MUt flUBlU CAKOL1HA STAKDAKDi ; . WBDNKSDAX. NOV. '2. 1864,
Ettrtji-Catota
- For the Standard.
THE SWALLOW.
AN INCIDENT FOUNDED ON FACT.
Who hath not viewed, with wonder-lighted eye.
The swift winged swallow clip the' evening sky ?
Who hath not seen, with pang of secret pain,
The little twitt'rer bleeding strike the plain ?
The thoughtless youth, exulting o'er his foe,
Prepare for harmless songsters further woe" ?
Say, are there not less sanguinary joys
To charm the idle hours of Christian boys T
But let me here relate the dying flight
Of a sad stricken swallow, when the. light .
Of evening, glowing o'er the westernhillv
Lured the poor victim to the placid rill.
There stand 'hp Fowler with his ready gun,
Whose burnished barrel glitters in the sun,
Well poised on high ; his steady eye surveys
The sable swallow wing her devious ways. .
She flits' above, now curves to cleave the wave.
Whose bosom scarce an answering ripple gave,
Now close o'er head ber ardent flight she wings,
Alas 1 the rude charge from the muzzle springs.
She whirls in airy vol tex to the earth
A moment theVe, she wildly springeth forth,
In rapid circles swift her pinions bend.
Around, around their dying strength expend.
The Fowler gazing trembles at her flight,'
Still upwards, upwards to a loftier height,
Till like a far spedk seemed the soaring thing,
Still circling skywards on its sable wing.
Now seen, now thro1 the fleecy clouds 'tis driven :
The swallow wings her dying flight to Ileaven !
Oh let me like the wounded swallow, when
J)own-tricken by the hands of ruthless men,
To Heavenwards turn tny weary spirit's Bight,
There bathe niy soul in seas of blissful light :
Sn, when the life from this poor breast riven,
Oh spirit wing a swallow flight to Heaven !
j. w. n.
Raleigh, Sept 24, 1S64. .
Fjom the Sonfhern Cnltirator.
VARIETIES'OF WHEAT.
Red and Whitk "Whkats. It is gener
ally kdown that among tBs' varieties of
comtnon wheat, some are found with white
grains and others with red or- reddish
grains. The former known as white
wheats, are regarded as the best of all the
wheats. Mnch industry has latterly been
nsed to introduce them into the centre of
France, and almost everywhere the far
mers have been very much pleased with
them ; but, in many p!ace3 the miliars and
bakers have decried them so much as to.
cause them to cease to be cultivated. The
memoir of Mons. Des Vaux contains on
this subject important remarks, of which
we deem it useful here to give the sub
stance. The defect of the white wheats
is to give a paste too short and less adhe
sive than the red wheats; this arises fromr
its containing too great a proportion of
fecula or starch, at' the expense of gluten.
It would, therefore, be sufficient with
grinding to add a small portion of hard or
glazed wheat, in which the gluten super-'
abounds, in order to obtain a perfect paste.
This mixture, according to Mons. Des
Yanx, could in case of need, be supplied
by the addition to the flour of white wheat
of a small quantity of animal gelatine. -Haed
axd Texdeb Wheats. According
to Mons. Des Vaux, the hard and tender
wheats do not yield more than 70 parts of
.bread to the 100 parts of raw flonr, while
the tender or soft wheats, and the whites
especially, yield 90. This would be a
6trong reason for preferring these last ;
however, the flint wheats have their ad
vantages also. The bread made with their
flour, although less white, is more palpa
ble, dries and hardens L9 quickly, and
appears to be more nutricions. If this
last could be exactly stated in figures, it
would prove perhaps a compensation.
We know that the fliut wheats keep better,
and are more easily kept, than the soft
wheats. The circumstances which tend
to give to the grain of wheat the one or
the other or of these qnalties, are imper
fectly known. We know that in general,
hot climates, such as that of Africa, pro
duce the flint wheats, while at the North
it is the soft wheats which predominate.
But this rnle offers a number of excep
tions thn9, we see that the Touselle (a
hard whoat of Provence) becomes much
f lazed and harder in the neighborhood of
'aris than it was in Provence. Sometimes
in the polish wheat (known among ns as
"California rye,") a flint wheat, par excel-,
lence, and of which the substance is al
most like glass, we find 6ome grains quite
soft and floury; other varieties, and es-
J)ecially the bearded Spring wheat of Sici
y, present frequent grains of which one
half is soft and the other that of horn.
