The colored American. [volume], December 30, 1865, Image 4

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P O E T R Y:
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
ETHIOPIA’S JjEAD.
A tribute to the memory of her suns have
fallen in the great tr.ruggie lor liberty and in
depends! ce.
EY SA r.AH E. SHUFTEN.
Baivc hearts ! brave Ethiopia’s dead
Oh hids, in rallies lie,
On every field of strife, made red
• With go rey victory.
Each valley, where the battle poured
it’s purple s • ’ling tide,
Beheld brave Ethiopia’s sword
With slaughter deeply dyed.
Their bones bleach on the Southr’n hill
And on the South rn p*»ain.
By brook, and river, lake and rid,
And by the roaring main.
'The land is holy where they fought,
And holy where they fell;
For by their blood, that land was bought
That land they loved so well —
Then glory to that valiant band,
The honored saviors of die land.
<)h ' few and weak their rumbe s were,
A handful of bt. ce men,
But up to God they sent their prayer,
And ru.-be I to battle, f on
TL* <-odcf battle hbard their cry,
Aid crowned th ie deeds with victory.
From east to wc from Li’l to vale,
Then be their names adurcu—
Europe, with all d. • iiiiJ- iv, hail!
The Peace boupfit bv th ir sword.
Asia, and Africa shall rin-
From fffiyre to shore, tneir fame •
And fair Columbia shall mug,
Their glory, and their ii;. me.
Peace, witli her olive branch, shall spread
Her wings, o’er sea and .shore,
And hearts no more with terror dread
The battle’s clashing roar.
. ** h
Fair Afri 'xfrcs and valiant sons,
Shall join with Europe", baud,
To celebrate in varied tongue.-?,•
Oui\/rce and happy land
Till freedoms golden fingers trace,
A line that knows no end,
And man shall-meet in every face,
A brother and a friend.
II S E F U L.
Pi mpkin Mince Pies.- A Connecticut
housewife writes that fir.e’y chopped
pumpkin is an excellent substitute in
mince pies for apples.
Apple Float.—Take one pint of green
or dried apple sauce, nu de smooth by
passing through a sieve or colander, the
whites of three eggs be:<en to a stiff
froth, sugar aijd lemon to suit the taste;
beat all well together, then sen 1 to table,
dish out and Tat with rv h cold cieam.
It is an excellent dish for a far mer's tta
table.
Rye Cakes. —One cup of flower, two
cups of .fine rye, four spoonfuls ci nmlas*
ses, halt a tea-spoonful o sal rrJus dis
solved in mohisaes, two t aspoonfuls of
yeast powder, put into t m rye flour a
little salt, mix with milk, t ut through the
night. Ready to bake in the merning.
A Ne w Ha m p.- hi R e g n tie ma a say s:
“Take two large i-ble’ spoonfuls of
cologne and two spouutu i of fine salt,
mix them together m a sui.fil bottle, every
time you have any acute : ” < , lion of the
nerve, or neuralgia, simply breathe the
fumes in your nose from the bottle, and
you will be immediately relieved/’
J
Dr. Sherman, of Illinois, has dis
covered, after patient examination, that
the chinch bug lays its eggs in the wheat
each year, so that this terrible pest is
sown with the wheat annually. By sow*
ing wheat that has never tx/u infected, or
by steeping the wheat in some solution
that will destroy the larva. Dr. Sherman
is confident that the eradication of the
bug van be secured.
Curing Pork, Beef, Ac.—To one gal
lon of water, take one and a huh pound®
of salt, half pound of sugar, 'naif ounce of
saltpetre, half ounce of potash.
In this ratio the ph kle to be increased
to any quantity desired. Let them be
boiled together until ail rhe dirt from the
sugar (which will not be a iittk) rises to
the top and is skimmed off. Then throw
it into a tub t* cool, ard w en aoZ pour
it’over your beef or pork, to remain the
usual time, say four or five weeks. The
meat must be well curvd wi h pickle, and
shouid not bo put down foi st least two
.days after killing, during .vi.ieh time it
’should be slightly s-rickk wiih pow
dered saltpetre. Several .f< ur friends
have omitted the boiling of the pickle, and
found it to answer equally :■ well. It
will cot, however, an-wer c o well.
