, G Proc ter, B Roe, Rose, B B Pearson. E Wounded slightly, W Terry, N Wheeler, J Barlow. Missing, J U Norwood, W A Dunn, W- L Bulvin, M Furguson, W Glenn, J S Glenn, J S Uight, W Jones, W King, D Pugh, J T Pope. W T Pope, J L Smith, J A Sykes, J D Warren, S M Ycarby, J M Maynaid. F Killed, A Jones. Missing, Lt n R Critchton, Sergt S F Ellis, J B Long, A C Mitchell, J J Alford, J Mitchell, 1) W Fuller, W Mav, G Bridges, J Cham pion, J K Spencer, O Wilder, G D Tunstall, A C Smith, II G Leonard, J C L'zzelL U Best, J Black ley, B U Ball, R Bowden, J W Bradford, G M Hicks, J Overton, R Strickland, J B Uz.ell, J Phelps. H Wounded, W Bntchelor severe in breast, S Johnson thigh, Lewis Yates in hand. Missing, H T Johnson, J N Baling, A Bcck-wif-h, R Barber, W Carpenter, E Daropin, W Faggett, I Green, B Green, P Herndon, M Herndon, L King, A B King, M B M-rccm, W H Davis, C McGee, I Missing, W Anderson, W B Bryan, J C Blake, J U Crabtree, A Deal, J II Freeman, S Edgington, Thus L'idd, J W Massey, T Mullins, R Rigsby, E Rcss, Iiufos Nance, J Suggs, J L Wood, John Watts, K Wounded, J A Tarpley. Missing, 1st Lt Thos Taylor, Z L Apple, J M Apple, P U A-pple, W Fester, J W Hicks, M A HuQ nines, J Loy, G W Sutton, 1) Waikius, M D Byrain, H Waggoner. S. W. MITCHELL, Capt Command'g 4tth N. C. Regt. At a public meeting held in the infantry camps near Bahlwiu, East Florida, ou the 19th of October, I6ti4, On motion of Col. McCommick, Colonel P. Turn ey was called to the Chair, and, on motion of Ser'g't Rouse, Col. McCommick waR appointed Secretary ; when, on motion of Serg't Roue, a committee of five consisting of Capt. S. F. Row, 'of the 2d Flor ida cavalry; Capt J. B Spencer, Capt J. H. Bry an, and Ser't Rouse, of the infantry, and Lieutenant AlleUjOf AUil's light artillery was appointed to dralrresolutions lor the consideration of the meet ing; and, on motion of the Secretary, the Chairman was added to the committee. The committee, after having retired for a short time, returned, and, through their Chairman, sub mittcd.the following preamble and resolutions which wee unanimously adopted: V iiereas, the policy and propriety of enlisting negroes as soldiers in the Confederate armies is now being discussed and advocated by some of the news papers in tiie land, we, as soldiers, feel impressed to an expression of opinion upon the sut ject; and, therefore, 1. Ee-olreJ, That in our opinion such a plan is impolitic, unuccessary, and ruinous to our cause; that while we arc willing to see negroes employed as teauistrrs, cooks, laborers in the quartermasters aod commissary departments and other menial po sitions, we are now, and always opposed to having arms placed in their hands. 2. Arming of negroes would only add to the num ber to bo led and clothed by the government, with out giving any additional strength to the effective Ucs of the armies. 3. The position of tho Confederate soldier is hon orable, responsible and dignified, and should Dot ie degraded by placing the negroe by his side. 4. We believe the poll icy proposed, if carried out., will i eult in causing an hundred fold more desertions than ever has been in our armies. o. We havo no confidence whatever in the pride or courage of a Degro, keeping him in the discharge of his duties as a soldier. V e are of the opinion that a large majority of them would desert, and we ask the advocates of the measure if they are willing to trust them with the out post duty, now requiring a large proportion of our army on every line. 6. The measure is the initiation of abolitionism ; 13 the beginning of the Overthrow of every principle upon which we are defending ourselves against the usurpatious of the United Stales government If once introduced, it will result in the obliteration of every difference in principle between the two con tending governments, and reduce the war to the sin gle issue of men without respect to measures. 7. The prospects of the Confederate cause are brightening; and we have full confidence in the steady arm and brave spirit of the Confederate sol diery it can and will whip the tight if allowed to continue on principle. 