The causes of these variations, which, are
.not without importance, deserve to be
Btudied.
Winter and Sphing Wheats. Linaeus
made of these two varieties of wheat two
botanical species. His successors have not
admitted them, and, as botanists, they
were right. Bnt agriculturists, not least
many among them, have been wrong in
regarding as almost a heresy to speak of
winter and spring wheats as dinerent and
distinct tlung3. Although it may be true
that these may be habits acquired, quali
ties resulting from a long succession of
sowings at a certain season, it is certain,
however, that this quality is an important
consideration to the cultivator. Many
. writers have advanced the idea that in
. three or four years they could make at
will a spring wheat from a winter wheat,
and vice versa.; This assertion appears to
as a very bold one. it is not very proba
ble that one can make or unmake in three
at four years a quality which, in our ac-
axxuad. varieties, is the result of tho contin
uation of tha same influence during cen
turies. On tns otner lianu, the few facts
that we know are opposed to this opinion.
Agriculturists ought, therefore, carefully
to avoid those theoretical reasonings which
yronld lead them to believe that winter
and enrinff wheats are very nearly the
etrfie thing. - If they have to sow wheat
in the spring let them be careful to sow a
, 'tnrinff wheat, and let them choose
Dfii mora carefully a trae winter wheat
if they VJsh to sow
pose here a subject of researches, Foth--
inc. we think, would be more important
! i,oo.t AnnallV sorted to both
Salons, ldyongho sow m the fall
eflf...i ifaown in the spring, it
puu,
the advantages that
can
easily imagine
uch a wfot ffoujd offer rePftir
the dis-
'nsteiS of a iBevdre'neloMtnic
tions caused by inundations, insects, otc.
This problem is vry difficult of solution!
seeing that th double '.condition, abby'
would not be enontrb,"but it muft prov$
wheat vik jfasfe
Tt. i a worlr of i&tffta thai WbrWOSC I
butwe have known men who have devo
ted their lives to study and create new
varieties of hyacinths . and r tulips why
cannot we see some who will devote a few
weeks yearly to study and create valuable
varieties of wheat?
Liming Wheat , to.. .Pjjkvent , Box abd
Smut. This "is done in different ways and
with different substances. Sometimes a
weak solution of sulphate of .copper (blue
stone,) and other weakened sulphuric acid,
solutions of . potash, etc But of all min
eral matters :one of the most efficacious,
the least dangerous to use. tlie easiest and
cheapest to procure almost everywhere, is
lime, which has given its name to the op
eration. Liming is done by sprinkling and
by steeping. In the first method, some
times the powdered lime is sprinkled over
the grain, then ponr'on water, taking care
to stir constantly the mixture, enough to
make a thin milk of limo ; at other times,
the lime is first melted in warm water then
poured over the grain and Btirred with &
paddle until every gram is impregnated.
To lime by steeping, after having added?;
water enough to the lime to make turn
milk lime, pour in the grain, stir it sever-;;
al times until every grain is thoroughly
acted upon py tne nme,then let it remain;
several hours. M. Tessier thinks that (T
bushels of lime of good quality are enough
for 6 bushels of grain, and these quanti
ties require at least 250 quarts of water.'
Lime well employed is rightly considered
one of tho preventives of rust or smut :
still it results from the experiments' of
Mathieu deDombasle that its effectiveness
can bo still increased by the addition of a
little salt. The" following are the results
of experiments made upon grains equally
affected, anctinuch more so than is natur
ally met with under the mo6t unfavorable
circumstances: 1,000 . grains harvested
from grain that had been steeped 2 hours
in a solution of 10 ozs. sulphate of copper
(blue stone,) 3 pounds salt, and 50 quarts
water, gave only 9 grains affected ; 1,000
other grain coming from seed steeped the
same length of time in a solution of 20 ozs.
blue stone in 50 quarts of wafer, gave
only 8 ; 1,000 grains produced from seed
steeped 24 hours in 50 quarts of water to
which 10 pounds of lime Had been added,
gave- 21 grains affected; finally, 1,000
grains produced by the same seed, steeped
24 hours, 50 quarts of water, to which had
been added -10 pounds of lime and 25
ounces salt, gave only 2 grains aftected.
it is proper to add that 4sfj .mnns out ot
1,000 were affected where no steep what
ever was used. It results from these ex
periments that while the difierent prepar
ations of sulphate.?, as have been proved
by the experiments made up to this day.
