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$1 PER ANNUM. BEL AIR, Ml). FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 27, 1864. YOU. VIII.-NO. 22.
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LARGEST STOCK OF dry GOODS IK
BALTIMORE.
HAMILTON EASIER & CO.
Nos. 199, 201 and 203 Baltimore street,
InVhe the attention of Merchants visiting
Baltimore to make purchases, to the very
extensive
WHOLESALE STOCK
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OF
MW
On Second Floor and Basement rtf their
Warehouse , ,
Embracing in addition tojheir own large
and general importation of Foreign Goods,
k large and well selected stock of
Domestics,
Woolens, and
Staple Goods,
Of every description.
Onr splendid RETAIL STOCK OF
GOOES , on first floor, embracing articles
of every class, from lore priced to the most
magnificent in every branch of trade, ren
dering our entire slock one of the most
extensive and complete in the United
States.
Tite Wholesale and Retail Price being
marked on each article, from which no
deviation is allowed.
Parties not fully acquainted with
the value of goods, can buy from us with
perfect confidence. mh2s
A. H. GREENFIELD,
Comer of Main street and Port Depos'd
aeenue , Bel Air,
IS constantly aiming to meet tlie wants
of the community in FRESH
FAMILY GROCERIES!
Teas, Spices, Coflees, Fish, Lard, Butter,
Bacon, Cheese, &c., &e. Also,
SEASONABLE DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, &o.
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, &,c„ Queens
ware, Stone and Earthenware, Tin Ware,
Wooden Ware, Hardware, Bto.
BEST COAL OILS,
COAL OIL LAMPS,in great variety.
Also, in
NEW BONNETS, in every variety of
style and material, for Ladies and Chil
dren.
0“ Cleaning, Altering and Re
pairing done at reasonable notice—all at
Baltimore prices.
T ERMS CASH. jaul
Franklinville Store
Baltimore County.
KEEP constantly on hand a large and
well assorted slock of all kinds of
Goods adapted to the wants of the public,
such as
Dry Goods, Groceries,
HARDWARE,
2*2822. &&&?£ smSS&St
NOTIONS,
CHINA AND GLASS WARE,
In fact any and every variety of articles
necessary lo a well assorted slock, all of
which will be sold at very lowest Cash
prices. The Factory being in operation,
it affords a fine market for
COTfaSRT MB9TOL* -
for which the highest prices will be paid.
The public are invited to call. fe26
wiw choir.
TTIE undersigned have just received a
A large and well selected stock of Goods
suitable for the season. They are con
stantly making up the neatest work, and
the newest and most fashionable style of
__ Bonnets (qr the Spring andSttm-
Brap rner, to which they invite life alien
lion of the citizens of the town and
the surrounding country. They also de
sire an occasional call from their Baltimore
friends, when they want something of ex
tra styla and finish, as they are aware that
the undersigned can and will take pleasure
in putting op work of iluu description.
In addition to all styles of Bonnets,
they keep constantly on hand a variety of
LADIES’ AND GENTLE-MEN’S
small wars;
Sneh as Ribbons, laicet, Gloves, Hosiery,
Suspenders, and many other articles in
the Notion line.
Thankful for the liberal patronage here
tofore given the firm, they expect by strict
attention to business to merit its continu
ance.
M. J. WRIGHT & MITCHELL,
Washington street, two doors north'of
the Railroad, and next door lo Nixon’s
* Hotel, HAVRE-nk-GitACE. sep2s
COAL! COALf
FpilE undersigned keeps constantly on
X hand all kim.s of WHITE *ml RED
ASH COAL, which he will sell by the
cargo or single ton.
JOSEPH M. SIMMONS,
ju!7 Havre-de-Grnre, Md.
WANTED. —One or two JOURNEY
MEN BLACKSMITHS,
Enquire of MARTIN OALpER.
• Id Federal Hill. IlaiTord Co., Md.
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No subscription taken fur less than a year.
lUdital.
THE WITHERED DAISIES.
I
I BV THE AUTHOR |)E “OVER IB* RITXH.
t “Because the loved them."
| You asked me why I love them so,
Those little simple flowers,
That over every pasture blow,
I In April’s sunny showers ;
> And why a daisy wreath I twine,
Instead of dewy roses,
, To hang about the holy shrine
Whole gur lost child reposes.