8. That our armies are greatly depleted ; but this can be vastly remedied by purging the Commissary and Quartcrmasir departments of the able-bodied men ; returning detailed men to their commands, and revoking thousands of unnecessary exemptions. There are entiivly too many able-bodied white men in sott places for the argument of exhaustion of men to hold good. 9. That copies of these resolutions be furnished the Floridian and Journal, Quincey Dispatch; West FiondaNews, Family Friend, Lake City Columbian, Cotton States, Savannah Republican, Savannah News, Richmond Enquirer, Examiner and Sentinel and Charlotte Carolina Times, with request to pub lish. v The meeting then adjourned. P. TUKNEY, Chairman. C. II:" McCommick, Sec'y. TnE Largest Gun in the Would: The grand test of the twenty inch Rodman gun at Fort Ham ilton, on Wednesday proved to be an entire success. At the hour announced, 12 o'clock, for the first loading of the heaviest piece of ordnance in. the world, the parapets ofthe fort were thronged with distinguished officers and ladies and gentlemen, all hnxious to witness the trial of the great gun. Considerable delay was experienced in the proper adjustment of the piece, as it was not until half j . ist two o'clock the first discharge, a blank cart ridge of one hundred pounds of powder was fired. The concussion following the discharge was slignt, and the recoil of the gun much less than was antic ipated. The piece wns next loaded with a charge of fifty pounds of powder and a thousand pound shell. The time taken in loading was about half an hour. The second Iriul was as successful as the first, the. ifill, in consequence of considerable depression of the gun, striking the water at a quarter of a mile distance,' recoiling several times. The gun, on ex amination, being found to have received no strain, preparations were made for. the final test At 5 o'clock the piece was again loaded with a charge of one hundred pounds of ponder and a ball weighing one thousand and eighty pounds one of the largest ordnance projectiles ever cast Owing to the iatber impromptu arrangements for raising the ball, it was found to be anything but an easy task to adjust it However, at tho hour mentioned, tho piece was loaded, and every body stood clear for the last grand trial. The gun was raised to an elevation of twenty fivo degrees, and the dichargo was' deaf ening. The. hall was twenty four seconds in tho air, and fell at a d'Stance of about three miles and a half Considerable applause followed the final shot, and all concerned in the management of the piece were warmly congratulated. The following are the di mensions of this last great achievement of Captain Rodman: weight of of gun 116,497 pounds; length 21 feet ; bore 20 inches ; usual charge of powder 100 pounds ; average weight of ball 1,000 pounds. A. r. Herald. " A Sabbath well spent Br"mg3 a week of content. And health for the toils of the morrow. But a Sabbath profaned, . . ' . Whatsoever may be gained . Is a sure forerunner of sorrow." ' MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of manhood proceed from idleness;-with men of quick minds, to whom it is especially pernicious, this habit is commonly the fruit of many disappointments and schemes oft baffled ; and men fail in their schemes not so much for the want of -strength, as from the ill direction of it The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers upon a single object, can: accomplish something ; the strongest, by dispersing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continual falling, bores its passage through the hardest rock ; the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar,and bo leaves, trace be hind. Carlyle. Tnus PoLiTEjmss. When George IV was Prince of Wales, he was one day sitting at a tea table where there happened to be some young ladies not deeply versed in the code of etiquette. These in nocent creatures, in .the simplicity of their hearts, never dreamed there was any dire enormity in pour ing their tea into the saucers, to cool ; and a U'ter ran round the table, among the polite guests, bujt the Prince observing it, and taking the occarion