"are powerful agents io destroy or prevent
smui, etc, nntortunately, although the
danger of using them has been
ted, the nse of the Baits of copper are not
without danger in inexperienred hands.
iiime oesides is, as we see. certain in its
TV a w 4 ...
effects, and it is easy to add to the destruc
tive action which it exerts upon the germs
of rust and smut bv the addition of a pe
cuniarily inappreciable quantity of salt
We, therefore, think it our duty to recom
mend the use of lime in preference to eve
ry otner substance.
rihese articles are translated from the
"Maison Rustiqne dn XIX Siecle," (the
country House ot the .Nineteenth Centu
ry,) and these particularly were written
.by Messrs. Oscar LeClerc Thouin and Vil-
monn. O.
WANTED A PRINTER.
Wanted a printer, says a cotempo
rary. vyapted a mechanical curiosity
with a brain and fingers a thing that will
sot so many typo a day -a machine that
will think and act, but stilra machine a
being who undertakes the most systematic
and monotonous drudgery, yet one the in
genuity of man has never supplanted me
chanically that s a printer,
A printer yet for all his sometimes dis
sipated and reckless habits a worker, at
all times and hours, day and night, sitting
up in a close and unwholesome otiice, when
gay crowds are hurrying to the theatres
later still, when the street revelers are
gone and the city sleeps in the fresh air
ot morning in the broad and gushin
sunlight some printing machine is at his
case with its eternal unwavering click!
click!
Click! click! the polished types fall in-
to tne suck; the mute integers ot expres
sion are marshalled into line, and march
forth as immortal print. Ulick! and the
latest intelligence becomes old the
thought a sentiment tho idea of living
sentiment. uiicKl click I irom grave to
gay, item after item a robbery, a mur
der, a bit ot scandal, - a. disgraceful and
glowing thought are in tarn closed by
the mute and impressive fingers of the
machine, and set adrift in the - sea of
thought. -He must , not think of future,
nor recall the past must not think of
home, of kindred, of wife or babe his
worK jies oeiore mm, ana thought is
ehained to his copy.
Ion know him by his works, who read
the papers, and are quick at typographical
errors, whose eye may rest on these mute
evidences of ceaseless toil ; correspondents,
editors and authors, who scorn the simple
medium or your iarae, mins not the prin
ter is altogether a machine think not that
he is indifferent to the gem of which lie
is but the setter a subtle ray may pene
trate the recesses of his brain, or the flow
ers he gathers may leave some of their
fragrance upon his toil-worn fingers.; But
when you seek a friend, companion, advi
ser when yon would elevate one who, for
sympathy, mar represent either or both
wnen ypn want J udges, Legislatorsi Gov-
ernore and .Presidents Q, ye people,
y9Pti8e : Wanted-a priaterX,
k . . , : . JL
ad-
Tha printers of "Mew. Jeraav Knant that
there is ot a single printer in the State
rrison of ftat State, and but one in the
vegisiatara, ;.- -
r . .m pi , i i
wra. water se & Co. bave established pill
yyFKmto Progress . -Mr.
Boyce's Letter.
Mr. Editor: In afornterroiumtHfieationlmade
Some observations.upopJtJElt Jsttefof Vice President
Stephens.- 1 propose om te notte that of Mr.
yce. Mfc Boteee speak? jritfc-a taMor and bold-
'SilSSSXSSSSStS: !Z
tVl'JtZ
ican statesman. lie is the hrst statesman of tne
South since the war commenced, who has had the
manliness to come before the public as' an Amer
ican as a national statesman and give utterance
to national views and national sentiments, daring to
tell President Davis and .? the powers that be," the
troth and thetrhole trath.' f' He was, I believe, an
original secessionist At that time his judgment
was baaded by tMU-tizas seat and eecttonat leeUnes.
Time and events have sobered him, and he has re
gained his lost. lequilibrhim. lie now takes a calm
and dispassionate view of matters and sees his for
mer error, and he has the manliness to give ut
terance to his convictions. Soch is, I imagine, the
history of his mind. Jt is. tha history of many
thousands of Southern minds,: wno nave not, like
him, the nervo, the moral courage, to brave tempo
rarily public opinion and sentiment in order to
render a great service to their country.