’Twas in the Spring-lime that she came,
And all the forest muses
Were bright with flowers without a name,
The fields were white with daisies.
, You know how beautiful she grew,
How fair and sweet and holy,
But the violet wet with morning dew,
Is not more pure and lowly.
She flitted like a sunbeam bright
A round our cottage door ;
Her footsteps as a fairy’s light,
* Made musicon the floor.
On every flower of wood or glade,
’ She lavished childish praises ;
She loved all things the Lord has made,
But most she loved the daisies.
How many thoughts beyond her years,
That then were all unheeded,
We think of now, with blinding tears—
Sweet teachings that we needed.
i Three happy years we led her feet
Along life’s stormy mazes;
The fourth, we laid her down lo sleep
Beneath the April daisies.
’Tis well, and we are reconciled,
For He who gave the blossom,
Who lent to us our angel child,
Recalled her to His bosom,
f And waiting till He calls for me,
To sing with her His praises,
I’ll keep her blessed memory
Embalmed in April daisies.
Ifliscdlannuis.
| from the York (Pa.) DemocraticPrtst.
ECCLESIASTICAL INSOLENCE.
j Not many flays since there appeared in
f the Harrisbuyg Tt.leijmph, imbedded inthe I
5 mass of political filth of which that paper
is an inexhaustible sewer, an ecclesiasti
cal exposition of the whole duty of man in
the matters of loyalty, slavery, war, and
rebellion This precious appendix to the
Law of God, as revealed in his written
word, was introduced to the public as a
proof of the patriotism of the Presbytery of j
Harrisburg, and was of such special merit
as to elicit warm commendation from the j
8 i Hessian who prints the Telegraph. The j
p lineal descendant of that gentleman from !
, the loyal but somewhat impoverisbed cliam
pious of divine right who were brought by
the British to our rebellious
grandfathers, at six pence a day, lends to
his opinions upon questions of allegiance
.! and Obedience, an air of hereditary and
J transmitted wisdom. Thedncumeut which
has been fortunate enough to receive the
notice of a loyalist of such ancient and his-1
torio extraction is staled to be the work of!
i a person called the “Reverend Robinson,’’
s and to have been “unanimously adopted
-by the Presbytery of Harrisburg, at its re
1 cent meeting a( Carlisle,” The “Reverend
f Robinson,” (whoever lie may be,) seems j
- to be gifted with a bountiful share of that j
- windy and wordy kiud of rhetoric which
1 passes fur eloquence among little boys and
- weak females of a hysteric turn. Nor is
be wanting in that pompous and oracular
- style of propounding platitudes in which
t qkrgymen extensively flattered, and habit
: uated to the worship of lea parties, sing
ing schools and Dorcas societies are sure
, to become adepts. But this kind of oleri-
I' oal slip slop which elicits smile* and ap
plausive tattle over waffles aud stewed oys
ters, from a flock of good hatured women,
slightly inebriated with tea, becomes piti
, fut and powerless when addressed to on
i audience out of (he petticoats aud on this
side of their dotage. Hence it is that the
- Bull, or dogma, or confession of faith, or
t whatever you may please to call it, which
- the “Reverend Robinson,” possessed by a
little fund vanity, gave to Detogii Bergnet
j for that paper, and which bad, no
f in manuscript, drawn tears, from many a
* I pious little muffin-gathering, has failed to
[ move the public' any more than one of the
j Deaoou’s own ill spelled fulminations, a
: ballad from Boker, or a tipsey “occasion
t \ al” from Fyrncy.
I To review this document is not our de
-5 sign, for while larger game is at band, pe
are not going to beat loifbush for tjt-birds.
