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VOL. I.
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WHEELING, TUESDAY
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rSlNESS CARDS.
T. 0. KIGER, M.D.,
HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
0?c<- ?: HeV; lenoe, Below tlie M'Lure House, Market
Street,
WHEELING, WE8T VA.
?3j.t?cial attention given to the treatment in
(ases of Women and Children. july 9
R. P. TURNER, IT I IT"
MOEOPATHI C PHYSICIAN.
ice on 4th Street, next door IT. S. Collectors office.
july 9 'G3
I 4 S. H. GREErT
V I llOLES.tLR AND RETAIL DALKR IN
I ALL KINDS OF
IJ&I
Aiili Ikiil ur
iOCEfUES & PRODUCE,
No. 178, Market Street,
Wheeling, West Va
uly 9 'tii
E AG L ft F O U NDRY |
WILLIAM STEWART, j
MAJTUTACTOKER OF
stoves, mm, holiow-wah".|
?AND?
CASTINGS OF ALL KINDS.
Foundry: N. Wheeling? Warehouse: 1S1 Main Street, j
july 9* WHEELING. WEST VA.
qtSMEifS HOTEL,
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1 | Ko. 188 Main Street,
I | ?ast Side, near the Suspension Bridge,
l^f" H B H Xj I N G, -XT A
..-^"Oood StabLnsj attached to tbe homse.
ANTHONY KRAMER, - - - Proprietor.
july 9 lv
G. W. FRANZHEIM,
? IMPORTER OF?
iDanyoiEmiic.
And Dealer in
Par? Oatawto/i XWiue,
And Choice Havana Cigars,
So. 157, Market Street,
WHEELING, WEST V A.
i. v; OF ALL KINDS SOLICITED |
GEORGE E, WtGKHAM, I
WHEELING, WEST VS. i
Cor. Market and Union Street*.
A U C T I O \ EEK
And Agent for the Salo-ftf
41 A ESTATE,
\ COMMISSION MERCHANT.
^ VlTfiVtl w
?Re.nittnn- promptly miult. jaly V ly
"> ^ z Jacob"
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Wheeling, West Va.
jjgfu dice on Monroe Street, opposite Court House i
HANNIBAL FORBES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Wheeling, Weat Va.
62r-< )ffice lSU1^ Fourth Stre?t. j uly y
Samuel ?: wheeler,
ATTORNET,
\:ol: .ec tor of pensions, soldiers' claims
AND CERTIFIED ACCOUNTS.
\ ti. OtBcere, Soldiers, or Seamen, JisuUled in the
-i fervice of the Crited States, are entitled to Pen
non# for life ; and in case of thf-ir death, the widow,
krpn?n children, mother or sister of any such officer,
. idic ;? orse itnen; is entitled to 0 pensioii, and also the
tK'Ort >' of ?>ne hundred dollar*. an l all back pay due
iu etch case is FrVE DOLLARS if the claim
or pen-;on i? collected, aud NO CHARGE m caso of
an are
Ceintfo.1 Avounts collected ou the nust reasonable
cerm
Ofii e, No. 150 Fourth street. ne.ir the I'ourt-hoiise,
^hr^linij, Va. jul^otf
j. t* Scott. wm, h. hesneokn.
J. T. SOOTT & CO.,
UKALERS ANIi JOBBERS IN ,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and j
Plated Ware,
ojKIALS, TOOLS AND GLASS ICS,
anoy Groodw. cfcc.,
No. 127 Main Stroot, Wheeling, Ya.
r <>''?*
V. M. WALK I'.K.
(|f: o c t: h ,
An j Dealer 10
Kinds of Produce.
r?o. 21 2, Market Square, Enst Side,
WHEELING, WEST VA
- 9 '83.
Dr. M, F. HUUJHEN,
. DTC^nTTTST,
|hfp, Corner of Market ami (lutiicy SN.,
One Sqrnire above the Custom House.
july 9 '63
N. CRAWLEY,
\ WHOLESALE AND KE /AIL DEALER IN
toceries, Produce, &c.
k Nos. 185 & 180 Mnrket Street,
WHEELING, VA.
IF>B1TT. ROBERT NUBITT
ESBITT & BRO ,
m MANUFACfi RERS'OF
JO
- 'Jfe.TIiV & SHEET IRON WARE1
A.VP DEALERS IX
f?, ?, House-FuriiisUing linrduare xc
No. 4o, Main Street,
?'CENTRE WIIKELIMi, VA.