Sir. Juoyce once saw no nope ot preserving liber
ty in the South but through permanent separation
from and eternal hatred of the North.' He now sees
none but in reconciliation witn tne florin, tie
gives his reasons for bis' present opinions, and, in
toy humble iudgment, the? are conclusive. The
opinions which he now entertains have bean enter
tained by me from the beginning "without vari
ableness or the shadow of turning," and for the
same reasons as well as some others, have bees
often expressed. Mr. Bovce takes the ground that
u this continent is to be divided into twy or more
separate nations they must of necessity become mil-
I jtary despotisms. This posttion he proves from
the history of European countries, indeed, nothing
can be more certain than that urben one ot tne
powers so formed establishes a standing army as a
permanent institution, the others must do 60 like
wise or cease to exist This condition of things
evenuates sooner or later, in the formation of as
many .military despotisms as thero are separate pow
ers. It cannot be otherwise - -
All tbe governments founded upon the Tains of
the old Koman .bmmre were very limited in lact
very free, England was perhaps the least free of
any of, them. -They all maintained their free Con
stitutions until the system of standing armies was
established on the continent Then, one alte. an
other, tftey became absolute, and liberty ceased to
exist on the continent of Europe forever, except
among the mountains' of Switzerland. Eneland,
saved by-her insular situation from- tbt necessity of
keeping a standing army, not only reUined her an
cient liberties but extended them. II- r tuon&rchy,
ban become more and more limited, until sinco the
revolution of 1688, the Democratic branch of her
government the House of Commons, has become
supreme in the State. If the continent of America
should bo. divided into two or more independent
powers, what Guarantee have we that tiie same con
dition of things will not obtain that has obt lined
on the continent of Europe ? None whatever I In
deed, as Mr.. Boyco says, the event of the last
threa years prove conclusively that such will be
the case.
But suppose there was. no danger to liberty by
the establishment of two or more powers in what
was once the United States, an American staters taan
would do well to ascertain whether or not -separa
tion were practicable. At the commencement of
the secession movement most of the Southern states
men, like Mr. Boyce, were too much, inflamed bv
sectional hatred to calmly investigate the matter,
Now that much of that hatred has expended itself
in war, and as a consequence reason is again re
suming her sway, would it not be well enough for
us, since the hrst fury of the storm has spent itself.
to cast anchor, take our latitude and ascertain
where we are ?
When we take a survey of the countrv which
once composed the United States, it. is difficult to
resist the conviction that nature intended it to con
tain but one great nation, or at least that it could
never be divided in the way in which it is now be
ing attempted. Nature certainly never intended
that the mighty Mississippi and its tributaries should
water or drain more than one nation. Close the
Mississippi to the Northwestern States by transfer
ring its mouth to another nation, and they become
the most completely landlocked country of any con
siderabie dimensions in the world. It is not for I
moment to be snpposedthat the people of that sec
tion would ever consent, under any circumstances.
to any such transfer. In the very act of giving
such a consent they wouid be signing their own
death warrant It is useless to promise them the
tree navigation ot that great river. They reply,
You can give us no stronger guarantee than
mere treaty stipulation, and like all treaties it will
be liable to be violated or rescinded whenever the
party making it shall, of its own mere volition.
choose to do so. We have not forgotten how many
wars have been produced in Euroue by the violation
of just such treaties. And, though we may have
no particular reason to question your good faith,
yei. nuimng can ever induce us io place ourselves
in your power." Nor can we blame them. What
ever many of us may think now, there is no doubt
a . i j . . ,
that we wonld entertain tbe same opinions and the
same sentiments were we hving there.
If my premises are correct this country can never
be divided so as to 'separate the Northwestern from
the Gulf States, without ' reversing an inexorable
law of nature. That is impossible. The North
western people will have an outlet and even Tan
kee ingenuity will be nnable to make the great river
change its course and now Northeast to the At Ian
tic. lhe only hope, then, of permanent separation
(hat I can see is to induce the Northwestern States
-to join our Confederacy. We mutt do this or this
revolution wiu fail. At least that is my honest
opinion. Can we induce them to join us f That
question will be answered by the way they may
vote at the coming Presidential election. My own
opinion is firmly that we cannot There is no great
statesman in - that country favoring such a move
ment who is able to control it so as to insure suc
cess. Vallandighara is a man' of some genius, but
without the judgment or weight -of character neces
sary tor such an undertaking. Vorhees is a bril
liant orator of the meteoric order nothing more.