But it contains one proposition worthy of
notice, not becausj it r.Hoots thq scuti
'l meets of tun “Reverend Robijisuii (whose
.; individual opinions are of no possible im
portance outside of a limited circle of par
j bus and nurseries.) but because it reflects t
. • the aver g*‘, narrow, dogmatic, unscriptu-*
j ' - - T1 —
rai aud tyranical sentiment of pulpit poll
tiutans of the North. “This duty of un
conditional, unreserved loyalty,” says the
“Reverend R.” (we can fancy him read
ing to an audience ju bombazine, while
waiting for a hot flannel-cake and more
i stewed chicken,) “this duly of unoonditkm
-1 al, unreserved loyalty to the constitution
i ally elected government of the nation, we
desire distinctly to reaffirm, as a principle
of our holy religion and a part of our alle
giance to God.” Was there ever a sillier
piece of nonsense than this written I Let
us analyze this proposition of the Presby
terian Bull, and see the consequences to
, which it leads, if earned ou(.
The “Reverend Robinson” and ins al
lies that “unconditional, unreserved loyal
ty to the government of the nation,”, (to
wit: the, U. S. Government,) is a princi
ple of oup Italy religion, and part.of our
allegiance to Cod.” Now a principle is
something steadfast, immutable and of
universal application. The “principles ef
holy religion” are those great oapiul doc
trines upon which men must mould their
fsith and shape their lives, if they hope
to be saved. We presume the “Rever
end Robinson” and bis associates will
assent to this and that they profess to
derive their doctrine aud authority from
the Bible.. But inasmuch as nu mention
is made in that book of (be United
States Government, by name, or indeed
any preference expressed fur govern
ments of a republican form, their pro
position if they affect to support it from the
gospel, must mean that “unconditional
and unreserved loyalty” to the government
under which we happen to be living, is a
principle of our holy religion, and part of
onr allegiance to GoJ.” And this broad
proposition must necessarily be as binding
on the people of every other government,
as it is on ours. It must bear alike upon
tbe despotisms and democracies, upon
the subjects of the King of Dabomy, and
the Dey of Algiers ; on tbe crashed pa
triots of Poland and the down trodden peo
ple of Hungary. This “principle of our
holy religion” is by no means an original
conception of tbe ‘Reverend Robinson’ aud
bis loyal associates. Slaves suck it in
with their mother’s milk. It is the first
lisping of toadies all the world over. It is
coeval with despotism. It was thundered
from tbe pulpits of England while the
Presbyterian forefathers of these gentlemen
were being hunted, like wild beasts,
through the bills and fastnesses of Scot
land. The Wigtou martyrs doubtless
| heard it from the “loyal” clergy who
watuhed the waves creep up and down
them, and tbe Catholics of Ireland, learn
ed its divine origin from the recking sword
points of Cromwell’s Presbyterian rabble.
The New England Puritans had time to
digest this blessed “principle” as they
tossed on the waves iu the leaky Myflow
er, as it was burned into the souls of the
poor Quakers, who crisped in the bonfires
with which the Mayflower mulignants
thawed the frozen soil to which they had
( fled from persecution. The gowned and
mytred parasites of Charles the First up
held his perjuries, and sought to perpetu
ate his tyranny, by sounding in the ears
of the people this “principle of our holy
religion,” and the round-head exhorters of
Cromwell’s army found a warrant for
I butchering that “Christian” monarch and
j for bowing the knee to a usurper, born of
blood aud violence in this same “principle
I of our holy religion.” Every wrong ever
wrought by power upon weakness has
1 been sanctified by this “principle of our
holy religion.” In the ereed of slavish
ecclesiastics the mailed baud of despotism
and the awful hand of God, have been
identical since the beginning of the world.
This “principle of our holy religion” was
enforced with equal unction by the cler
gy who committed Cromwell’s body to the
earth as the dust of a Saint whom God
j could no longer spare, and .by the clergy
! who, from the same pulpits, pointed lo his
grinning scull, torn from his mouldered
body and perched on Temple Bar, as a
warning to all impious rebels against the
“divino right of Kings.” It is the royal
j faith of every land, aud crowned scoun
| drels who believe in nothing else devoutly
accept this “principle of nur holy religion.”
'lt was the faith of Stafford, of Jeffries, of
Metlernich, of the British ministry who
bounded on the American war. It is a
principle which would have kept tbe sword
of George Washington idle in its scab
bard, would have chetkcd the pen of Jef
ferson, palsied the tongue of Patrick Hen
ry and welded fyst tbo fetters which held
these Sovereign States in Slavish depen
dence upon the British crown. It is a
principle iu short which if accepted as ol
divine origin, would doom the people of
every land suffering under the unright
eous yoke of despotism patiently lo ehdure
tbe iron heel, and leave it as a heritage
to their children.