?w:tf ' __
VEENEYS & CO.
engines,
I ? BOILERS.
|l? -TINS, MILL WtiflK, &C.,
^ -?T?TT>0
U I
Of ALt KINDS.
^}IE UNG, VA.
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THE IMILY REGISTER.
TUESDAY.. *. ...SEPTEMBER 81863
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
Twrlyf. Solid Links op Noxpajibii., (or onf inch,)
oa Leu, xm a. Suvase.
Three Weeks, $4 5u
One Month, 5 00
Tiro Months, a 00
Three Months, 10 00
Six. Months, 15 00
Ono Year, 20 00
Un? Day,...l s?r......$0 75
Two Days, 1 00
Three Days*. 1 25
Four Days,...,. 1 50
live Days,, 1 75
One Week, ....... '2 00
Two Weeks 3 50
?3pkcial Noticks Doable the above rates.
Yearly Advertising on reasonable terms, accor
ding to the space occupied and the number of changes
made. v.
All advertisements from transient person* or Strang
era, to be paid /or in advance.
Business Cards not exceeding five lines, $10 per year,
or $6 for six months, but for u shorter period nothing
will be counted less than a square.
The privilege of Annual Advertising id limited to
the Advertisers* own Immediate busness; and all ad
vertisements for thetehefit of other persons as "well as
all l?gal advertisements, and advertisements of auction
sales and real estate, sent in by them must be paid for
ut the usual rates.
^^"Advertisements not accompanied with written
directions, will be inserted until forbid, and charged
accordingly.
Notices for Public Meetings to be charged in all cases
at full rates.
Marriages, Notices of Funerals, and announcements
of sermons, 50 cents each.
Damage to Crops in the Soul li
West.
A letter Train Champaign county, ill.,;H?
all., says :
The oldest inhabitant has n*> recollection
of such a frost at this season of the year,
sweeping down the crops by thousands of
acres, and spreading dismay anioug the ru
ral population, as was seen here yesterday
morning.
At least halt of the coin crop is cut Jowu,
utterly rained. Vines ot'all kinds are kill-!
ed, including every tender herbacious plant. I
The leaves of the grape are nearly all killed,
with most of the. fruit. Tobacco has turned
black, and a large part of the crop is ruin
ed.
The free cotton, ol' which thousands of
dollars' worth of the seed has been sold,
warranted to stand the climate, is gone be
yond any hope of ever saving the roots.
We have no means to-day of knowing
bow far the disaster extends, but fear all
north of thi s point. The drouth had reduc
ed the coru prospect to not. more lhan an
average of lit'teen bush-Is 10 the acre in this
part of the State, and now half of that is
iwept away. Corn, bean^, tobacco, toina i
foes, sweet potatoes, vines of all kinds, pota- 1
oes, <tc., have seldom been so severely
lealr by before rhe middle of October as at
i hi* writing.
i'o-day the farmers ore everywhere busy
Jutting up the wilted coin, to save what
they can for fodder.
The drouth continue, The sky is almost
cloudless. without appearance of change in
tho weather. The apples are dropping iYoin
tn? trees, aud the late peaches refuse to
grow, and are drying up on the trees, the
leaves of which will soon fall off.
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A Famous Land.
It there V?e part, of the world which!
ought to tempt the traveler, it is assuredly
that region of A*ia which lies between the)
Caspian and Black seas. Tradition de
clares tins to be tho cradle of the human
luce, litre, say the Persians and Arme
nians, was the garden of L-'.denj here, ad
every one knows, stands, the Ararat, fiom
which mankind spread after the deluge. ?