Douglass alone possessed the. weight of character
and the ability for such an undertaking, and he is
no more. I, therefore, conclude that we have no
thing to hope from .that source. . In my humble
opinion tbe only way in Which the country could
be divided consistently wita -the laws of nature
would be for the States of New York, Pennsylvania
and the New England States to form one govern
ment, and tse remaining states another, or perhaps
two others, never separating tne .northwestern and
Southwestern - btates.
Having nothing to hope from the Northwestern
States, what are our chances for success f I agree
with Mr. Boyce that there will never be any armed
intervention in oar behalf. Indeed, no sane man
now expects it Taking it for granted that the
Northwestern states will remain true to the North
era government, and what the end will be, is re
duued to a mathematical demonstration. Their vast
superiority of numbers and resources is such as to
enable them, if not to subjugate us, to annihilate us,
unless Providence should specially order it other
wise, and we can see no indications that He will
Nothing then is left for us ta do, but to carry on
this war to our destruction, or negotiate a peace
witb the federal government while we are still in a
condition to. demand terms. We are in a better
condition now to do this than we shall be six months
hence ; and we were ia a far better condition six
months ago than we are now. Let as encourage
the peace party at the North all we possibly can,
by an expression of our readiness, to enter into ne
gotiations with them whenever they shall obtain
powar. . Bat if, in spite of all the aid wa can render
them, Lincoln should again be elected, it will still
be the duty of every friend of humanity and of his
-country to urge forward tho negotiations. Tha war
cannot possibly be' carried on -by as en its present
gigantic aeaietbr another four years, and I have not
the least idea that our enemies wui-sentnet its di
mensions; Bat suppose we could so, carry it on for
another fear years, the probability is that at the
expiraaoB of llty uaeom s second term, he will be
sucoeedad 1y aaan far more radical than himselt
Nothing ihtn, it to. -be- gained by procrastination,
butnuch nay t lost ; .
. With Mc Boyce, lam in favor of a convocation
' of all the States. ' Sat how is that to be obtained 1
I believe only tkneugb, the action of the States them
selves Let three or more of the Confederate States
call State Conventions, and demand ot uongress u
call of a Convention tf all the Confederate States.
Such a Convention would to clothed with unlimit
ed sovereign potter, and oftttld triake any overtures
to the federal government they might think'proper.
This course is jjerfeifly eonstirutional I prepose
no other than a WnsUtutional coursfc - r
Let North-Carohnajthen havethe honor tf inaug
urating the plan by which, through the co-opera
tion of ber sister States of the South, Peace shall
be restored to our suffering and bleetUng country,
by calling a Convention of the people of the State
lmmeoiaieiy upon tne meeting oi, per jjegisiinuio.
I have thus, Mr. Editor, expressed my opinions
with great freedom. I know the prico of my con
duct I shall be denounced as a traitor to the land
of my birth, as I have been heretofore, and as Mr.
Boyce is. ; But what matters that to raeT 1 hon
estly and conscientiously entertain -the convictions 1
expressed in this communication, and u 1 rauea to
raise my voice, to warn my counirymen oi woav,
before God, 1 believe to be their danger, I should
feel that I was untrue to tbe land of my nativity.
Such no doubt is the feeling of Mr. Boyce. If he
entertained honestly and no . one doubts that he
did tbe opinions and . sentiments expressed in his
letter, he would have been a traitor to his country,',
and to the cause of liberty if he had remained si
lent patriotism consists in a pure love of one s
country, and a sincere desire to promote its best
interests. As to the best means of serving it, a
man mast of course be bis own judge. . Be should,
however, act upon doe reflection. - This I have no
doubt Mr. Boyce has done ; it is what I have endea
vored to do. OMEGA.
A Currency Article.
The following editorial article from the Charlottes
ville Chronicle is worth reading. The remedy pro
posed for the present embarrassments is auuestion-
able one, but plain talk on such subjects Is the way .
Vt arrive ai results : - , - - - t -
Perhaps "our wisdom is limited." as Mr. Sam.