To thet# undeniable examples of the
flexibility of this*“principle of our holy re
ligious” of its power as an engine of des
potism, of its fame as the buckler of cru
saders against the rights of man, the “Rev
erend Robinson'’ aud his fellow Presby
ters will doubtless reply that they concede
the right of revolution in certain cases of
oppression, imt that the freedom and jus
tice of the United State# Government are
such as to afford no pertion of its people
a pretext fur discontent, and to render
unconditiobal and unreserved loyalty fo
it,” “part of our allegiance to God.” They
must give this answer for it is the only
way of escape from their dilemma. But
answering thus they yield the whole qaes
lion. The ‘principles of our holy religion”
i can never he perverted into local statutes
i binding in one territory and invalid iu nu-
,MM I | ii%' i |
other. They are, as we have skid, inumi
• table in their nature and httitersal in their
i application. ! f -l :
Obedience to constituted authority is laid
i down, we concede, as a nlla for Christiana,
i but the kind of governments which aro
entitled to special and Unquestionable obe
• dicnec* and the reasons which will justify
i men in overturning nny government at all,
! are neither laid down nor hinted nt. If
• the right of revolution exists there is no
■ expressed wariwnflbr it ih the Bible, and
i no limitation* upon its exercise It is left
to the judgment of communities, States
i and nations, who arc free to decide for
themselves what reasons will ‘justify re
. hellion or revolution. When, therefore,
the ‘ Reverend Robinson,” admitting this
i right of revolution in given instances
Uhioh teem to him to justify it, in the
■ same breath asserts, "unconditional and
i unreserved loyalty” to the Government of
the United States as “a principle of ohr
holy feligion," ho advances a proposition
■ for which he can show no Bible authority,
■ and attempts to lend to- bis private politi
i cal opinions the weight and sanctity of in
junecions from God. Doubtless be thinks
the United States Government worthy of
i every body’s allegiance. As created by
our fathers, and administered within the
bounds of our Constitution, so do we.—
But other men may think differently, and
for aught we see, if they happen to be blas
phemously inclined, have as .good a right
as the “Reverend Robinson” to lay down
i their political convictions .as of
i our holy religion.’’ Ituufortunately bap
, peas that blatant preachers in the South
iiavc taken this view of the case, and I
Presbyterians who have lisped the same
Catechism, made the same confession of
; faith, sung out of tho same hymn hook
and read the same Bible as the “Reverend
Robinson” and his fellow-presbyters, are
taught by their pastors and steadfastly be
lieve “unconditional and unreserved loyal
ty” to the Government of the Confederate
States to be “a principle of their holy re
ligion and a part of their allegiance to
GotJ.” The Reverend Robinson may sug
gest that a government established upon
i a revolution so recent, is uot worthy of al
! legiance, and doesn't come within the pur
i view of God’s law ; whereat some South
ern “R ibinson” may pertinently inquire
i when ullegiauco to the United States Gov
ernment, founded upon a revolution a lit
tle more remote, became “principle of
our holy religion,” and desire to be inform
i ed at what age of revolutionary govern
i ments God takes them under His protection
and shuts the gates of Heaven upon those
■ who refuse to respect them. And so they
might wrangle to the end of time, to tho
disgrace of the Church and to the glory of
i the Devil. In a word, the “Reverend
Robinson,” and hundreds of this kind,
North and South, are by their impudent
> and arbitrary attempts to impose their in
; dividual opinions upon the public as rules
i of faith, fast bringing upon the country
the very calamities which dur wise fore
fathers sought to avert by a rigid separa
tion of Church and State. The political
passions and low party squabbles, hitherto
; confined to the hustings and pot-house, are
steadily making their way to the church.
' The Word of God, instead of being preach
ed in its purity and in the simple spirit in
which Christ and bis Apostles taught, is
perverted to serve tho torn of cliques and
parties with a zeal uot for souls but votes.