Here are the best and most undeniable phy- i
sical evidences ofth.st. -istnnishing catas-|
trope. Here hunted t he Biblical Ximrod. j
hero Noah planted the vine. Here languish- '
ed Prometheus, chained to tho rock with
vultures ever gnawing at his liver. Hither
vailed Jason and tho Argonauts, and hence
departed the enchantress Medea. One ofj
the rivers of this region still bears the
name of Cyrus the Great. Alexander of
Macedon is a household word among the
Caucasianjvil lagers. Hence tlowed Greece
ward that stream of gorgeous fable whi^h
widened into Hellenic mythology. Here
Pouipey conquered, and the soldiers of
Imperial Koine bled in vain. Here Gregory
preached, and Tamerlane and Genghis Ka
iin spread havoc; the Turks uprooted the
Geonese on these .shores, to be themselves
uprooted in due time time by the more op
portune Russians. Over the Caucasian
wall, at the (head hour when Allah's time
shall sound, (tog and Magog shall cross to
put au end t?? tie empire of Islauiism on
I earth, ami destroy the kingdom of the true
, believers When iho Russians swept away
the Georgian throne in 1800. learned men
at Titlies exclaimed in their anguish that
the fallen monarch had existed without in
; terruption since thetimeof Abraham; there
i- good historical evidence to provealineof
kings extending over a period of 2.245
' years.
A Hint to Hi t? hers. ? A correspondent
of an English journal describes and recom j
mends a new method of slaughtering cattle \
tor the market, which is now practised with;
suceess by some English butchers. The
object of the new practice is to prevent the
draining from the vessels of all the juices
which constitute the blood ? which aro en
tirely lost, in the ordinary method. This
object u accomplished by the admission of
air into the thorax of the animal by means!
of puncturing between the ribs, by which!
process the longs are collapsed, and cannot!
be again inflated. Simultaneously with'
t his puncturing, the butcher, by meai s of a I
short stifT knife, severs the spinal marrow
at the junction "I the skull with the first
jo?8t of the neck, an operation pvoducing
instantaneous paralysis and almost immedi
ate death. These operations secure the
-udden stoppage of breathing and the im
mediate suspension of thecireulation of the
blood, bv >?ch all the venous or carbona
ted blood is prevented bom entering tba
luntr . und is drained off from the careass.
while the arterial blood and sanguineous
lymph'are retained. This, it is siid, ren
ders the flesh more succulent and nutri
tious than when it is completely drained of
the fluids navned, as in the ordinary way. It
its asserted that meat so prepared set*
Kooner and keeps longer, besides being
richer in flavor than that* prepared by the
ordinary mode.
Ueueral JmcUou.
LHiring his last yean of bis President
ship, 1 had frequent opportunities of seeing
General Jackson hi private, and received a
very favorable impression of bis individual
character. It was impossible to recognize
in him the slightest trace of the imaginary
being whom the opposition newspapers were
daily holding up to the contempt and de
testation of the people. His habits of in
tercourse exemplified, in an agreeable de
gree, the union of firmness of purpose and
suavity of manner, which has been recom
' mended as the pe*f?otion of practical wis
dom. He corabin- the frank and open af
fability that is natural to the military
character, with uncommon gentleness. He
was indefatigable in his attention t<> busi
ness, and took a more direct and efficient
concern in the affairs that came before the
Executive Department of the Goveiument
than any one of hi* predecessors.
Though his habits were entirely practi
cal, and quite remote from those of a mere
student. 1 have been assured on the high
est authority, that he daily read and wrote,
in examining papers and preparing answers
to them, as 'much as any individual at tb e
* n
seat ol Government. The state papers
which issued from his Cabiuei, during his
administration, and which are remarkable
for their ability, were either written by
himsell or prepared from copious notes in
his own hand. The most conspicuous trait
in his character, was the energy wbieh he
exhibited so frequent.y and with such sig
nal su< cess in his military career, and his
practical errors, such as they were arose
from oecasioual excess ot tnis quality. ?
He displayed it in civil not less than in
I military affairs, t ad it carried him triumph
antly through his contest with South Caro
lina, the lrench Government, and the
Bank, in hjrn, however, this preeminent
quality was combined wuh another not less
valuable, and which is not very often con
nected with it in a high degree ? that of sa
gacity. His discernment in selecting the
means and the persons to be employed in
accomplishing his end, was almost unerring.
This union ot sagacity and force is th? true
secret of practical greatness.
Many persons of superior intellect fail in
their purposes for want of the decision
which would enable them to seize the favo
rable moment, and turn it to accouut be
fore it passes. Other men of great power
and iron will have made shipwrec k for want
of a sufficient infusion of practical skill. ?