Weller remarked on a familiar occasion': hut if any-'
body can see of what imaginable service the Con
federate currency is to any human being, outside
tne extortioners, we are unable to follow him. We
understand a currency to be a measure of values.
If Mr. Davis' treasury notes are a measure of value,
then may pur tailors get the dimensions of their
customers by measuring their images in a concave
mirror, and tbe tumblers that contain the drams of
our farmers should no longer be plain, bdt formed
of a serics-of convex lenses. If we are called upon
to dream with uniformity, then let our whole world
environment be brought to one standard. - Supply
the whole nation .with appropriate glasses,- and let
us have a general carnival of Unrealities. Is two
thousand dollars the measure of a horse? Is twelve
hundred dollars the measure of a suit of clothes ?
Is two. hundred dollars tbe measure of a pair Of
boots ? Is fifty dollars the measure of a bushel of
meal f Is eight dollars the measure of a pound of
bacon T Is eight hundred dollars- the measure of
a cow Is nine thousand dollars the measure of
tbe board and tuition of a child for nine months ?
Is tho president of a bank to pay his vhole salary
for a hundred weight of pork T This is all very
well for the boys, that is the farmers and the nig
gers ; but it is death to the frogs, that is, towns
people and the poor in the country. It is crashing
out the life of tbe body of the people. It is a bur
den too heavy to be borne. Patiently have the pec- -
pie waited. - .
In February last (and this is September) we were
told that nov$ alliont chauffer tout cela; but the
currency act has produced no more impression than
a shot fired at random through the top of a poplar
to make a squirrel ahbw. himself. For seven long
months has the country staggered under the tnani
pulations of the Secretary of the Treasury. The
winter approaches ; the heavy expenditures of the
year are at hand ; fuel, perk, flour, clothing, are to
be purchased. Where is the money to come from 7
The mystery is, the worthless notes are as rare as
precious gems. Difficult to secure ; inefficacious as
the hydrogenerated compound with the color of
whiskey. Mr. Trenholm has the waggery to an
nounce that the prospects of his department were
never better. This may be so they were never
good. But as the fellow said when he jumped oat
of the two-story window of his apartment to avoid
his landlord "we can't wait!" There is a pe
remptory and unsettled bill in the publie stomach,
and the amount must be cashed.
Everything now is reduced to the gold standard,
and this is twenty to one. Tbe sham has lived long
enough. No government no people can encounter
such system of values as this. The government
indeed, avoids the difficulty. It has its schedules.
But the poor widow woman, the -infirm old man
living.n bis little income, has no schedule. What
purpose, then, we ask, does the currency serve? .
We cling to a currency from habit The fact is, in
our circumstances, we want no currency. It is a
monstrous nightmare that note bureau, and the
sooner tbe spectre is dismissed the better. . But, it
is asked, how shall the government supply its wants
without money t How shall the people do with
out a medium of exchange r To the latter question
we reply, that the currency does, not effect pur
chases; it merely ministers to oppression. It ia
no medium of exchange where a thousand dollars
of coupons of interest secure only fifty dollars worth
of any commodity. Nine hundred and fifty dollars
are destroyed in the operation. To the first ques
tion, we answer, that the government is entitled to
snpplies for the army, and it must have them. Let
it, at is now doing, give its-certificates of indebted
ness, oeanng imeretn.
All the notes in the Confederacy should be burn
ed the government compensating the holders with
cotton or bonds that is the remedy for tho Con
federate finances. Any other remedy will merely
tax Mr. Trenholm with imaginary devices that will
end like Mr. Memminger's. - Mr. Trenholm has no
lamp like Aladdin ; and he may rub bis present one
till doomsday w ithoul getting a dollar. What would
tbe peeple do on the disappearance or the currency r
They would do as other nations have done already
they would simply exchcinge one commodity for
another. The farmer-wduld give meal for sugar.
A man would give two cows for a horse. Some ar
ticle would become-the most common article of ex
change, as, for example,' tobacco. Persons would
procure a supply of such an article, and give ao
equivalent for an equivalent Inconvenient this
would be certainly ; -hut something is better than
nothing. As matters now stand, tne presence of tho
notes Bhut oat all this ; you cannot even use gold.
We have tried to buy-hacon with gold. We could
not do it The lofty figures tempt the cupidity ef
sellers, and the prices are unhealthy.