The consequence is that eveu that tradi
: tional and conventional respect with which
worldly men used to regard the pulpit is
fast dying out. Noble souls are kept out
of the church, or lost to it, by the mad
fully of its ministers. Men ofspirit will
not endure to have the political dogmas of
i their parson administered to them as the
bread of life. But these pulpit busters
will probably never learn wisdom until,
having depleted the church and degraded
it in the eyes of all the world, they awake
to the fact that they have at the same
time undermined che pillars of their own
consequence and the props of their own
living.
About SboES—lt appears from his-|
tory that the Jews, long before tho Chris
tian Era, wore shoes made of leather and j
■ and wool; those of their soldiers were
, | sometimes formed out of brass or iron.—!
, | Tho Egyptians wore a kind of shoes made j
: of the papyrus. The Indians, tho Chinese !
and other nations, wore shoes made of silk,;
rushes, linen, wood, or the bark of trees, j
. iron, brass, or of gold and silver; and Ins- \
ory has sometimes covered them with pre- 1
, cious stones. The Greeks and Romans;
wore shoes of leather; the Grecian shoes I
generally reashed to the middle of tho
■ leg ; the Romans used two kinds of shoes,
.! the calceus, which covered the whole foot,
| sometimes in the shape of our shoes, and
the solea, or slipper, wfhic'h covered only
the sole of the foot, and was fastened with
■ leather thongs The crflceUs Was worn
, with the toga, when a person went abroad,
' and slippers were put on during a journey,
.! and at feasts. Black shoes were worn by
, I persons of ordinary rank, and white ones
by women, Rod shoes word pat on by
. the chief magistrates of Rome on days of
p ceremony.
——*
| An English paper states, on the
“best authority,’’ that the son of the
Prince of Wales is Co bo baptized ia water
brought from the river Jordan.
—— l fV • My'iwwe ■ ■ . l,i,i
gj-The fact that green and blue, are
the most attractive colors is no reason why
men should always be green, or always be
, getting blue. o i.'t
B®“Flowt*rs are the cbil Irea of Bun- ;
j shine end showers. j
The JewiibJPamoyer.
■On f Wedoeeday ’ vsTenma pop Jewish
pOpcdatldn 1 c‘otftfn(*hccd thd observance of
the Paasovarror Paaohai.hWiy.ahalso call
ed the Feast of tlnleaveoed Bread, institu
ted to eomttemofate the deliverance of Is
rael from the bondage in Egypt. It is the
first commandtpept the Lord vouchsafed
through Moses to the Israelites. Thu 9 it
is a rah bin leal theory that the twelfth
chapter of'ESodow, to which thik has been
declared, is the commencement of the law
of Moses, la this chapter, ia verses 14 to
£O, it ia ordained; days shall -ye
eat unleavened bread, even the first day
shall ye put leaven out of your houses., —;
Seven days shall there be no leavened ur’h’d
found in your houses, for whosoever eateth
leavened bread, .tbat.aoql shall, be cut off
from. Israel,’,’ Tim extreme rigor with !
which the prohibition of'leavened broad
during the festival is enforced is frequent- 1
ly repeated in Holy Writ, as in Exodus
viii., (J, 7 and 15, and. Deuteronomy xvi.,!
3 and 4. Thus throughput the whole of
the law of Muses the prohibition of leaven
cd bread is strongly and repeatedly enfor
ced. j Indeed there is no other observance,
except that of the Sabbath of which there
is so much mention made in the Penta
teuch, and accordingly the Divine predic
tion that the Israelites should observe this
festival throughout all their generations,
is duly and truly fulfilled unto this day.
Unlike many other festivals, this feast
has many peculiar observances, which we '
will briefly enumerate. The unleavened
bread ordinance is the first and most rigid
| one. Several weeks before the recurrence
| of the feast the preparation of this bread,
called “Mazoth,” is commenced. It cun
sits of the finest wbeatcu flour and cold
water, without salt or yeast, kneaded in
the quickest possible manner, is rolled out
in thin flat cakes about six inches ip di
ameter and baked in a quick oven. These
Mazoth strongly resemble our ship's bread,
but they aro thinner and harder. A per- j
sun authorized by the Rabbi is iu attend
mice at tbs baking of the Mazoth; who su- ]
perintends the entire procedure of mix- 1
iug the dough, baking and delivering the |
bread. Those of the Jews who are too ]
poor to buy the bread, are furnished with
it by their more wealthy coreligionists
and through charitable institutions found
ed for the purpose. Of course other ve
getables, fruit, fish and moat are partaken
op Passover, but farinaceous food is strict
ly excluded from every Jewish dwelling.
