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; A SI 1 lHJtt XI OH lU CAKOJLiilA STaKDAKD. WEDNESDAY. AUG. ?.0V 1864. lottti-Carfllina SkhA CHARGE OF TIIE T1GUT BRIGADE. At the bar, at the bar, At the bar thundered, Thundered with fiercer din, Topers one hundred. There stood those thirsty men, Thirsty one hundred. -Calling for drinks in vain, The bar-keeper slumbered ; Hark I there's a sound from one I List now the curses come From each and every one ! 01 that dry one hundred. Into the bar they pitch, Noble old topers, For up cumes an order which Pleased those old soakers ; " Forward thft Tight Brigade ! Take the bar," Muggins said, Intj it undismayed, Pitched now each drunken blade Pitched the one hundred. "Forward the Tight Brigade!" Gods, what a charge they made! - No men were afraid ; No perwn blundered. Theirs but to drink their fill, Theirs not to pay their bilL Ah yes, they knew it well ! Knowing one hundred 1 Bottle to right of them, Bottle to left of them, Labeled and numbered ; Nobly they fought and well, There many a hero fell, Covered with blood and beer, Beer that they loved so well, Gallant one hundred I Raised now each nose in air, See what is under there, Mugs charged with lager beer All the world wondered 1 Fiercer the revel grows, .Redder each bleeding nose, Faster the liquor flows, Under the table goes, Half the one hundred 1 Bottle to right of them, Bottle to left of them, Bottle all around them, Emptied and sundered; Out from that dreadful room, Out from that dark saloon, Came forth a beery fume, Came forth a dismal moan, But none of the hundred t When they awoke again, Oh how their heids did pain I No person wondered. -Honor to the Tight Brigade, Houor to the charge' they made, Thirsty one hundred 1 New Asiatic Explorations. M. Vanbery, a Hungarian traveller, has recently penetrated, in the disguise of a dervish, through the territory of the Turcomans to Khiva, Bokhara and Samarcand, in Central Asia; traveling through districts which have not been visited by a European since the days of Marco Polo. After several years of preparation in a Mohominedan college, he joined at Teheran in March, 18(53, a company of poor pil grims who were returning to Tartary from Mecca, giving out that he was a pious Mussulman travel ing to Central Asia with a religious object ; and in a communication just laid before the Royal Geo graphical Society he announces the result of his observations as follows : "M. Vanbery crossed the Southeast corner of the Caspian Sea on board a Turcoman corsair and landed at Geuraushtepe, (" the silver hill,") a camp of about two thousand tents of the Tamut tribe. From this place he visited the ruins of the wall built by Alexander the great, which commences on the shores of the sea near this place, and stretches about one hundred miles inland, in the form of an embankment dotted with turrets and fortifications. Continuing with the party in a northerly direction, east of the Caspian, he passed the river Attrek, crossing the Hyrcanian desert, a horrible journey of twenty-two days, aud reached Khiva at the be ginning of J une. The present condition of the coun try of which Khiva is the capital he describea as most wretched.' "The reigning Princo, Seid Mohammed, a sick tyrant, does littU cle but slaughter hundreds of his subjects for mere IrilL-.s which he calls transgres sions of the holy religion of Mohammed. M. Van bery made excursions as far as Koongrad, and was astonished at the great fertility of the country, which he thought superior to anything he had hitherto Keen in Asia. "After spending a month in Bokhara, M. Van bery proceeded full of anticipation to the city of Sainaicand. He trave'.ledTor six days through a thickly peopled and well" cultivated country, and was greatly surprised at the quick succession of towns and villages on the road. But in Samarcand he was much disappointed. He found the capital of Timour in a state of decay, and although he saw a few remains of its ancient glory, was convinced that the ancient reputation of the place was greatly exaggerated. " The most remarkable of the ancient edifices were the medresses or colleges, one of which, erec ted by the wife of Timour, a Chinese Princess, was a most splendid building; but the magnifiicent por tico, one hundred feet high, inlaid with mosaic in the form ol roses, is now all that remains of it The palace of Timour he described as vory inter esting, especially his tomb and a huge block of green Btene, the base of his throne, which must have been derived from some distant country, although how it was conveyed to the place is now difficult to surmise. M. Vanbery terminatod his narrative with his arrival at Herat in October; the country to the north of which place he found in great dis order, owing to the revolt against the Afghan yoke consequent upon the death of Dost Mohammed." In the course of a discussion which followed the reading of M. Vanbery's communication in the Geographical Society, Sir Henry Rawlinson said the country which'M. Vanbery had traversed was interesting in a two fold point of view. In the first place it had hitherto been a terra incognita, and in the next place it possessed great political interest, as forming the debatable land which intervened be tween the Russian Empire and our own India pos sessions. He adds : " It would be remembered that 25 years ago great alarm was felt at the extension of Russian influence in Central Asia. That feeling which brought about the Affghan war had passed away, and had been succeeded by a feeling of supineness which was as little to bo justified as the previous alarm. We have very much lost sight of what had been coin on during the last 2 -j years, while we have been iin agining that all was quiescent, the Russian and Eng lish frontiers