to relieve tho embarrassment of the young ladies, poured Lis own tea into his saucer. The Confederate corvette, Florida, was lately spoken near Havana. - The Chicago negroes insist upon sending' their children to the public schools. We all within our graves shall sleep A hundred years to come. No living soul fur us bhall weep A hundred years to come ! But other men Our lands will till, And others then Qur streets will fill, -"While other birds.will sing as gay. As bright the sun shine as to-day ( A hundred years to come. Edward A Pollard, of Richmond, the historian, is on parole in Brooklyn, New York, and in wretched health. ' Perils of Petrolecji. A frightful accident has just taken place at Uhn from petroleum oil. - Du nrg a representation at the theatre, 24 lamps at tached to the chandelier suspended from the roof burst in succession with great rapidity, and the burning oil fell- like a Fhower of fire on the spec tators, among whom were a number of ladies. In a moment the dresses of 20 of them were in flames, and most serious bums were the consequence. One ot the ladies was so dreadfully injured that she died in a few hours kfter. Rationale of Chuumso. According to Bous singaun, the butter milk is in the form of minute globules, each globule being enclosed in a very thin, transparent pellicle, which prevents them from ad hering togetbur. During agitation by churnings these delicate particles break, and the fatty globules immediately unite, and form granules of butter. There is no absorption of oxygen during the pro cess, as was once supposed ; the operation succeeds in vacuo, and with the churn filled with carbonic acid or hydrogen gas. Jerusalem. At a cost of about $550,000, Rus sians of the Greek Church, aided by liberal 'contri butions from the Emperor, have trected at Jerusa lem an immense building, which includes a church, an Episcopal palace, a pilgrim's house, a hospital, and houses for lay and clerical officials. Tennyson's new poem, "Enoch Arden," has met with a rapid sale. The first edition of seven thousand copies was exhausted in two days, and was soon followed by a second, of ten thousand co pics. In Pittsburg, Pa., tbe grave question is now be fore the Courts: -Can fare be collected from a pas senger who is compelled to stand on the platform of a car i The Holston Conference, in session at Bristol, Tenn., have decided to hold the next annual session of the Conlereuce at Marion, Ya. Sweet Old Aue God sometimes give to a man a guiltless and holy second childhood, in which the soul becomes childlike, not childish ; and the faculties-, iu full fruit and ripeness, are mellow, without sign of decay. This is that sought for land of Beu lah, where they who have travelled manfully the Christian way abide awhile, to show the world a perfect .manhood. Life, with ' its battles and sorrows, lies far behind them ; the soul has thrown off its armor, and sits in an evening undress of calm and holy leisure. 1 hnce blessed the family or neighborhood that numbers among it one of those not yet ascended saints 1 "A fair of scales before him, a rich man sat and weighed A piece of gold a widow's all, and unto her ho said : " Your coin is not the proper weight, so take it back Egain, . . Or sell it me for half its worth ; it lacks a single grain." With tearful eyes the rridow said: "Oh! .weigh it, sir, once more ; I pray you be not so exact, or drive me -from your d-jor." " Why I see yourself, it's under weight 1 your tears are no avail." The second time he tries it, it betrs down the scale ; But lnUe guessed that rich inau, who held his gold so dear, That the extra weight which bore it down bad been the widow's tear." The Louisville Journal makes a good suggestion ; one, however, like many good suggestions to the same parly, little likely to be carried. Says the Journal: " If the Administration wants to maka any more arbitrary arrests, let it arrest Lee, Beau- regaid i to, just as ai bitrarily as it pleases. A boy of eighteen, named E ids, employed in the quartermaster's department at Nashville, has ob Riincd fifty thousand dollars by forgery and de camped. One Way to Gkow