By boiling the pickle it is pu.tji !, for
the amount of dirt which is thrown of’
by the operation, iron the salt and sugar
would surprise one not acquainted with
the fact
TiiE Moa and tits —A writer
in the “Southern Watchman,” ‘Athens,
Ga., gives the fallowing recipe, which we
hope will be found useful to our reader;-
who raise hogs. A friend at our elbow
gays that hogs are exceedingly fond of the
root, and will root a tout deep in the
earth for it; -
‘Take any sized pot that suits the num
ber of hogs intended to be fed, and fill
tlie pot, say half lull, of our common
poke roots, fill the pot with water, and
boil until the roots are soft. Then make
the whole into a thin mush, by adding
the requisite quantity of corn meal.
When cold teed it to your hogs. Some
thirteen years ago, an old gentleman .told
me of the above remedy. I had just
previously lost by some disease unknown
to me, nearly all of my hogs. Since
that time, I have given it several times
each year, and have never since lost a
by disease, It will cost you nothing,
try it.
Oyster. Soup.—As we are approach
ing the season when oyster soup is al
ways immensely popular, we publish the
following reccipe for its make ;
Take one quart of oysters, and sepa
rate them from the liquor, wash them
thoroughly m a pint of water strain the
liquor, add one pint of milk-, some mace,
nutmeg and pepper, three crackers poun
ded fine; add one fourth pound of butter
to the liquor, boil all together about live
minutes, and take it off the fire. When
about to serve up the soup. put. in the
oysters and let it all boil one minute
The soup will then be ready for the
table. For each quart of oysters a pint
. of milk, must be added) and other in
gredients in proportion to the quantity
! required.
Curiosities of,EatinT; —An old beau,
formerly well known in Washington City,
was accustomed lo eat but. one meal in
twenty-four hours; if after this he had
to go co a party and taken second dinner
he ate nothing all the next day. lie
i died at the age of seventy.
A Nut for Geologists.—A gentle
man of Springfield, Mass., recently re
turned from Calafornia, brought with
him a piece of the auriferous quartz rock
.-ihont the size of a man’s fist. On taking
it out for exhibition to a friend, it acci
dentally fell upon the floor and split open
when there was discovered near the
centre of the mass, firmly, imbedded in
the quartz, and slightly cojfroded, a cut
iron nail, of the size of a sixpenny nail.
It was entirely straight, and had a per
fect head. By whom was that nail
made ?
THE FUNNY.
‘ How is it, my dear, that you have
never kindled a flame ia the bosom of any
man ? ’ said an old lady to her pretty
niece. To which the young lady replied.
'■ The reason, my dear aunt is, as you well
know, that 1 am not a good match.’
It was the custom of an old lady who
formerly entertained travellers, before
her guests commenced a meal, to ask a
blessing, which she concluded in this
wise : ‘ Make us .thankful lor the good
before us. Nancy; hand around the corn
bi cad first, and then the biscuits after
ward. Amen.’
A young lady has discovered the rea -
son why married men, from the age of
thirty and upwards, are more or less bald.
They scratch their hair off in dismay at
their wives’ milliner’s bill.
Cats—Cat Parody on Poe's Raven.
—The local editor of the Montezuma,
lowa, Republican appears to have a great
horror of cats and admiration for the
style of Poe’s Raven. Witness the fol*
lowing poetic effusion:
The other night while we lay musing,
and onr weary brain confusing o’er the
topics of the day, suddenly we heard a
rattling, as.of serious hosts a battling, as
they mingled in the fray. ‘What is that?’
we cried upstarting, and into the dark
ness darting, ship! we ran against the
door. ‘ Oh, 'tis nothing,’ Edward grum
l led, as o’er a huge arm chJir we stum
bled, ‘it is a bfig, and nothing more.’
Then said we, our anger rising, (for we
thought it so surprising that a bug should
thus offend.) ‘Do you think a small in
sect, sir, thus would all the air infect, sir!
No, ’tis not?, bug, my frit nd.’
Now, becoming sorely frightened,
round our waist our pants we tightened,
and put on our coat and hat, when into the
darkness peering, we saw with trcmblidg
and much fearing, the glaring eyes of
Thomas Cat, Esq. With astonishment
and wonder, we gazed upon this son of
thund; r, as he sat upon the , floor, when
resolution taking, and a rapid movement
making, 10, we opened wide the door.