Such was the late of Napoleon, whose dis
cernment, perhaps, originally not less con
spicious than his energy, was clouded in
his later period by the intoxication of long
continued success, vieneral Jackson, by
combining these two qualities in a very
high degree, and then retaining them un
impaired to the last, became, perhaps, the
most remarkable character within his
sphere of action, and even extended his in
fluence very far beyond it. His immense
popularity was the tribute which the public
mind instinctively pays to real greatness. ?
The genoral voice long ago proclaimed him
the hero of New Orleans and his trium
phant political career has enrolled his
name permanently among those of the
great men of the age. ? A. H. Everf.tt.
The President's Letter.
Among the telegraphic items that ap
peared in the dailv journals yeRterday was
the announcement from Washington that
uthe jyrmatvre publication of the" President's
letters occasions much surprise." If the
word ''premature" be eliminated from the
above sentence, it will pretty generally
express the condition of the public mind in
reference to the recent, performance of
Lincoln. The note of preparation which
had been sounded for so many davs prior to
the "premature" delivery of the President's
pronunciatncnto lead many Innocent peo
ple to believe that the great question of
the dav would all be settled by tho doc
trines set fort in "A. Lincoln's" letter. ?
When it was r?ad ? when the "muddle"
was presented to the people as an example
of far seeing statesmanship ? what other
feelings than those of surprise coal* have
been feft by the anxious masses? But
there is yet hope. An Abolition journal
published in this citv states, that on ac
count of the many errors in the letter, the
President promised to 4 revise" it. The
best thing he can do for his own fame is to
1 suppress it altogether, and earnestly pray
that its verv existence may be forgotten! ? |
Phil Aqe.
tm
The Dead Come to Life. ? A most re
markable case of suspension of animation
occurred in Oovinjrton. Ky., on Thursday
afternoon. A man named Henry CutofV,
wbo has been ao inmate of that portion of
the City Prison known a.< the Poor House
for about four years past, was siezed with a
violent fit. and after suffering greatlv for an
hour or more, died to all appearances. Sev
eral persons examined the body and pro
nounced life extinct, whereupon the Coron
er and undertaker were sent for. The lat
ter arrived first, and proceeded at once to
take the measure of the supposed dead man,
when, to the astonishment of all present the
corpse commenced kicking, and soon raised
up in bed. Cutofl' is now alive, and says
be is ready to 'kick" whenever an under
taker comes around him ''measuring for a
box.'1
?
i Recognition. ? The Liverpool Mercury'
(declares that "it is understood that the |
1 question of recognition of tbe Confederal**]
: States of America was discussed p * *be
Council of Frenih Ministers h*fd at St.
1 Cloud on Monday, August J^th. Several
of the Ministers thoif&t that the time
had arrived for sucfi an act on tbe part of
France but the Council was dissolved with
out any determination being arrived at. It
is thought in France that the- recognition
of the Southern States will take place im
mediately tbe favorable opport'inity pre- j
sents itself." Notwithstanding this decla-i
ration, it is not likely that Napoleon will '
' be in any haste to recognise the South.
i No reply has yet been received by the
; Federal Government to its protest against
i the fitting out in Great Britain of war ves
sels for the rebels.
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From <liur|p*tou.
A correspondent of the New Y?rk Hortd,
writing from Morris Island. under date of
Aug. 30, says :
There has been a feeling prevailing here,
up to within tbe last few days, that tbe
rebels bad been laying a trap tor us. Tbe
Camp Cassandras prophesied that tbe rebels
wouM,ere long open upon us from batteries
of which we bad no knowledge aud from
guns of enormous ealiber. The effect of
this unexpected performance on the part of
our opponents would be, tbe croakers said,
to drive our army from Morris Island with
immenAe loss of life and total loss of all our
artillery and munitions of war. But as
day after day has passed without verifying
these predictions, aud as the rebel* are
known to possess no ordnance th.'y ivir.
bring into position to accomplish anv such J
results, bugbears of this description h.w
ceased to terrify even the most tirn'd.
Tbe story afloat that the rebels had re
moved idl the heavy guns from Port Sumter
and placed them in other batteries built in
new and better positions, there is serious
cause to doubt. Guns, or what looked very
much like guns, have been re.n J amid
the ruins, and although they have given *
yet no sign of life, yet it ran hardly lie
doubted that they bave been replaced in
position for some special purpose, and will
yet, when the time comes, prove their exs
istence by the execution done by their
shells. The fort t j, looks as if it had
been strength.: ' a mass resembling cot
ton bales is JhicKiy planted amid its ruined
walls.