have been gradually approximating over a spaca of 1,000 miles, so that at present there is only a breadth of 500 or COO miles between the two frontiers. " This is a matter which ought to interest the English public and to which attention should be drawn. He begged to be understood that he attri buted no hostility to England on the part of the Russian Government in this extension of frontier towards India. The journey of M. Vanbery wa therefore of great value, because it will make us ac quamted with countries full of so much political in- LTk it0A1(L Prtions of route which he had followed were entirely new, and he might fairly claim the honor of having been the first European who had visited and described Sam arcand, forfoiir hundred and fifty years" An account of M. Vanbery's travels is about to be published in London by Mr. Murray. that said: "Consider no man capable of insulting you who la mead enough to attempt it For whilst t.y the insult, he acknowledges yS worthy of s of?Su'rI"U yUr pr0V6 h'm Worthy Such a man would make a better soldier in da fence of any last cause, than the loudest 8waeM, ever heard of. . Two Remarkable Letters. We copy the following from the (Wisconsin) Democrat, with every reason to believe there are not a lew who will read them, who, if they bad the courage, would make known publicly, as has the to-De-pitied "Dodger," their own experience: LETTER K0. ONE. " Brick" Pomerov. Rdi'or Dailv Democrat: Argus eyed friend, I am in much trouble : Will you hear my prayer and give vect to advice ? My wife the sweet partner of my terrestrial joys and eartbly hallucinations bas joined the loyai iemaie league. She is on the benevolent altogether now for two months. She is a good woman the goodest of all her sex. and compared to ber, all others of ber sex are but as insects. I come home at noon, and she is off to see Mrs. Gadley on Leagne busi ness. I eat cold victuals for dinner, and shout aloud through the kitchen and things, but she greets me not I 1 come home to tea, but there is no tea I I grub it in the pantry 1 That blessed wife of mine is oil' to see about the League. At midnight I come home, and she is still absent I I so to bed. 1 leave ' the door unlocked. I dream of robbers. The child ren squall for , the nourishment I have not It is lonesome. Soon I hear a step. A pair of steps. Two pair of steps. Tenor and base steps. I listen. Two pair of steps climb my one pair of steps. They linger at the threshhold there are indistinct words one pair comes up one pair goeth hence my wife has returned. Noble woman ! Kind neigh bor ! All for the soldiers. I go down the next day to my shop. I return at dinner time my wife is but I eat another lunch. I return to my shop. At tea I go borne. I want to ask my wile something privately, but two hun dred women are there to get the measure of my drawers for the League. Then my wife goes down town. I follow ber. She dodges in this store then in that then id another. Forty women dodge in and out They run over me. They take wife oil. I love her. I look for her diligently, but she is not to be found. I stand on the street She goes by on the other side. I cross over, and she vanishes. JNoble woman, &he does so much good. She has helped send two pair of mittens and an em broidered shirt tail to the San. Com. I have not seen her for five weeks that is to talk with her. When will this war be over? I want my wife to bo at home alone, it you see my wife tell ber 1 want her. JNoble woman s!ie loves tho soldiers. Your truly, DODGER. ! LETTER NO. TWO, (PRIVATE ) My Dear " Brick :" Don't put this in the "De mocrat," or I'll catch fits. My wife is on the loyal concernust now. She bas joined a woman s society. where one makes flannel mittens for soldiers and the rest tell yarns about their neighbors. Egad 1 but ain't I in luck. But you know I was brought up a pet My blood is that of a gazelle. My wife is the Amazon stamp. Epr size she's not like Mrs. Amazon, but in spirit she is terrible. She is sewing ior me league. Ana what nice times I have. Come up and take supper with me anytime. No danger of finding her at home. I have the funniest kind of times now. Hired girl is very kind and attentive. -Jane bas plenty to do in the kitchen. All the rest of the house I run. To be sure, things iook a mue nasty and slovenly, but what of it? can do as I please. I go to the saloon ; drink beer ; play draw poker ; romp with the servant girl ; thrash tho young ones ; wear dirty shirts ; smoke a pipe in the parlor; hang my hat on the floor; spit vuuaucujuice on tne near in; go to bed with my boots on ; go to dances and home with the girls ; play seven up with my oldest boy, and do just as I please. Come up and see me. My wife is on the Loyal League. Deuced glad of it Hope the League will be chartered to run forever. It's a sood thing. If it comes in your way, give my wife a puff. She likes it It makes her more devoted to Mr. Loyal, and gives nie a betterchar.ee toslosh around. Come up and see me. Send all the fellers up. These Leagues are big things. And bring up a pint of paragoric for the babies, to keep them quiet Yours forever, DODGER. Physical Pain of Death. A paragraph is going the rounds of the papers giving the opinion of Lord Bacon and others, that the pain of hanging is inconsiderable. It is as serted, for example, that after a momentary feelin of suffocation bright colors dance before the eyesf and stretch away into vistas of indescribable love liness. There is no reason to doubt the truth of this declaration, because numerous instances have occurred of persons being cut down before life was extinct ; and it was on the authority of well authen ticated examples of this character that Lord Bacon and others founded their opinion. Moreover, hang ing, in its effect