Now, clear out, we hoarsely shouted, as
o’er head our boot was flouted ‘ Take
your presence from my florr.’ Then with
air and mein in; jestic, this dear creature
calk d domestic, made his exit tlr eugh the
door. Made his exit without growing,
neither was bis voice howling ; not a
single word he said. Ard with feeling '
much elated, to escape a doom so fated,
we went back to bed, <*■
A Hint to PnVsff*fAN?.*-The cholera
I advances. A tale is told of a doctor the
i other day who, not very conversant with
I this erratic epidemic, was called-in to pre
scribe for a cobbler win believed him.-elf
suffering from the epidemic. He told
him vßtake the usual medicines, and call
ed next day, when he was informed our
cobbler was cured ; indeed, so well was
he, he had gone to work.
‘ Indeed ! ’ he replied, ‘ that is well;
you see my prescription has answered
admirably ’
i * Not so,’ they answered; ‘he would
not take the medicine,’
‘lndeed! what, then did he do ? ’
‘ Impatient and hungry, be called for
j his supper, a sal id of beaus and potatoes,
. along with a red herring?
‘ Bear, dear 1 exclaimed our doctor ;
and bclieveing be Lad discovered a secret
which Nature by chance had revealed, he
drew out Lis pocket book and wrote the
following as a cure lor cholera;
‘Cholera, Prescription--Beans, cold
potatoes, and red herring;, to be taken
plentifully and immediately.’
But a few days elapsed, and our good
doctor was called in to attend a mason,
also seizee with cholera, to whom Lq at
once L’ave the famous prescription. Alas!
on the morrow, on calling, he learnt to
i Lis astonishment, (hat a quarter of an
! Lour alter having eaten the salad the poor
man died.
‘ Dear, dear,’ murmured the doctor,
and again pulling out his pocket bock, he
wrote the following memoir, adding' n tc
the prescription,
‘N. B.; An excellent remedy for cob
blers, but useless for masons.’
An ingenious smuggling scheme has
been .detected on the Canada border.
There were thirty*four women on a rail
way car, who had what appeared to be
babies wrapt up, with the feet exposed to
observation. It turned out that they
were tin cases, fashioned after the form
oi bab.es, and each containing from three
to five gallons of whiskey. The women
were arrested.
PROCLAMATION BY THE
GOVERNOR.
Executive Office, }
Provisional Gov’t of Georgia, >
Milledgeville, Nov. 21, 1865. y
Whereas, the late Convention did or
dain, that the Provisional Governor
should provide for the formation of one
or more Volunteer companies in each of
the counties of the State, to act as a
police force, to suppress violeuce, to pre
serve order and to aid the civil officers
in the enforcement of the laws, under
such regulations as might be consistent
with the United Stales. Now there
fore, I, James Johnson, Provisional
Governor of the State, do hereby am*
thdriz.ii and request the people of this
State, to organize, according to law, in
each cj’ tlje counties of the State, a
volunteer company, for the purpose of
aiding the civil authorities in the exe
cution of law and the suppression of
violence.
And it is horobv further declared, that
such companies, when so formed and
organized, hall bo and subordi
nate ,to the civil officers; that they shall
arrest no person, and search the Louse of
no person, without a legal warrant regu
larly issued by some magistrate having
authority, and shall in no case inflict any
punishment except- by the judgment and
direction of a duly qualified ciul officer,
having jurisdiction of the offense.
And whereas, it is desirable to have
uniformity in command, and that there
should be no conflict between the mili*
tary authurifi -:i uf the State and United
States, it is further declared that said
companies, when formed within their re
spective counties, shall be under the
control and subject to the military com*
manders of the United States, command
ingjhe District; and for a violation of
these regulations, and fur any other offense
committed, shall be tried and punished
according to the rules prescribed for the
government of the army of the United
Stares.
Given under my hand and Seal of the
Executive Department at Milledgeville
ou this the 21st day of Noviu her, A
D., 18G5.
JAMES JOHNSON,
Provisional Governor of
o
’ jr "- ♦ - - IM
IMPORTANT ORDERS.
Colonel E. Whittlesey, Assistant Com
missioner of Freedmen for North Caro
lina, has issued the following order, im
portant to all classes ;
“Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 10, 18G5.
lt All officers and agents of this Bureau,
and teachers cf Freedmen, will publish
as widely as possible the following in
structions :
“I. In view of/bo fact that govern
ment aid now given to the destitute may
soon be withdrawn, freedmen now living
in camps, colonics and towns, are direct
ted to hoc employment at once, by which
they, may support themselves.