When aaei developes itself, it is the part of
common sense to treat it as a fact - Statesmen should
act upon existing facts, and not cling to objjets
which the current has passed. There is a time to
. be cautious ; and a time to be bold ; and he ia the
good surgeon who knows when to cut The life is
better than an eye or a leg. What is Mr. Trenholm
standing there for steadying himself in the edflies
of Confederate notes ? Let him shove oat in tbe
current and the boat will swim.
Thk Forsyte: , Home GuABoa Our brethren ef
the Way of the World have fallen into an error in
their statement, in -their last issue, that four hun
dred Home- Guards bad left .Forsyth county for
parts unknown. . We saw CoL Masten of that coun
ty, who is the commander Of the Home Guards,
and he informs us that there are only one hundred
and sixty-four rank and file in that county.' Of this,
number only About four have certainly left the
county. It is suspected that a few others have left ;
bat the whole number does not exceed ten. We
hope our brethren will corner this misfatetnent "
through their columns, as we feel assured they had
no disposition to do their neighbors of Forsyth the
least injustice, or in the least to reflect upon tiaehr
patriotism and loyalty. Prom all the eountiei
around hot exceeding one hundred and ninety have
.gone oft, and, doubtless, many of tbenv hate gone
to different regiments in our service. tfrewMftow,
OitkeitL - ' . .. .
Wovak. Perhaps a mere jost and beautiful com
pliment was never paid to woman- than the follow
ing; by Judge Story: To the honor, to the eter
nal honor ST the Sex he tt said, that ta the path ofc
dutj'Minririfkss is with them too Wgh er too dear.:
'Nothing is with hem hnpossiote but to- shrink,
from what lore; bonor, innocence an gion re
quire. The yoice of pleasure or of power may pass
by hnheeded--bht the voice -of affection never.
The chamber of the siek, the pillow vf the dying,
the vigils f the dead, the altars of religion never
missed the presence or the sympathies of woman!
Timid though she be, and so delicate that the winds
of heaves may sot too roughly visit her, on such
occasions she loses all sense of danger and assumes
a preternatural courage, which knows not and fears
not consequences. Then she displays that undaun
ted spirit which neither courts nor evades them';
that resignation which utters neither murmurs nor
regrets ; and that patience in suffering which seems
victorious even over death itself."
M iscellaneons Item.
T. W. McMahon, author of "Cause and Con
trast," &,c, is being tried tn Richmond for traffick-
jng in passports. The case was dismissed. No ac
tion taken.
The peace Convention at Cincinatti adjourned
without making any nominations.
The Herald says Staunton is in favor of demand
ing from the British Government, the surrender of
Jacob Thompson of Mississippi, (former Secretary
of tne interior,) as the instigator of the raid on bt
Albans, Vt
Brig. Gen. J. G. Martin has been ordered to
make his headquarters at Salisbury, and will re
move in a day or two.
An Assistant Surgeon says, that what water is to
a wound in an inflamed state, coal oil is in s sup
purating state it dispels flies, expels vermin.
sweetens the wound and promotes a healthy gran
ulation. He states that be has seen two patients
whose wounds have been dressed with it, asleep be
fore be was through with the third. If it serves to
Keep away hies, it will add material to tne com
fort ot the wounded as well as their cure.
The North Carolinan Volunteer Navy Company
will meet in Raleigh on the second Thursday in
November. Stockholders are requested to attend
either in person or by proxy. Humbug.
A young man in conversation one evening
chanced to remark, "I am no prophet 1" "True,
replied a lady present " no proht to yourself or any
one ewe."
About twenty-five of the prisoners who escaped
from Danville have been re captured. Sixty-nine
escaped in alL only one of whom was S Beere. A
number "of negroes who were working with the
same party, made no enort to get away.
Bkbs. A swarm of bees ' in their natural state
contains from tett to twenty thousand insects, while
in hives tney number from thirty to forty thousand.
In a scare foot of honeycomb there are about nine
thousand cells. A queea bee lays her eggs for fifty
or sixty consecutive days, laying about five hundred
dily. It takes three days to batch each egg. In
one season a single queen bee hatches about one
b undred thousand bees. It takes bve thousand bees
to weigh a pouud. .