The corporal's guard of a garrison still
hold their position, and the secession ra?_?
knocked down so often during the bombard
ment, yet waves defiantly in front of Mil
more'* heavy guns and the turrets of the
monitors. That the fort could have been
taken and occupied is the general impress
ion. but it is thought that General Gilinore
and Admiral Dalhgren have come to some
understanding on the subject, and, to ac
complish some unknown military or naval
I object, Dave concluded to let Beauregard
hold on to the place a little longer, and lloat
his flag over it with impunity; when the
time come* it is expected that no difficulty
worth mentioning will be experienced in
ro-occupying this old government strong
hold, and replacing in triumph tho honored
old Hag that Anderson carried away with
him. In the meantime the rebels are ma
king constant elfortsto strengthen the place;
and since it has ceased to be the focus of
tho terribly artillery fire that f>r some lime
assailed it, it is to be supposed that; they
ure meeting with comparative success. A
midshipman from the ileet, who made a rc
connoisaance up the bay on Saturday night,
counted no less than twelve tugs plying be
tween Fort Sumter and Charleston. lie
reports that they all unloaded at the fort,
but being compelled to retire before he could
. ake any discoveries respecting their la
ding, of course nothing but surmises can bo
had on the subject. There was a party
working on the fort on Saturday, supposed
to be mounting a heavy gun that has been
dismounted during the bombardment, by
one of the 200-pound parrots.
On Wednesday last, as soon as night set
in, the admiral with the Ironsides, and all
the monitors sailed in to attack the fort,
but, owing to some misunderstanding on
the part of some of the commanders, the
vessels were not got into position until too
late to commence an attack, and they were,
in consequence, compelled to retire, t b is
determination being arrived at the more
readily owing to the boisterous nature of
the weather, which, for the last week, has
been more or less threatening Fhus the
rebels have been unimpeded in their ??tli ?r t
to repair the delapidated masonry, and it is
just possible thai it may prove a little
stronger than was expected, when the next
attack is made upon it.
Tuesday or Wednesday are now t!ie davs
fixed by the universal rumor in tho camp!
for the grand attack on the forts and bat- j
tcrie- in the harbor.
Richett.
"Ob ! if I had the power ? if I were rich
? I would do so much good. I would be 50 I
chartiablel" ? is a phrase, if not exactly:
expressed, very often implied, in the <?011-!
versation, of well meaning people-, and. un- ?
doubtedly, wealth is a possession for tb?* nse
cf which we are accountable in exact pro- \
poi ti'?n to the extended range of action it
affords Still, few individuals art* -o un- j
happily placed as not to have in some de- 1
gree the power of benefitting their fellow
creatures: and as a long list of insignificant
iteuis will make up a large sum, it is aim
ing how large an amount of happiness arises
from the small charities and trifling kind
nesses of life. The sphere may bo limited; ,
but to those who reallv take pleasure in |
doing a "good turn" to a fellow creature, !
the opportunities are innumerable; and de
spite the dark colors in which some writers i
love to paint human nature, we belhe the'
pr< portion who do take such pleasure to be
a very lar^e one.
Ihe special correspondent of tho f ^?i^on
Times has arrived in Baltim'""*'
scribes tbe State of that .-**>' Ra.vS
Gen. Schenck and bis -?,'(J'er3 have estab
lished a petty rei*- of tt,rror- They Lav* I
jriven politic*-' "passion full swinL'. They'
Lave onr*4,lzeJ 4 party into u'j. lice, nclum
8V wandering one, indeed, as might be ex- 1
pected, but vicious, headlong, and full of I
petty maliccf. The writer then enumerates
a }few instance*. He states that in the
Southwest the Federal conquerors settle on
the lands of the vanquished, manumit the
slaves, and hiring them aa free laborers
compel them to cultivate the land for the
conquerors' benefit.
Poland. ? France, it would appear, i* not
inclined just yet, to run info hostilities .
with Russia, on the pretence of aiding- Po
land. Napoleon repeats tbat he will not
actively interfere without the co operation
! of England and Austria. He says, "I am
?erj anxious to help Poland, but alone I
will not attempt it. My allies, too, seem
determined to remain passive.. " Alaa for
Poland.