‘TI. Officers and agents of the Bureau
will issue no more rations to any refu
gees or freedmen who refuse situations
whefo they nitght earn their support.
"While the innocent and well dispu.-ed
will bo protected, vagrant idlers who
try to live without any honest calling,
will be promptly arrested and punished.
“ill. Paupers will, as soon ns prac
ticable, be burned over to the “Wardens
of the Poor’’for support, and officers
and agents will operate with such war
dens in providing for the infirm and
helpless. Until ample provision is made
by the civil authorities, such persons
will not. be forcibly removed from' the
plantations where they were living at
the plose of the war.
“IV. Orphans and children of per
sons who have no honest calling, or
visible means of support, and other
minors, with the consent of their parents,
may bo apprenticed to some good trade
or occupation, in accordance with the laws
of the State applying-to white children.
Every effort wiil be made to provide in
this way good homes for all minors,
now dependent upon the Government,
that they may not become vagrants and
paupers.”
Aw & Watts,
FAMILY GROCERS,
ON CAMPBELL STREET, BE
TWEEN BROAD AND ELLIS,
HAS constantly on hand, a chor e selection of
the best Family Groceries, consisting of
FLOUR of all brands, SUGAR BACON
COFFEE LARD TEA BUTTER
MACKEREL CHEESE COD FISH
SARDINES CORNMEAL PEAS etc.
THOMAS P. BEARD
HAS just opened a First Class Grocery and Pro
vision Store on
CAMPBELL STREET,
BETWEENELLIS AND GREENE,
where ho will be glad to receive all his friends in
need of something good to eat.
Call and see him.
»TIST».
ZEKE WILLIAMS
I) ESPECTFULLY announces to the mH.
-LL zens of this city and surrounding neighbor-,
hood, that he has established an office on
JACKSON STREET,
[ln rear of White Baptist Church,]
where he will devote his time and attention to
the various branches of bis profession.
Parlies favoring him with their patronage may
roly upon promptness and low charges.
BKAh & BOTTS,
FA MI DY GROCERS AND PRO
VISION DEALERS,
TTAVM constantly on hand all kinds of groc*-
* T ries and provisions at the lowest market
prices.
In connection with our business, we have open, d
a liestiWi’ant, where meals can be procured at all
hours and at cheap rates.
PETER M’LAIN
HAS always on hand,
FRESH MEATS,
BEEF AND
PORK
for the special accommodation of his up town
He can be found at his ol’l stand on
GREEN ST., where he would be g’ad to see and
wait upon his friends.
GROCERIES! GROCERIES ! ! GROCERIES !!!
at
WH. HAM’S,
WASHINGTON STREET,
[A few doors from BROAD.]
"\/ can always find a choice supply of
r Orreries of every description, and at the
lowcst*price possible.
Harper & Ladeveze,
DEALERS IN
PICTURE FRAMES, TASSELS, CORD
and NAILS, LOOKING GLASS, PIC
TURE GLASS.
Also, \ lOLINS and Violin STRINGS, etc.
A good Supply always on hand.
No 32 Mclntosh st.
nov.3o—Jw Opposite Post Office.
BLAOKSMI T H w o R R
JOSEPH K. D ILLIAMS is now prepared
to execute any kind of Blacksmith Work at
Fhorteft notice. Country people would do well
to gue him a call as he is ma ter of all plantation
work. Jf a can be found at his thop, corner of
Jack.-on and Boundary streets.
•.TOBNIM.I
rpHE I NDERSIGNED respectfully informs the
, thaE tbpy can - have an y kin d of
iIKALMr done at Nelson’s Bobbin Factory
nenn the zlugusta Factory.
Any person favoring mo with a Job, will hive
it attended to at shortest notice and in the neatest
style.
n0v.25-lm, S. INGRAHAM.
Brickmasonry!
UNDERSIGNED re c pectfully informs
-I hi'friends and the Colored Public generally,
i.i d he h now prepared to do any kind of BRICK
** 01. k at the Colored Cemetery, such as Vault
ing up Graves, repairing the Brickwork around
umbs, enclosing Squares, etc., etc., in the nearest
ftyle and at the Shortest notice, at one third ot
the usual price. Call and sec meat the Coined
Cemetery.
nov-25—Im, JOHN GARDINER.