on the human organism, produces results very similar to those produced by some naturil diseases, so that this also affords a criterion for judging. In cases of drowning, likewise the testimony is universal that the physical pain, up to the moment of consciousness being lost, is quiet inconsiderable. The same phenomena of motes stars and beautiful lights dancing before the eyes has often been mentioned by individuals restored after apparent death by drowning. .Itis "eSrly csrtai indeed, s certain as any thing chiefly speculative can be that in all deaths the physical suffering is small. Even where inva lids experience the most excruciating any during the progress of the disease, nature comes to their relict at the last hour, and life goes out gently like a candle in the socket. Those who have witnessed death beds most frequently, especially if they have been intelligent persons, and therefore capable of judging, agree generally in considering the physical pain of death as inconsiderable. They say that tho convulsive motions, which frequently attend the parting breath, are not evidences of suffering for that the invalid is insensible. They say also that when tho senses are retained, there is usually no such spasm. A leading medical authority states that scarcely one person in fifty is sensible at the point of death, and some physicians assert that they have never seen a death bed in which the patient was sensible. As life fails, nature, it would seem, beneficently interposes, deadening the sensibility of the nerves, and otherwise preparing the individ ual for the great and inevitable change. Ten Rules lor Making Batter. In making good butter, there are several nice operations to be gone through with which require an eye to cleanliness, forethought and some little experience. 1. On milking clean fast, yet gently, regularly twice a day, depends the success of the dairymaid Bad milkers should not be tolerated in a herd, bet ter pay double price for good ones. 2. Straining is quite simple, but it should be borne in mind that two pans, about half full each will produce a greater amount of cream than the same milk in but one pan ; the reason of this is the greater surface. 3. Scalding is quite an important feature in the way of making butter in cool weather ; tho cream rises much quicker, the milk keeps much longer tho butter is ol a better color, and churns in one half the time. 4. Skimming should always be done before the milk becomes coppered ; otherwise much of the cream turns into whey and is lost 5. Churning, whether by hand or otherwise should occupy forty or fifty minutes. ' 6. Washing in cold soft water is one of its pie serving qualities, and should be continued until it m.us uo coior oi tne iniiK oy the use of the ladle Very hard water is highly charged with lime, and must in a measure impart to it alkaline properties 7. Salting is necessarily done with the best kind of ground salt, the quantity varies according to the state it is taken from the churn if soft uiore. if harmless; always taking the taste for the surest guide. 8. First working, after about twenty-four hours is for the purpose of giving it greater compactness.' 9. Second working takes place at the time of packing, and when the butter has dissolved the salt, that the brine may be worked out 10. Packing is done with the hands or with a butter mall; and when butter is put into wooden vessels they should be soaked two oi three days in strong brine before using. After each picking cover the butter with a tight lid. fc 0f h,umsn bones dipped from Gene malUIf. 1 hf ve P"Wy been used to make knife hand es, tooth picks, and the lik, Tub Mode of Papal Elections. The Paris cor respondent of the London Timet gives the follow ing description of the manner in which the elec tion of a Pope is effected. As it is doubtless new to most of our readers, it will not but prove inter esting: - - ' There were, and I believe still are, four different modes of election by inspiration, by compromise, by scrutiny, and by access. By inspiration, which several of the Cardinals call aloud, as if on the im pulse of the moment, the name of the person whom toey judge worthy of the supreme dignity. It is, however, only after lone and fruitful deliberation. and when there remains no chance of agreement by merely human means, that recourse is had to supernatural aid; and it has happened that the Test of the Cardinals, or a majority of them, unwilling to snow decided opposition, or to be the last in giving their assent, at onee concur in the choice of inspiration. The election by compromise is when, after equally long and equally fruitless deliberation, they agreo to lay aside their preferences and to leave the nomination of the rontitt to one among tuemseives. it is related that it was in this lash ion John XXII. was chosen. H : got all the Car dinals to pledge themselves to accept the candidate he should propose, and, to their great surprise, he proposed himself. Taught by the example, for they had never meant to elect hkn, the Cardinals decided that this power should not again be intrus ted to any member of the College, except on condi tions which would render the recurrence of such an event impossible. When the election of a Pontiff is by scrutiny or ballot, each Cardinal writes bis own name with that of the candidate he proposes on a ticket These tickets or bulletins are deposited with much solemnity in the consecrated chalice which stands on the the altar of the chapel whe'e they sit ; and each one approaching and leaving the altar kneels and repeats a prayer. After a pause, the tickets are taken from the sacred cup by offi cers named ad hoc from their own body ; the tick ets are compared with the number of Cardinals present, and when it is found that any one of