Ricn. Nothing is more easy than to grow rich. It is to trust nobody; to be-, friend none; to heap interest upon interest; cent upon cent; to destroy all the finer feeling of nature, and be tendered mean, miserable and -despised, for Borne twenty or thirty years, and riches will come as sure as disease, disappointment and a miserable death. God only knows who is the greatest sinner, but every humble sinner will think that he is tho man. A Parisian -physician relates a curious case of poisoning by tobacco. A man had wrapped tobacco leaves around his body on the naked skin, in order to smuggle the article across the frontier, but the perspiration caused by walking in hot weather gave rise to the absorption of the active principle of the tobacco through the skin, which led to dangerous symptoms. Fattexiso Poclthv. It is asserted in the "Trans actions of the Society of Arts " that there is a great advantage in fattening geese, turkeys, and, in short, fowls of every discription, on potatoes mixed with meal. On this diet they are sard to fatten in less than one-half tho time ordinarily required to bring them to the same condition of "excellence" on any kind of corn, or even meal itself. The pota toes must be boiled and mashed line while they are hot, and the meal added, just before the food is to be presented. Earthquake in the North of England. Be tween twelve and one o'clock on Monday morning, September 23, there was a shock of earthquake in ihe North of England. At Leeds, Skipton, Silsdon, Rochdale, Ilebden Bridge, Manchester and other places, the peculiar sensation resulting from the shock was felt In some places persons were awaken ed by the general tremor and various decriptions of the phenomenon are given, some comparing it to thunder felt but not heard, others to shaking and rocking. Religion is not only a ruler in the soul, but also a cheerful companion through life. - Several of the London theatres have been opened for religious worship on Sundays. " Bishop Andrew has given notice that the" next Conference of the M. E. Church, heretofore apppint ed to be held at Mobile, will be held at Tuscaloosa, on the 23d of November." AHB VLDEST JiEPL'BLIC N EARTH Tl can Quarterly tieview contains a letter r AL Irv n?. Esn.. crivm . i,.-i. , 'V"er from : v.. Marino, a small republic in Italy be J 0 S penines, the Po, and the Adriatic nVhe 4 of this State ,s only forty u,ilcs in circ'J and us population about 7,000 The i en founded more than one thousand fi' , !,c w years ago, on moral principles, industrv I5Une4 ty, and has preserved its liberty, and il, r J amidst all tho wars and diswds vrhilh VK around it BonaDarte r&r,OMA u nave n-M .bassy to express his sentiments of fri,?1-1'''- (nlurnitn If Jo j . v ,rlLnClSnin - r " ,a 6w'ubi oy a Captain T q chosen very six months by the reared 3ent. the people, (sixty-six in number) who ?UV of every six months by the people TV lij.ht, the farm houses are neat, the tM I- .S !rs tivated, and on all sides' are seem comfort 11 ci the happy effect of morality, simplicity, and j,!!?' A thouwrid people have starved to ,l,,.u - Cape de Vcrdes, and the famine It!u SiZ The nomber of blockade runners cmt, j stroyed off Wilmington since ASt i, SibTe"0a.hUndredth0USandP0leSha7e be" seat t, Russia must wish to make " frozen Poles" 0fth The proprietors of the Westchester fP4 rl soman, a Democratic paper, have recover dT'' ages by verdict for$50u against tho fj s v for suppressing their paper. ' "llrM The Republican procession in Washing o nrday night, burnt the McCIelkn fW hann"' ru tho Democratic Club House. S "S from They who are eminently successful in btK.v or who achieve greatness, or even notordv i! pursuit, must expect to make enemies. ' ; TR A JV S - MISSISSIPPI EXPRr . fO& ARKANSAS. TEXAS, i.Vu Leaves 'Brandon, Miss., Weekly. ' gr POSTAGE.