The seQoud observance, “No leaven
shall be found within thy confines” is |
also strictly observed. The residences of
the Jews are cleaned thoroughly, and
even the dishes and cooking apparatus
are changed fgr the festival, su as tore
move flie idea of even the smallest morsel,
of leaven in the place,
The next observance is “to keep the day
holy.” This is also adhered to with much
rigor, Tpo first two and the last two days
are kept like no secular oc
cupation boipg permitted, and divine ser
vice held in every synagogue, with ad
dresses from tho Rabbi preachers.
But there is one peculiar observance,
which mure than anything else, distin
guishes the festival from all others oq the
Jewish Calender, viz: The observance iu
the family circle on the first two evenings.
On those evenings the Jewish families as
semble,in their dwellings around a festive
board, on which are spread horse radish,
to commemorate the bitterness of bondage;
an egg, in commemoration of mourning for
ike destroyed temple; greens, to commem
orate tho blessings of God; a mixture of
apples, almonds aud cinnamon, resem
bling mortar, in remembrance of the loam
used by the Israelites in tfieir works du
ring their bondage in Egypt; and a bone
of a lamb, to indicate the Paschal sacri
fice. After blessing the wine, tho history 1
of the exodus from Egypt is related and
hymns and psalms recited in u joyful tone
in honor of tbe grand meaning of the day. i
These gatherings are carried on in every |
bouse, and are even strictly observed by !
1 the less relgiously inclined. —Montreal
I ( Canada') Gazelle. j
/ C --
The Confederate Depot at Selma, Ala. \
j A correspondent of the Hartford Press |
I furnishes a sketch of the Confederate sup-1
j plies obtained near Selma, Alabama, from i
| which we make the following extract: |
The importance of Selma to the Con
' federaoy can hardly be over-estimated. |
; As a stripping point for iron, coal, amnia-1
1 nition and commissary stores, it is one of j-
I the most important in tbe South. As a
manufacturing depot for ammunition, >
shut, shell, caupon, powder, canteens and !
clothing, it is of vast importance. |
The Selma arsenal, brought some two j
years ago from Columbus, Miss., employs I
some three hundred operatives, pud turns 1
out immense quantities of guns, ammu-j
nition, wagons, &0., A large num-i
her of boys and girls, and some few i
negroes are employed, though most of the |
workmen are detailed from the army for
that purpose. They receive a soldier’s ra
tions and three dollars per diem.
The stores manufactured here aro ship
ped to all parts of the Confederacy. The!
naval foundries nt S Ima are also turning!
out large quantities of shot and shell, and;
tome very heavy cannon. Tho foundry I
was. started by Mr Collins J. Mcßeu|
‘(now an agent iu Europe for tbe Coufede- j
rate loan), ayd sold to the Government by ,
him os \t t hpn stood, for the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars. The much !
d”rea,ded torpedoes are past at this foundry.
The whole establishment is under the im-;
mediate control of Captain Caleaby A. 11. L
• Junes.
yurd, unSvr the com-,
.d .aiß I ,£
J
•*. t*> till. ••*4.vv *;.'• .* VI r
~~~ - — saßSßstmmmm
maod of Com. E. Farrand, has built tw
irou-clad steam floating-batteries. They
now lie at Mobile, end are not intended
to go outside at all. The ircn-olad screw*
gunboat Tennessee ws* also launched at
this yard. 'She was a boat of considerable
beauty aridspeod, and cartes four guns.
They arc now building ouo uf much lar
ger dimensions then j the others. One
side-wheeled iron-clad gunboat has been
at Montgomery; one tit two on the Tom
bigbee, and several old river boats over
hauled and rigged op at Mobile, elthieV
one of which one shift wotdd blow to atoms.
Besides the large government works at
Selma, there are a number of smaller es
tablishments, got up by wealthy men for
the purpose of getting contracts with the
government, thereby keeping out ot the
I army themselves. Among these are sev
eral foundries, a powder mill, cotton card
I factory, three wagon and ambulance fco
i torics, and soma extensive sheds for the
1 manufacture of nitre.