them has two-thirds of the votes in his favor he is de clared elected. If no one can show the requisite number of votes another proceeding is gone through. This proceeding is the election by access so called because any Cardinal has the right to accede to the vote of another by altering his ticket according to a prescribed form. The moment the election is de clared the tickets are burnt The present Pope was elected by unanimity. Anecdotb op Dr. Chalmers. While busily en gaged one forenoon in his study, a man entered, who at once propitiated him, under the provocation of an unexpected interruption, by telling him that he called under great distress of mind. "Sit down, sir; be good enough to be seated," said Dr. Chalm ers, turning eagerly and full of interest from his writing-table. The visitor explained to him that be was troubled with doubts about the divine origin of the Christian religion ; and being kindly questi oned as to what these were, he gave among others, what is said in the Bible about Melchizedek being without father and without mother, &c Patiently and anxiously Dr. Chalmers sought to clear away each successive difficulty as it was stated. Express ing Himself as if greatly relieved in mind, and imagin ing that he had gained his end, " Doctor," said the visitor, I am in great want of a little money at present, and perhaps you could help me in that way." At once the object of his visit was seen. A perfect tornado of indignation burst upon the deceiver, driving, him in a very quick retreat, from the study to the street door, these words escaping among others " Not a penny ! It's too badl it's too bad ! And to haul in your hypocrisy upon the shoulders of Melchizedek I" Pkinc.ple. Never confide in the principle of a timid man. He who has no courage cannot be said to have principle ; he may be disposed to virtue, and may prefer good to evil, but he is in the sport of chance, and the slave of circumstances. What avails the best inclinations, if resolution be wanting to put them in practice ? A fceble and irresolute man who means well, is more daneerous than an audacious and confirmed villian. Yon know the latter, and are on your guard against him; you rely upon the good intentions of the former, and disco ver too late, like the sou of Israel, he is unstable as water, and shall not excel. A timid man can never uecnme great : if he possesses talent he cannot apply it ; be is trampled unon bv the envious and awed by the swaggering ; he is thrust from the di rect patti which alone leads to honor and fame, by every aspirant who possesses more spirit than him self. Ihe Medicine op Laughter. " ft i'r remrAoA r ur. untnn, says a writer mtoe Atlantic, "that, when president of the AndovaFThenlnDiVal Un.. ry, he convened the students at his room one even ing, and told them he had observed that they were growing thin and dyspeptical from a neglect of the exercise of Christian laughter, and then insistod upon it that they should go through a company drill in it then and there. The doctor was an immense man, over six feet in heieht. with iret imii;inl of chest, and most magisterial manners. 'Here,' said ho to the first 'you must practice; now hear me V and bursting out into a sonorous laugh, he fairly obliged his pupils one by one, io join till the whole were almost convulsed. 'That in far once,' said the doctor, 'and now mind you keep in practice!'" Fate op the Acrnoa op " God Savr thr Ore " The following extract is from a work by Charles Keade, entitled the "Eighth Commandment:" Henry Carey was a mar. of erenius. Ha wmtn far the theatre with immediate and lasting success. Next he handled satire, and Pone took his verses lor Swift's, and Swift for Pope's. Lastly he settled aown to lyrical art, and a rare combination of two rare talents, he invented the immortal melodies and tho immortal words to them. He wrote the words and melodv of ih Athem ; for this he deserved a Dension and iwh in Westminster Abbey. In a loose age he wrote rr . . . cnasieiy. ne never tailed to hit the public. He was of his age, yet immortal. No artist can do more. But there were no vnv.riohto ;n Mark the consequences of that gap in the law. While the theatre and the streets rang with his tunes, while fiddlers fiddled and were naicf. and th sonsters sang him and were richly paid, the genius that set all these empty music pipes snowing, a million ears a listening with rapture, was fleeced to All reaped the corn but the The sower was an author, an invent I a n,i in the midst of successes that enriched others and left him bare, in the midst of the poor, unselfish soul s attempt to found a charity for distressed per formers, nature suddenly broke down under the double agony of a heart full of wrongs and an emp ty belly, and the man hanged himself. They found him cold, with skin on his bones and a halfpenny in his pocket Think of this when next you hear " God save the Queen." Defalcation in the Treasury. TTnnt, :.. we learn there ir no positively ascertained defalca tion in the Treasury, though its books and affairs are in such a condition that large amounts of money Iliav have been nheiraloil i j o , . J i nfi. . . . luo ueucu oeine known. The want of order in lha Tr.MJ counts w not difficult to explain ; the wonder would be if it did not exist For the first twelve months of the war, the Treasury was filled with clerks who B...cw uoiumg ooui meir business, which was a newone to all our citizens ; from time to time since the first year of the war, clerks who had acquired experience and became useful nd efficient have been conscribed and put into the army, leaving their places to be filled by any one who could be picked up. Clerks were and are frequently conscribed whose books have to be written up after their de parture from rough memoranda. We are pleased to learn that vigorous efforts are now being made with every prospect of success to get the-affairs of the Treasury in order. Rich . niug. ABo?ton firm bas 6 "to the manufacture of artificial arms and legs the company announcing guarantee of eight per cent dividends to stockhold ers, and a special permit from Secretary Stanton to supply the Confederates! This concern-doubtless goes in for " the vigorous prolongation of the warl" The correspodent of the London Times says that Nrw York is as ful of street mendicanU'as Lon don: V From the Petersburg Express. - Casualties in Ransom's Brigade Hcadquarhhs Bansom's Brigade, July 81st, mi. 