O !? o ?>
j How to Hiiko a ? heap Lounte,
In my home an rati/ ca*ir Souu*;
two indispensable article* of far ni turf. As
those at present in use are both of njr o*r n
muke and the last mentioned article of a
little different construction from any that
ever came under my observation, I propose
to tell your readers how it's done.
Make a neat box, 7 feet long, 20 or 22
inches wide and 6 deap, with legs ot' the
required bight, securely fastened in each
corner. Faiten inch cleats on the lower
side, lengthwise, on which to rest the bot
tom boards, which should bo of well-seas
oned lumber and nicely fitted, and be put in
cross-wLse. The cleat on one side should
be cut iato three equal parts; the end pieces
can be put on with nails, the rentre piece*
should be fastened with screws. Fill with
straw or husks; fold an ?>ld comfort or quilt
an inch longer, and fasten it with tacks on
t he sides and end; owr the straw, put on
the outside covering to suit vourown fancy
After the lounge has been in use Jong
enough for the tilling to bccutne packed
and the whole to present a loose, flabbv,
unsightly appearance, turn it bottom siae
up, place the extreme ends upon chairs,
placed for the purpose. With a screw dri
ver remove the centre eleat and the bottom
board resting upon it, press the old tilling
gentlv down and iill up with new, being
careful t ? put it in evenlv; replace tho boards
and cleat, and you have it as good new.
The operation can be repeated as often as
one lik.s. and need not occupv mate than
live or ten minutes of time. ? (Letter to
Prairie Farmer.
4?ov. BramlclU'. of Keutii<?Icy.
on lluvii'Hilnirv Arrcisls.
The Louisville Journal thus notices Ibe
position of Governor Bramlettcon arbitrary
arrests:
uln order to guard against a misconstruc
tion or perversion into which we r?oti? e the
radical papers of Cincinnati have run al
ready, we will add here th;it. the portion ol
the address which touches upon military
arrests relates exclusively to jdaees within
the sphere of military opera ti ins, as the
context and indeed the tenor ol the passage
itself very plainly, at test, (loveruor Brain
lette is no believer in the exercise of mili
tary authority in places where the civil
authority is unobstructed, lie in, on tliej
contrary, one of the lirraostt opponent* of
this odious and dangerous assumption ol '
power. The construction under notice j
would iu fact turn the whole of his manly
and impassioned address into a wretched
mockery. But what would the radical pa
pers of Cincinnati not do to promote their
own cause here and at home! Certainly
the experience ol Governor Brauilette is j
not adapted to s.-ttle this query."
SHIPBUILDING ON A X K\V Pit INC I PLC. ? A
voftntjl lint? boon Isuwhed from om of the
Liverpool docks, in the consti action oi
which a somewhat novel principle of ship
building has been introduced The vessel
draws about two and one-hall feet of water,
is designed to go to sea without any bal
last and to take the ground with perfect
safety. She has the peculiarity of being
almost Hat bottomed: and from th:s and
other things she is expected ro be capable
of carrying a very largo quantity of cargo j
in proportion to her tonnage. Her bilge,
will take the ground at the fame time as
her keel, which is planked of wood two
inches in thickness. Her dimensions are ?
length, one hundred feet; breadth, twenty
two feet: depth, twelve feet and three inch
es: a:nl will carry four hundred and forty
tons dead weight, at :t draught of about
eleven feet. Sh<; is to be rigged uh a brig
antine, with wire rope, but I lie main-ail will
not have any "gilf,M the hea 1 of the main
sail hoisting up to the hea 1 of the main
mast, ami gall" topsail from tlm head of the .
main topmast to the end of the main booiu,
which it is considered will be an improve
ment, ami ail J tothe vess.d'a sailing powers.
? ? ? - ?? ?
(ioi.D. ? The steady tise in pold is a puz
zle to u?. It is now r ar'y >1 2i?, or within
a cent of what it was b Tore Vicksburg was
tiken. and will undoubtedly go still higher.]