The government manufactures large
quantities of clothing also, having two es
tablishments for this purpose.
The quartermaster and commissary
departments at Sefma are also very active.
A considerable stock of stores are general
ly on hand in both of these departments.
The commissary department always has a
| largs quantity of rice and flour oh hand,
i The latter is baked up into army bread Or’
| crackers, then shipped to Mobile or Mont
i gomery. ■ ’ >■ /■■■* ‘n-
Nearly all of the railroads of lesser im
portance in the South, have been taketo Bjf
to repair and patch np the more important
ones.
Selma is also the southern terminus of
i the Alabama and Tennessee River Ksil
| road, which runs within nine miles of
Jacksonville, in the northern part cf the
; Suite. This railroad runs directly through
the richest mineral country in tbs South.
! In fact the coal mines of Alabama supply
every arsenal, foundry, gunboat, and an.
!ry manufacturing, establishment in the
] Confederacy, with this indispensable ma
j terial for the manufacture of munitions at.
war; and this is the only place in tho
Confederacy where coal. abounds-now i*>
their reach.a ' • t .
The saute also may be said with regard
to the iron mines of Alabama. They pro
duce an inexhaustible supply of metal,
equal, it said, to the best in the world, and
it ha* beeu proved to be of inestimable
value in the manufacture of cannon -
Nearly one hundred tons of pig iron pass
| os over this road daily, the most of which,
j is re-shipped to the different armories and
arsenals throughout the Confederacy, and
is rapidly converted into missiles of war.
Tue celebrated salt works, of Alabama
are ten miles west of tbis place, where tho
largest part of the salt used ia Alabama,
Georgia and Mississippi for the past two
years, has been made. Salt water is found
at these works at a depth of from ten to
fifteen feet. Tbis business employs a
large number of both blacks and whites;
besides being a very profitable business,
the salt makers were exempt from milita
ry duty, which made it very popular.—
The salt made at these works sold as high
as thirty dollars per bushel.
Too Eipe. v
It used to be the custom for planters at
the South to purchase clothing for their
slaves by wholesale, and as they had net
the opportunity to examine closely each ar
ticle, were sometimes swindled by bad ar
ticles being thrown in with the good. r
One of these parties having laid in a
box uf shoes, and distributed a few of them
among the negroes, a few days afterward!
old Bob, a favorite servant, found that the
shoes that had fallen to bis lot were burst
; iog. So going to bis master, be said :
“Massa, where you buy dese shoes ?”
‘‘l bought theqi in New Orlesus, Bob."
“Well, whar did de New Orleans people
buy ’em * . A
“They bought them from the people np
j North —they bought them from the Yan
kees."
“Well, whar do de Yankees get em ?”
“The Yankees ? why, they them
j off the trees, Bob.’’ v . j "
“Well," responded Bob, holding* up bis
j shoes, “1 reck’u the Yankees didn’t pick
j this yere pair soon enough, massa; I
irock’n he waited till —fill —till doy was*
j little ted hips." •
i Something to Bi Thankful Fob.—
i Thu hat was passed around in a certain
congregation for the purpose uf taking up
; collection. After it had made the cir
cuit of tho church it was banded to the
i minister, who, by the-way, bad exchanged
j pulpits with the regular preacher, and he
i found not a penny in it. He inverted the
i hat over the pulpit cushion and shook it,
; that its emptiness might be known, then
; raising bis eyes toward the ceiling, he x
-: claimed with great fervor, “I thank God
i that 1 got back my hat from his cougregs
i tion.”
, -1 | i * .■■ ■ i
t®*Dr. Kirkbride, in bis report of the
Insane Asylums of Pennsylvania, notes
the enormous increase of female patients
whose insanity is caused by the loss of re I
! atives in the war.
Btsg- Oio ought every day at least to
I hear a little son.', read a good poem, sco-V
picture, and, if it be possible, to
speak, a few reasonable words.— Ootth*.
t‘ •v- —l l 4r- ——ia* ■... .. —. j*■
why is a postage stamp like a
had scholar “I can t tell, my sou; why
Lis it ?" “Brcause*it pets licked and put
lin a Corner." ‘‘Satan, put that boy to
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