'jTMtnrm Krrnru: The followm? is a list of the killed, wounded and missing in Gen. Hansom's Brigade, N. C. T, during toe action oi vne winoi jury, ism; 24th h. c. reoihent. Wounded : Lt John P Bethew, severely in shoulder j Set fieil A Smith, severely ; Privates Jeremiah Bearer, Augustus latum. 25th u. o. itsiimnv' Ulliea : Kmy vvim ju uMbuejr, i riYttfcea cicuij vircu, J H Colbert, O U Posey, R H Garrison, E A Drake, B F Uensley. Wounded: Maj W S Grady, severely ; Capt L mnded: Maj W S Grady, severely ; Capt h lightly ; Lt L J Smith, severely ; 8jt M A illy ; Set J K Patterson, severely in arm; ioon, slightly in band ; Corp'l & J Burton, 3 Tatham, alij Courtis, mortal! (tarn'l Amos Boon seriously in face ; Corp '1 J B Mann, in arm, severely ; Corp'l B J Wilson, dangerously in breast; Corp'l 11 C Edney, in arm, severely ; Privates J 11 Summy, in band ; J B Laughter, slightly in leg-) Cnrtis, slightly in bsca,: James Drake, in arm ; John R Bigham, in band ; P U Rich, dangerously ; D C Burgner, slightly in shoulder ; J B Smith, slightly in thigh ; J A Reagan, in thigh slight )y ; B P Barton, severely in both thighs ; TDL Clayton, slightly io arm ; J Mc Wilson, slightly in leg; G W Alex ander, slightly iu back; H T Bugg, in leg severely, B ' Kdinondson, mortally inhead ; D A Stamy, severely bruised by a shell; J W Conner, slightly in arm ; Richard Alli on, slightly in band ; Will Ownley, mortally in abdomeu ; i UUVis, severely ui luiga ; a oamwui, siiguuy, 85th k. c. t. Wounded : Privates B Baisden, seriously in hip ; Hosea jBaisdeu, sngn.iy in arm ; xnomaa Davis, arm Droaen ; nr A. Buss, slightly in foot. - 4SITH N. C. EXSIMSNT. Killed: Lt Col John A Fleming; Capt E V Harris; Privates II M Patterson, Isaac Lit con, Q Mart, Jno Hor ton, Setb IS White ; Wounded : Capt C 11 Dixon, painful ly inarm; Lieut Richard Bailey, slightly in arm; Lieut T T Litle, shocked by shell ; Bergt Henderson, Co H, flesh wound in arm : tiergt Henry Shell, slight wound in breast; Privates T Howell in arm ; M Reid, slightly in head ; J 0 Dellieger, slightly in leg ; J H Fall, slightly in skull; J G Whitesides, mortally in breast; J Holland, in band; L A Fox, severely in arm; J WifOmg, flesh wound in leg; E Anthony, mortally in groin. 56th x. a resist BNf. Killed : Privates G Hart Jno Horton, Seth E White. Wounded: Thos Gregory, severely in hip; ilarkman rrooa, Biigaiiy in Dreast; ,ino .umeu, isi sergi severely in thigh; Rulus Parker, slightly in bip; Henderson Luter, severely in leg ; A W Bridgers, severely in leg; H C Hoi lilield, slightly in thoulder. 85th k. c. t. - MissiDg from the Skirmish line : Jeff George, W H ungg, w liibson, WUarni, J t; JSvans, h Godwin, Ut Johnson, N P Johnson. jrAC in jninety uays. we learn that in a speech made by Governor Vance on Thursday night, to a crowd of citizens who called on him, he promi ed peace in ninety days. We do not know upon what the Governor bases his calculation, but as he is the confidential friend of Mr. Davis and makes' the de claration after the election we suppose he must be in possession of some facts not known to the pub lic. We do not know what kind of peace the Gov ernor refers to, but we think we can assure the pub lic that no peace can come to us within the short space of ninety days save as the result of 'uncondi tional submission. And we will add that if the Governor and his friends are ready for peace upon such terms we are not We tell the people now, as we have often told them before, 'that the war cannot come to an end until one party or the other is exhausted ; unless it be closed upon our plan of negotiation and compromise. No sane man can conscientiously predict peace as the result of recog nition and independence at the end of ninety days from this writing. In the election of Vance the people of North Carolina have endorsed a radical war policy, and as this is about the only State in which the con script law can now be enforced we suppose that it will not be long before those who have voted for war will have a chance to demonstrate their devo tion to the cause upon the tented field. Progress. How the Japanese Eestokk Faded Flowers. After a boquet is droopping beyond remedy of fresh water, the Japanese can bring it back to all its glory by a very simple and seemingly most destructive operation. 