Vet the Government ha. offered no disas
ter. Kxt'Cpl at Charleston, our military!
operation^ sr.* progressing s well a-> we !
could n?k, and even at Charleston there is
nothing more discouraging I hi 11 the cxplo
?i. >n of absurd hopes that exaggerated new-.- J
paper reports have raiied. There iw not'
mucb chance ol success, it :s true, but tiere
is as much now as there was wb^a gold was 1
at and Rosecrans is certainly not losing
ground, wi ii*- Bnrnside i- pressing fast to
a p. ?int where bis force can unite with that
of Rosecran* and overwhelm all opposition
in the center ol the line of war. In the j
Southwest Steele has routed t .e rebels,
though that lias not been known lout1; ? r '
to affect the market, it might bp" " kV,
pected reasonably enough t ( ^ ^ ^
no rise from anpreben*1' '* " . 1 "7
don't un.|. r^:,;,l t- ?"'7" ? "n.l^r??nd
th.it it i, iMf
-tri" I ? ,f ,lt* whatf,vor may be it
Jottrnii [ ( Krptibfiran,)
'Fur IVori'/. ?p?*aking of the Garibaldi
letter, says with truth and point
" When Garibaldi addresses Mr. Lincoln
as the ^"ir of aspirations of Ji obn Brown."
h? g?n*s to iho vers* marrow of the subject,
an<l utters an incontrovertible truth. Th?
emancipaiion proclamation is nothing but
John BrownUtn on a larger scale; and there
is no honest abolitionists who wishe* to se<
it enforced, that does not regard that phil
anthropic felon us a saint, a hero, and a
martyr, whose soul i* marching on.'"
The true interpretation of th*? term.
? JL>ouglas I)em?>crat," as applied to the rene
gades who find the temptation of Mr. Lin
coln's crib ( it used to be the public cribf
too great for them, is said by the Catt?ki)l
Recorder to b? "Fred I) on? la? Demo^ra^," j
but this is an unjustifiable insult to tbn
; eloquent mulatto. He has always stuck by
bis otvo caste and partv. as well iu idver
i sity as prosperity, and no doubt regard*
these deserters, and rightly, as beneath the
contempt of any decent ne/rO." ? Btfton
Courier.
Origin of Brand).
Krasdyb^ir. \ s dhtiUt^ ir.
about the year |;>4^, but It was prepared
unU m& medicine ana was convdemd
possessing such marvelous streng thenm *
powers tbst the physicians t.rined it 4itLe
water of life,*' a liame it retains, ihoueli
now rendered, by excessive potations, otic
01 life's meat powerful and prevalent de
stroyers. Raymond I. ally, h disciple of
Arnold de Villa Nova, considered tbia ad
mirable essence of wine to be au enitua
tion from the Divinity, and that* it was in
tended to reanimate and prolong the life
of man. He even thought that this dis
covery indicated that the time had arrived
for the consummation of all things? the
end of the world. Before the true mean>>
of determining the quantity of alcohol in
spirits were know n, the dealers were in
the La hit of employ in_* a very rude method
of forming n notion ? ?f the sttength. A
given quantity < f spirits was poured upon ?
quanitv of gunpower, in a dish, and aef oc
tire. If at the end of combustion the gun
power continued dry enough it took tire
and exploded; but it' it had been wetted, by
the wat t in the spirits, the ftante of the
alcohol went out without setting the pow
der on tire. This was called the proof. ?
Spirits whieh kindle guu|K?wder were s*id
to he above proof; tho*e that did not \>t
(ire to it were said to be below proof ?
From thih origin ol the term proof; it is
obvious that it* meaning must have been
deemed very indefinite.
l>o\ the discovery of .f (*ff. pn
vate correspondence it was loudly trumpet
od throughout thy country that ox Prfsi.
dent Buchanan and a number of leading
Democrats had contributed letter* to the
col lection which proved them to havs fjt
years been privv to the design- of the south
ecu conspirators. Papers like the h'vrui u
Host y of this cit v had the meanness to dfeu
late these infamous slanders before oue ul
the letters were given to the public. A few
of them were finally published, but there
was nothing in them to justify any of tiiv.
malicious statements against the ex- Pre* i
dent and his party associate*. To this da\.
however, the /V\7 has not had the decency
to acknowledge its fault. We now see that
certain Democratic papers are circulating
the story that the sudden hurrying ??f the
correspondence to Washington under seal
was bemuse it was ft1?teov?red to Coutaio
letter* from (ietierais Huiler. and Burn
siijc. and L>au. Dickenson ol a treasonable
nature. Of coiir.se this j? ;d| slut!*: but it is
far more likely to be tru* than is the othei
story, as these pcr*on?*wereamnug the most
ultra "doucrhfin ?es" in tile Nortn. ? A \
Horl.l.