HARRIS & Co‘
nt.». Call W 1 him ,u ‘ 119 olfer ’
X "- ill? BB »A»STIIF.IJ
call■ a*r >sKiJ
w. SIMP K IH s,
ON ELMS ST., FEW DOORS HELbW CONCERT h]
qAS some Choice CROf’EHIES. wh : H l
. L offers for s it , e ai j
Mock eons.sis ot s b ‘ I
Fiour. Sugar
Bacon, Lard **
Tea, Coifee
B.liter
Choice Hams, SaJtPork
Cheese, Crackers
Soap, Starch, etc.,e
nov‘,3o—l in.
11 111 18 £ I
. FAMILY GROCER,
CORN Ell JACKSOX & ELI.IS
STREETS.
HAS constantly on hand n ] a -.»e
IAMILI GROCERIES, consisting of "
bacon. Lard, 6
Butter, Choose.
Sugar. Coffee, Tea.
~ , . . Flour Starch, Syrup e < ( .
" t.icb will b© sold at the Lowest Prl’es. ’
nov.2s—lm.
ITMWi
HENDERSON & CARTER,
ONE DOOR FROM CORNER EL.IS 1 JAC
• 5 A\ IJ just received a new supi yof GROi
-1.2. RIES c i;»?is'in•; of
Sugar, C-tke, Tea*
Flour, Lard, B icon
Candles Black Peper, Stare!
Soaps Bnnus, btic*(
And a variety of other Articles whi h we offer
ales at ths lowest prices. iov.2s—3w
SADUK .TN j,.. niVEss.
THOMAS THOMAS
Respectfully informs hi, friends ai
the public generally, that Ir is now p r
pared to receive Orders h>r inakin. HARNEs;
SA DOLES, BRIDLES, etc, etc
Also, he is now veady to recede Old Hai
ness for repair and mending.
£*/ ' Mu p No. 27 Jackson Street, net
Vi arren Block. 0v.25—1m
Augusta Gia.
r ' TIE undersigns respectfully informs their
-i. ir ends that they have oper.d a
FIRST CLASS IDTEL
ia this City, for the special ac annotation of
toe Citizen and Traveling Public f Color.
A’ y woo stopping at the UNON HOTEL,
wiil receive the best aecosniiiodaticj.
GKENAGE, MILLER , PAYNE,
Proprietors
nov.2s —6w '
R, M’KENZY’S
CHEAP FAMILY GROCERY
On Campbell Street, a fe? Doors
Below Broad.
h ELP constantly on hand ago 1 supply o
-£•-*- FAMILY i’ROCERIKE, consisting uf
Sugar, Coffee. Tea,
L.ao<>». L»rd, Butter,
Starch, Soap, Candles
Cheese, Crackers, Lirdines, etc
ALSO,
Meals served up a* *1 hours, as an accommod
tiondothe public.
W e keep also a large supply of FRUITS alwa
on hand. nov'2s-lm.'
SANDY MALLORI
I) H.SPECTF’ULLY informs his friea
- bo now b|,s a good supply of GROCJ
r>.lE> which he offers to purchaser-', kw and rej
s liable, at his. store on TELFAIR ST., belui
t uinming.
FIRST CLASS VICTUAL GROCER
1) AN IA L DAB DI XER
HAS just received a large supply of
Urocerieg, consisting in part of
FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE,
TEA, CRACKERS, BUOY
LARD, BUTTER, CHS* 3 '
CANDLES, LARD, SOAP,
MACKEREL, NO. I and 2-
BLACK, PEPPER, SODA,M
which you can End at. his store on Jackin Stre*l
,u few doors in rear of the White Baptist Ch® l ®’
watts; green & co.
CORNER OF JONES AND McCART/D' S'
RETAIL dealers IN f.lwi
G R O C E RIES.
Il 1 ’ you want pood bargain,, call al WAJ
GREEN & <'O.
♦ BLACKSMIIII & WHEEL
* Gli‘3* respectfully informs his frid
A* and toe jubiic generally,.’hat he >8 r
™ J receive any kind < f job? for repa
or orders for maiting anything in the way
or orders inee!wrs<M hue. He can be foi
JONES AtECT. Ul«ea Cu
tniDgand Kollock.
I. the ” RESTAURANT,
BYY-4 MURDOCH
[Corner ol Jackson and Ellis Sts,]
7 here roe al.- can bo had at all hours.
VV HOT COFFEE
ham and eggs
ovsters
a n d every delicacy of the season served op
shortest notice.
SON STS.,