1 had received," says a visitor in Japan, "a bunch of flowers from a Japan ese acquaintance. They continued to live in all their beauty for nearly two weeks, when at last they faded. Just as I was about to have them thrown away, the same eentleman (Japanese tren- tlcfoan) came to see me. I showed him the faded flowers, and told him that, though lasting a long time they had become useless. Oh I no," said he, " only put the end of the stems into the fire and they will be as good ss before." I was incredulous ; so he took them himself aod held the stem ends in the fire until they were completely charred. This was in the morning, at evening they were again looking fresh and vigorous, and have continued so lor another week. - On the 17th instant the Emperor inspected lit the garden of the Tuileries under the trees along the grand avenue, the three regiments of the Grenadiers of the Guard, the regiment of the Empress' Dragoons, and two batteries of the Artillery of the Guard. Before the filing off his Majesty distributed decora tions and medals to several sub-officers and soldiers. The Prince Imperial was present, dressed in the uniform of the Imperial Guard, and went through the ranks riding on bis pony. During the inspection the whole of the gates, including those of the reser ved garden, were thrown open to the public. The Japanese Ambassadors witnessed the sight from the Pavilion de l'Horloge, and seemed deeply inter ested. The Name op John. It may be known to many of our readers that the name of John, derived from the Hebrew, signifies in that sacred language The Favor of Jehovah,' or in other words The grace of God.' In the New Testament we find it con ferred by Divine direction upon the son of Zacha riah and Elizabeth, the honored forerunner of Christ Here it suggests a two fold meaning the promptings of parental gratitude for an unlooked for gift, and the prophetical intimation of his fu ture eminence in piety and usefulness : " He shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God." Luke 1, 13 16. It is remarkable how many of the most eminent christians have borne this favored name. Beginning with John the Baptist John Mark John the be loved disciple, evangelist, and apostle we count such men in after ages as John Chrysostom, John Wickhfle, John Huss, John Calvin, John Knox John Rogers, John Smith, John Robinson, John Colton, John Carne, John Clark, John Owen, John Flavel, John Milton, John Bunyan, John Tilliotson John Locke, John Baptist Massellon, John Brown of Haddington, John Maclaurin, John Brskine John Gale, John Gill, John Wesley, John Newton John iawcett, John Ryland, father and son and last not least, John Foster. a Bw'AkL Al SrEn-A Nassau of June 4th, publishes the following "A melancholy inci dent occurred on Friday of last week upon the steamship Fannie, while being chased by a Yankee man-of-war Oue of the-passengers on board, Capt Frank Du Barry, late Chief of Ordnance on Gen. Beauregard's Staff, C. S. A., died that momine Preparations had to be completed for his burial which took place amid all the excitement of the chase. A burial at sea is a ceremony at all times full of solemnity, but it is when coupled with such events as this, that war assumes its most re pulsive aspect In that frail little steamer, quiv ering with her efforts to escape the relentleVfate bearing down on her with frowning guns, and the ferocity of the tiger, while every living heart on board was throbbing with anxiety for safety, they were suddenly called upon to render the last and uown to our existence. No time then to stop in mid ocean, while words that consigned "dust to dust," ashes to ashes," went up in presence of the grim destroyer, bat still dashing onwards through the waves-a short and burned service-, heavy splash-and a btfy sank to its eternal resting place in the broad ocean's bo som, whjle all that was dear to it in hfe sped from it on its way, like the arrow from the bow." It is spoken as a solemn fact that notwithstand ug the Yankees have five hundred vessels of all classes m commission in their navy, thevarein cessantly begging Great Britain not to allow the' Confederates to fit out one or two men of-war. The Dublin Corporation have at last, after a mat deal of stormy debate, taken action to assiAffi Suity. ,UlUe f P.Rila, OFFICIAL YOTJt OF PRECINCTS. Raleigh, Spikes', Morrisville, ....... Nat Jones , Joel Jones' Carey's, Laws', Oak Grove, Hayes', B. Jones', Eagle Rock Wakefield, J. Linns', Rolesville, Busbee's, iunnsville .'"'orestville, Willie Linns, Franklin's, .tidgeway, , (Jpchurch's, Wynns', Banks', Lashley'sM Roads, Army vote added, We give the army vote as far as received, the result ATOTICE w yrercui auu cuoiraaici an iaixe statements as re gards my prices for services rendered in my professional capacity, I take this method of informing the citizens and people of Caldwell, Alexander, Catawba, and surrounding Counties, that notwithstanding the enormous prices which I pay for medicines, I have practiced, and will continue to practice medicine at old prices such as were common be fore the war. I do not demand gold or stiver, but any kind of farm produce at old prices. Myself and family must have support, and this is the only way I can accom plish this one thing so necessary while I acrre my coun trymen m the capacity of a Physician. The familiea of soldiers shall have my services at half the above rates, and those of them who are indigent and helpless shall receive them free W. w. GILBERT, M. D. Caldwell County, July 281864. 20-w8t A FEW IMPORTANT FACTS Iff RE gard to the SOOTHISKN HEPATIC PILLS." 1. They are prepared from the best quality of Medicines by the discoverer, now an aged Minister of the Gospel, and are safe. 2. They have been known for years and tested by thou sands. 8. Five hundred persona are known to have been cured by them. 4. They are not recommended by the proprietor for everything but only for diseases which arise from disor dered livers. 6. Directions ud certificates accompany each box, and these certificates are from well known and most respecta ble individuals. fi. Correspondents recommend them as good for Liver Disease, Chills and Fevers, Pneumonia, Jaundice, Dyspep sia, Billious Fevers, Billions Rheumatism, Worms, Plurisv Bronchitis, Ac , 7. Several gentlemen state that the use of these Pills uas oeen 10 mem an annual saving ot from SIM to $200 ; they are the beat plantation medicine ever offered to the public. 8. Some physicians of the highest standing prescribe them to their patients, and hundreds of boxe sold to regular practitioners. 