-Fo7t7 Cents" prepaid for ters weighing half an ounce, for Fortv Cenb i each additional fraction of an ounce. " Letters should be to BRANDON or MEREDHv Miss., and plainly marked "Bv Express IK., ' Nov. 7, 1SG4. A!h 0 BOXES FOR.SOLmERT ALL B.XUS FORJSOLDIERS Oil PnKn nersuf War from Aorth Carolina, deliver i0 i following oamed persona will be prompUr krwrdJ If,!! of charge: uet Dr. D. F. Summer, Asbeville, Dr. W. A. Collott, Morpanloii, Dr. J W. Allis..n, Statesrii!e, Dr. J. L A eagle, Greensboro', Mr. A. liiigun. Charlotte, Mr Edward Hoge, 8alem, CuplJ. N. McDowell, Raleigh, Joseph A. Worth, Fayetteville, E Murray & Co , Wilmington, Mr. F. L. Bond, Tarbo o' Mr J. A J. Askew, Colerain, Air. F.L Roberts, Slurfresboro' The boxes should be well hooped, proper!? marked anl delivered in time for my Special. Messeu'er who lite, Kaleigb on the tirst day of every month ED WAUD WARREN, . ,... Surgeon (icneral X. C Oct. 81.1564. WANTED! S5?OOC BANK N0TES SjOOO 0LD ' C0LTp0NS- OOO X" C" RAILR0AD C0UP0X& "9 JSO. G. W ILLIAMS & Co., , . , . Brokers. Raleigh, Oct 24, 18B4. CD-Mpd. NEW NOKTH-CAROLIUA LOOKS'. Br FRANK I. V7ILS0.V. ' RALEIGH, X. C. THE BA TTLE OF GREA T BETHEL : Price il 50. SKETCHES OFXASSAU; to which it added th&DEYILS BALL-ALLEY, a curious ani interesting Indian Tradition: Price $3 00. The usual deduction made to the trade. milE ABOVE WORKS ARE NOW READY. JL und will be sent prkk o'f postage ou receipt of the price anuexea to eacQ, or oolti books will be seat lor When five or more copies of either are ordered by one person. BblUbLi will ba sent torsi per copy, and the SKETCH BS for $2 50 per copy. S?" To soldiers, or to others piirchasins to be eiren to soldiers. Bethel will be sold at 91 per copy, and tb sketches at ez. Aaaress, FRANK I. WII.S0V, Raleigh, S. C. October 24, 1854. 66 tf. CARD NOTICE! THERE IS NOW READY TO BE ISSUED from this Department to the different Coimlies i the State, a lot of COTTOX AND WOOL CARDS. Thi lot of Cards will be sent to the Agents, wiih Hacks readT for tacking the Cards on, and be sold at Ti 50 per pair to the citizens generally ; in no instance is more than on pair to be sold to h family. These Cards are sot intended for the families of soldiers. The Department is l.aing a large Idt backed ready for ue, which will be sent out and 'sold to the families of soldiers as fast as tlier wd b made, at a much less price. Agents ore requested to' make arrangements and call for them. H. A. DOWD, A. Q It October 20, 1864. ' 5-4t MASONIC. THE GRAND LODGE OF F. & A. 31. OF North-Caro.iua will meet in this City on Monday evening the Mb December next, at 7 u'clock, for the trani acti n of businexs. , Officers of Subordinate Lodges are requested to attend in person, or have special delegates appointed as the con stitution and general regulation of tbe Uratid Lodgers-' quire, - WILLIAM T. UAIN, Grand Secretary. Raleigh. JT. C, Oct. 17, 1861. 64L- E, A. WI1ITAKER HAS JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING GOODS FKOM AXD WILHIX'GTOX BICHXOXD- B I CARBOiN ATE SODA, BLACK PEPPER, ALLSFlt&t CLOVER English Piciles ix Qoabt Jars. Gentlemen's Felt Hats, Cups and Saucers, Knives and ForUr Gentlemen's Linen Handkerchiefs, Colored Handker chiefs, Head Handkerchiefs, 4-4 Bleaching. Needles, no Fine Coarse Combs, Looking Glasses, Coates' Spool tor too, ull numbers. A LARGE SUPPLY OF" GUITAR AXI) VIOLIN STMSGz- Toilet Soap. A' supply of Hard Washing Soap oW expected. All grades of Tobacco, Brooms, Fancy rif wbolesole and retail. Family Groceries constantly hand A few dozen Tombiers and Wine UlaMrfw Call soon. Highest market price paid for C"a11tI5.!j duceat F E. A. WHITAKEK-" Raleigh, Oct. 24, 1S64. WOOL NOTICE. Quartermaster's Department, I IVALElfiU. 1. J; " -o AM NOW PREPARED TO EXCHAM. COTTON YARN for WOOL, upon tbe follow I terms, Tix: . One bunch f Yarn for S pounds of Washed WflM i i. ii 4 ! Unwashed AGENTS have beetyippointed to make the exchange the following p'aces: Oxford. Tawboro', E'Ud, Catherine Lake, Concord. TZ HendersonFille, Ktatesvills, " V .nr? Ashevllle, Pittsboro", iT?h tayetteville,- Coleraine, '7i DIeas , jar Persons shipping wool to this place ""J? mart on lue packages wuo inej , will be forwarded immediately. .. st,o I hope the people will ptriotieJ ywH ' notice, as the wool is tor clothing the ftD eliua troops. X J?,, o. A- A" " 83 tf. July IS, TR64. . RS. MILLER CONTINUES TO ACCO modate Borders by the day, week, or monin . August 1, 1864, A