A Y.\NkKi; -Vom MiVA.Nt i;. ? Tliew IS *
eontrivancc of tbosolrlier*. at Batjn Rouge,
far carrying water ti/ the equips that din
plavs considerable Itlgeffiiity. An ordinary
barrel has fitted to the head a block of
wood, with a pivot like the wheel of a wheel
barrow, and a rod of iron like tho tounge <?f
a buggy, that forks near the barrel, to draw
like a garden roller, the barrel revolving
like a wheel. Two men will draw a barrel
of water up the levee with tolerable ca*n. ?
A negro lookiugon at tho performance fanl.
"Well, for God, what can't white ipsii do?"
Tuk SoR<;nv.M Crop. ? Cor respondent of
thi* Department of Agriculture, ronv^neitii
with the progresa of sor<.' ninr ulturein tlm
country, and qualified to judge accurately
of the season'* product. estimate the ;iggrv>
gate quantity of ratio svrup at 40(000,00it
gallon*, and the ur 'i cultivated at 250,000
nr-res. In 184M by the allowing of the lant
cenau*, the product was le*s than ?'OO.UOtj
gallons. It this estimate nhould prove cot
reet, it in .sufficient to nupplv moiv than
half the ayrup and moIa*K.n demand of the
I'nited State*' ? Xajt r*rilt*, (().,) l'n*m<-r..
Nothing seeuu truer, (and it it an -,ad an
truejtlian the following from the N. V.
Exjtrtas:
tnrce rciyiut err, ifichere. Thus i* a gov
eminent of force, now. North ami South
There in no repudiation of thia usurpation
anywhere. There i* no breaking ol boutia.
To free negroes .South, we 'North men have
become bondtnen. arid to keep ne-roeA
South, Sout'i men fiavo become tUva*
th0UU?lv?'t. Phi.; is ti militant (i n'f.i itHr
ererifir/i- 1 r} \< , th and South.
m . v- # fi A K I H -+-Tb?
I.ik Smallest N a ri^;ang? on, e ono
Montauk nation An,eri<*, haa dwto
V:,h, '! mmt ?'?.Je p,r,on-,. Their prewnt
died Rater IM.aro. Hi* .ubecti
. ^ill, D.ite and .Stephen. K'njr
T^kro doe* not keep a atanding nroy, de
claring that tlie revenue* of hi# empire will
nut a Imit of :t ' ' ? ? *
CiOuj? HaKVCKT X.EWi tftOM iKtl.AVIi. ?
We receive from vuri.,tH sources tbf ^r? ti
fying announcement that f L?- cro p* of all
kin<N arc in a fl >uri hing conditio^ in Ii>
land, and tiiat I L#* yield prrjiniMMte tenure
abundant than it Im* been during * period
of over twenty year-. J ruin no dMtrjct du
wo receive complaint > re*pectiOK a * ingle
cropofauv kind. TJj>? country ewrytrber*
l^ok* well. For tbf first time in the hit
Cory of Ireland, there ?^en?a a *rarcily oi
laborer*. and the ddP4o4 ** greater than
the supply. There i- a difficulty ?ii getting
bands to gather in fbe tei-miug Larveat, ami
American reaping mirbirew are railed into
(requisition. ? N. Y. Sun.
Thk Albany Statesman, ? R?-j>ubliran
paper, it getting impudent. ?< not dhlofal
It say*:
Tbe Ooveruinent ran au<J ?boul.J close
up the rebellion bv tbe Mr>t of November
It if fail?* to do tbi??, tbe blaoif sfeonkf Dill
O i S" sir.}. W ?*.-! who Hi b to ctrrjr t
tbe war into tbenext Presidential election, *
in order in mak?? < srit.il tbat inure* fo the
benefit 'of tbe amy ?f?'J natr eonfraetor
pet sutler* and otiurr speculator*.'
Thl Cincinnati Enquirer complain^ lb?t
the. income tax M u?./t c??ll?*?-t**d, ai.d charge
. that the delay i* for (be purpose of inliugjr
4 ring the election. ? ,