9. uuring tne last quarter 2.830 boxes have hpen u in two Druggists, one in South-Carolina, and one io North Carolina, and some time ago over 3.7oC boxes were order ed by Druggists in one town in Virginia. if Price, S3 a box. For 3u a dozen boxes will h sent to any address. A very liberal discount to Druggists and country merchants. Cash (new currency) to accom pany orders. Address GEO. W. DEEMS, Greensboro', N. C. For sale in North-Carolina as follows: Asheville. E. J Aston: Albemarle. J M n;.in Hill, K. B. Sanders; Charlotte, E. Nye Hutchison, F. U 1 ill:.. II LI 1 . a . JL . ' t; Clinton, Hubbard k Moseley; Concord, J. Reid; d, J. Cohen ; Fayetteville, N. A. rftedman & Co. ; sboro'. Porter St Gorrell ; Goldsboroujrh, Lucas & Eutield, ti. iurr Greensboi Moore: Halifax. J. U Urian Hendanoa. Wmha J. n Lexington. J. P. Stinson; Lincolnton, 3. P. Sherrell' Louisburg, J. Clifton ; Marion, W. Wakefield ; Pittsboro'. J.' Long; Kuleigh, Williams & Haywood, P. F. Pescnd; Rock ingham, J. P. Northam ; Salisbury, Henderson & Ennis; Shelby, R. Fronebarger; Wadesboro', W. O. Bennett; Whitesville. K. Havnes: Wilminvtim. Wallrar u McLin, W. H. Lippett. July 25, 1864. 80lmpd. mrOTICE. I WISH TO employ aw ex. Lm perieuced male techer that rn im vaii rm. jpended to take charge of a small school iu the country. Please state terms. J. T. LKAfiH July 28, 18K4. 41 2t. F F I C E RALEIGH & GASTON RAIL road Company, Raleigh, July 7, 1864. The Board of Directsrsof this Company have declared a dividend of 15 per cent, dtv tbe capital stock, payable on and after 1st of August, 19S4, in four percent certificates and bonds of the Confederate States, or in Confederate treasury noUs of the old issue at face valti at the option of the Company 1 1 11 io.. VASS, Treasurer July 11, 1804. - .. 8ti-w4swtlSaug. I OFFER FOR SALE A nfiACTIFlTLLY SITUATED FOUR ACRE LOT, abow jw miles west of Raleigh, on the Haywood road. It bas on it a comfortable cabin, an excellent well of water, a productive garden, and some two or three hundred of thefioest young truit trees cultivated in the South. For particulars, apply Standard Office, July 18, 1864. 88-w4swtf OST POCKET BOOK FOUND BY A LIT tie son of Thomas C. Osmond. anr r!rlin ff.n.i. Seminary, containing several bills of Confederate and North Carolina money and other papers The owner can have it by application and giving a proper description of the contents. e p Carolina Female Seminary. 88-2tpd. July 18, 1864. SCYTHE BLADES THERE HAS BEEN received at Wilmington, a lot of Some four thousand Sythe Blades, both grain and grass blades. Tbey wiil be brought to this place lor distribution. The Courts of the several Counties are requested to appoint Commis sioners to receive the quota for their respective Counties As the present crop of grain and grass in the Western Counties has not yet been harvested a preference will be given to these Counties in the distribution. , . . , J- DETEREUX, A. Q. M. Raleigb, July 2i, 1864. 39! FRENCH BOLTING CLOTHS. One case Carlile's Needier, gold eyed, assorted in each paper, 1 to 5. One case Euglish Blue Stone. Ten gross Matches. One case Anchor French Bolting Cloths, 5. 81 9 and 10. 11 One case best Euglish Glue. H. N. BROWN, & Co., July 7, 1864. nuisDoro', n a. .5 4tpd. FLAG OF TRUCE LETTERS. C. 8. OF America, War Department, Bureau of Exchanee. Richmond, Va., July 1, 184. 1 VuAU 'etteM to K North by flag of trace must be sent to this office. 2. Each letter must be enclosed in a separate envelope and addressed to me. Bureau of Exchange, Richmend Virginia. ' 8. No letter must exceed in length one page of ordi nary sited letter paper, and its content be confined atrict y to personal or family matters. No letter alludiae to themoremenU or localities of troops will be permitted to 4. Each letter must contain a United Stales postaee stamp, or its equivalent in silver or United States curren- These regulations will be rigidly enforced, and no letter transmitted in which tbey are not strictly observed. ROBERT OOLD, Official: . Agent of Exchange. W. H. Hatch, Capt and A. A. G. . July 25, 1864. K-t gANE MILLS, SHEET-IRON. PLOWS A- V We keep constantly on band- ' ' I Horizontal Cane Mill, 8 Rolls, ' ' Vertical Cane Mills, 2 and 8 Rolls, Single Guard. Doubt 4 - BbotVroU fr BilerS' 30 m0hM "M1" 6 to feet Cast Iron Plates tor Boilers, all sixes. ' Sheet Iron Skimmers or Ladles, Bolts from one inch to thirty inches Ion. '" Plows, one how. No, 0, No. II, Mo. to and S. 8.. two horse, Livingston,. . Plow Points, Bars and Bolts, Ovens, Spiders, Lids, Flat Iront, Wagon Boxes, to . Bar Iron, from three fourths to eight inches wide pj nd Horce-Sho In, Ronod Iron and Shovel Mill Iron. 1 repaired. Gudgeons. Inks, Oeariog, and all uo"& 0n nd BrMI n'de on anort WANTED. Scrap jYil A CO . . H.h..O.w WAKE COUNTY, 1804. ii GOVBRHOH SBHAE. .. ., COMMONS. ( gjj 807 348 295 282 290 299 810 294 281 "26I 23n ' 66 11 61 18 62 .61 63 12 13 9 40 T, 10 31 8 27 10 7 6 28 27 26 ? 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BRIGADES, DIVISION ivn CORPS OF NORTH- CAROLINA RKGIMEST Colonels. Lkut. Colonsls., WAJ0M 1 Ham A Brown, 8 Win R Cox. fer'?,.UarreII'LwCLaihl j Steph D Thurston, " O DUIIIIDgS, Wm M Parsiev. Dau WHurtt. Wm T Eunett Edwin A Osborne Wm J Hill,' 4inryan urnues, 5 Thos M Garrett, d Robt F Webb, 7 Ed G Hay wood, 8 Jas M WhitsoD, 9 Wm H Cheek, 10 Stephen D Pool, 11 Wm J Martin, 12 H E Coleman, 18 Jos H Hyman. 14 R Tyler Bennett, If. Wm MacR.e, 10 Wm A Slowe, 17 Wm F Martin, 18 Jn.i D Barry, 14 C M Anilroirji . IJas B Wood, Lino W Lea, ISaui D McTate. Win L Davidson. J McLeod Turner Jno R MurchisonJ KiiluaA lianiei, W H H Coiritu, j Th&s Sparrow. I Jas Reilly, iiuiua oarringer, Henry T Guion, Francis W Bird. w ni B Davis. Robt W Ali..n Ue&ry A Rogers, Wm A Jr.unsi.in. Uos H Lambeth h U larDUrougli,.0 W Hammond! Jno C Lan.b, Thos H Khan. .mo w fceCiII, Wm G Rabinson, Wm S Rankin, W S Mitchel, 20 Thos F Toon, 2 1 ' 22 Thos G Galloway, Wm R Roberta Jno S Br.K,ta, nmj rilohl, Lee Russell. zs 84 WmJ Clarke, 3 . il M Rutledge, 26 Jno R Lane, 27 J A Gilmer, jr., 28 Sam D Lowe. Obas C U!acbalL Thad D Lovo, Wm 8 Gradv. Jno L Harris. Sam C Brrson, Jno T Jones. Was T Adams, Geo F Whiin'eld, Wm H A Sneer. job u n ebb, Sam K Stowe, 29 Wm B Creasman. BacJProffitt, 30 frank M Parker, 31 Jno V Jordan, 3i Ed C Brabble, 38 Clark M Avery, 3 W L J Lowrance, 85 Jno G Jones, 3 Wm Lamb, 87 Wm M Barbour, 38 Wm J Hoke, 89 David Coleman, 40 Jno J UedncK, 4. Jno A Baker, 42 Jno E Brown, 43 Thos S Kenan, 44 Tbos OSinsreltarv. Chas W Knight, David G Cowan, Kobt V Cowan, Geo T Gordon. Jno AD McKay, Henry G Lewis, Jos H Saunders, Francis L Twitty Simon B Taylor, Jas M Stevenson. Jas T Johnston, Jno D Taylor, w m u Horns, Jno Ashford. F A Reynolds, Geo Tait, A M Waddell. Jackson L Bost. "I 1IT ... ' ivieo rr f lowers, Wm A Holland, Koeer Moore. C W Bradshaw, Win G Lewis, Taze L Hanrrove. Thos J Brown, Sam H Bovd. 1 . rv t . Obas M Sudman. Jno R Winston, Wiu L Saunders. TMcGee Smith, N McK McNeill. Geo H Fai-ribauitJ a m McAllister, Arch D Crndup, Wm H Jones. aam a walkup, Lee M McAfee. Albert A Hill. Jno A Fleming, Jno C Van hook, Caleb B Hobson. Marcus A Parka ' Geo Wortbain, Jaa F Davis, ueclor McKethan Wm A Owens. Jas R MaDonaM, Jas T ilorehead, 1 Jas J Iredell, Jas A Rogers, Ken R MurchisonJ anuerson King Alfred H Belo. 1 no a. Uonnally, Paul F Faison, Arch C Godwin. G Grattiott Luke, Jno W Graham. Jno B Palmer, nam v Junes, Ed Cant wel I. Uas A Craige, Thos J Duli, Uas M Mavo, uen u rerrabee, Wash M Hardv. Jas T Weaver, WmSDevane. Jaa D Radcliffe, tiasxuntt, Geo W Clayton. S. B. Evans. uenry Harding, Lawrence M Allen. Jas. H. McNeill, Thos P Jones, Jno J SDann. Wm N Garrett. lfl HI f.. Il ' Alfred H Bairn Alex D Moore, Jno N Whitfbrd. J H JTethercutt, R W Wharton, Ed C Yellowley, Clem G. Wright, Uas W Hinton, Ed Whitford. iiiiianiry iby Major Janes J IredelL 5?d reeiment: The ThoT ih k it ( ?ir IArt;"erJ') i Jno W. Moore; lr cl 3 bYnaM W- V oun?: The welfth Battalion AJrtlfk0i?hf7;.T,heTh'r,een,h Battalion (Light bIh.iIZH PII8 Btarr; The Fourt.ei.ih Battahon (Cavalry) by Lieut. Col. J. L. Henry; The Fif teenth Batalion (Cavalry by Lt. Col. J. M Wnne-The Sixteenth Battalion (Cavalry) by James C. rLoi.s Legmu consista of a regiment aud a Battalion aud is com mauded by Col. Wm. H. Thomas. T,hen1.st.a.nd M regiments are in Stewart's Brigade. John son s Division, EfUI's Corps. The 2d, 4th and 80th are in Ramseur's Brigade, Rhodes. Division, Ewell's Corps. ' nweS.V?th' 21ih "Sii54 Ma in Johnston's Brigade, Rhodes' Division, EwelTVCorps. The6th.aiBt,64ih and 67th and 1st Battalion Sharp Shooters are in Hoke's Brigade, Whiting's Division, Bea.J- regards Corps. The42d regiment ia temporarily with this Brigade ' ,Mhe 7,lh.lflth' 2s,h- S8d aai 87 th " ' Lane'a Brigade. Wilcox's Division, Hill's Corps. The 8 th, 81st, 6 1 si and Gist are in Cliagman's Brigade. Pickett's Division, Beauregard's Corps. The 9th, mh, sath and 63d are in Gordon's Brigade Hampton's Division, Stewtrt'a Corps ' The ,11th, Mth, 44th, 47th and 62d are in Kirkland's Brigade, Hetli's Division, Hill's Corps. The 13th, I6th,22d,8tth and 3hare in Scales' Brigade. Wilcox's Division, Hill's Corps. T?1h'27tb'4fithand re Cooke's Brigade. Heth's Division, Hill's Corps. gaa, Tho 17th, 42d, 5('th and 66th are in Martin's Brigade. Whitings Division. Beauregard's Corps. 0 The 24th, 25th, S5th, 4Jtb and 50tb are in Ransom's i. ikuuc, i-ivaeu s Division, ucauregard s Corps The 2th is in Ecton's Brigade, French's Divibii Corps. Jivtbioo, Polk's The 82d. 43d, 45tb, 53d and 2d Battalion are in Daniel'i Brigade, Rhodes' Division, Ewell's Cokiia. The 8th and 4h are in Herbert's Brigade, Wiitiag's Division, Beauregard's Corps The 8Sth is in McNair's Brigade, French'. Division, Polk's Corns. The 15tb ia in Davis' Brigade, Heth's Division. Hill's Corps. - The 58th and Both sre in RuvnoM's BrigadeStevensoD'f, Division, Hood's Corps. . The 1 10th, 41st, S2d, r4tb, 6?th, 67th and "88th are not bngaded. - CITY OF RALEIGH. Mayor Col. Wm. H Harrison. COMMISSIONERS. WW Ward-W. H. Tucker, Alex. Creech and Park er Overby. andsfw ScmtW' E" Richardjon. Augustus L Lauge 8 Har WarlT- W- D- McKee, J- J-0wbr nd N' Colieii.frhri8,0pber i,Clarkt0 lh Board and City Tx W. R. Richardson is City Treasurer. aistanT "utabu$-i- J- Betts, Chief; N. Y. Denton, As- K. f. Battle, City Attorney. ' t pe.nniDgton. City Printer. F. G. King, Weifb Master. , . WOBT WATCH., Orp'ntn C. H Horton. WutekvM-. A. Johnston, Wm. Beeves, Wm. 0. r"; M 1-n'er. C. A. Driver and Wm. Overby. . V , Wednesday night of each month ia the time Axed for the regulai meetings of the Board. aflLEN AfflfA FEMALE SEMINARS' Th r.11 iwmn. the 4tb 1 u..ni.igriili H. n. I .... V ' 1 Ol.'H IK.IM. V ed!ie.1.ir m Ju r. isti Rnnni .i,; o0 oer session ia advance, or ?X lbs. of Bacon, or S barrels of Flow. Tuitioa $50 ; Music 50; French or Latin 20. As the Bomber of boarders is limited, those desiring ad muwiou should apply immediately. Mr. MeCondleaa will board iO young ladies convenient to the Seminary. J. W. THOMAS. July ll, 1364. ' 8S-4ipl- FOR SALE A LIGHT S1X-PASSE1YGEB Stage Coa:h with deck seat, newly tired and painted, and in excellent order. Apply to R. L. PATTERSON, Patterson, Caldwell Coonty, If,. & Aegnit 4, 1864. 4jwi8. . J3T Fayetteville Observer eopy is Weekly and Weekly 4 week. - " ulw ' LSt Ba'tali0? (eavy Artillery, is cWnunded by Shl.Lt hXa,dT .B2eV The Firs Battalion SharJ ii- t-.v '- ft fi-; 5r-. iff- Hi r, ii. ih 3 V m.i- it:. u 1 It.
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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