The cars on' the East Tennessee and Virginia rail'
road are now runuipg regularly from Bristol to
Jonesboro', three times a week.
Gov. Bradford, of- Maryland, it is said, considers
that there 4s no doubt that the free constitution of
that State has been adopted, and the Baltimore
Councils have proceeded to divide that city into
'Senatorial districts, as directed by tbe new instru
ment
The conference Of British North American pro
vincial delegates now in session at Quebec, have de
cided that the members of the- new Legislative
Council of their proposed new confederacy shall
De selected by tbe Legislative Councils of the sever
al provinces, instead of Being elected by the people
airecu ,
Do right, though you have enemies T6u can
not escape them by doing wrong, and it is little
gain to barter away your honor and integrity, and
divest yourself of moral courage, to gain what ?
nothing, uetter abide by tbe truth frown down
all opposition, and rejoice in the feeling which must
inspire a nee ana independent man.
Bs Diligent. Industry is never unfruitful Ac
tion keeps tbe soul both sweet and sound, while
slothfulness rots it to noisomeness. There is a
kind of good angel waiting upon diligence, always
carrying a laurel to crown life ; whereas, idleness
tor her reward, is ever attended with shame and
poverty;
What are another's faults to mo ?
I'm not a vulture's bill
To peck at every flaw I see,
And make it wider stilL
It is enough for me to know
I've follies of my Own,
And on my heart my care bestow, .
And let my friend alone. " "
Curiosity or tub Vision. ft has been found,
while firing at the running man-target at Wijnble.
don, England, which is scarlet on one side and grey
on tbe other, that the scarlet dazzles the eye, and
is hence the most difficult .to hit, from leaving a red
streak behind it, which unsettles the aim. The
grey side was struck 74 times, and the red only 42
times. It is a carious fact, too, that men with grey
eyes shoot better than those with eyes of other
colors..
There is a class of good women who have no right
to marry perfectly good men, for they have the
power of saving those who wonld go to ruin bdt
for the guiding providence of a good. wife. .
The Autumn or Age. the .damps of Autumn
sink into the leaves, and prepare them far the ne
cessity of the Fall ; and thus, insensibly are we, as .
years close around us, detached from our tenacity
to life by the gentle pressure of recorded sorrow.
A mountain is made np of atoms, and friendship
of little matters, and if the atoms hold not together,
the mountains is crumbled into, dust -
Yankee "Hospital Farm. It seems the Yan
kees have a hospital farm near Newborn. From
this farm has been issued to the troops' since July
1st. 15,000 watermelons, 9,000 cantelopes, 300 bar
rels ot corn, lvu barrels of tomatoes; besides a large
quantity of potatoes, onions, peas,' -beans, cucum
bers, cabbages, etc. - -
Butler has released the Virginia" Reserves who
were placed to work on the Dutch Gap CanaL
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, of Boston, Is spoken
of connection with the- Democratic. nomination for
Congressman in the 3d district of Massachusetts,
now represented by Mr. Rice, (Union.)
. CoL Ibos. H. .Seymour, of Connecticut has at
last taken the stump for McCleltan and Pendleton.
vot seymour is a thorough peace man.
Eighteen ministers of tbe Gospel were elected to
the Legislature in the '.ate election in Vermont
Massa, one ob your oxen's dead -todder too.
was 'fraid to tell you of 'em bole at oace, 'fraid you
could't bore it"
An English company is in charge, at present, of
tne prcieciea railroad between Jtexico and Vera
Crux. It is believed that tbe railroad will be fin
ished in the course ot four years. ' -
In Richmond, on Thursday last six little school
girls were made suddenly ill from eating cakes
whicn naa seen prepared for their snacks. Phvsi-
cians were called in, and the symptoms under which
tne little ones were. Buttering, led to' the conclusion
that they were poisoned, which was confirmed by
an examination of the cakes of which they had
i t A 1 . .
pariaaen. .manaa, slave, belonging to Mr. Clarke.
the father of four of the little girls, was arrested.
cuargea witn tne aiaDoncal deed, and a negro man
was also taken into custody, as an accessory. The
poison ased was pruseic acid, a bottle containing
wuat was u:k oi it oeing louna in tne Kitchen.
Gen. Page, late commandant of Fort Morgan, has
been tried by court martial of New Orleans, and
exoneraiea.
R. D'Orsay Ogden, the theatrical habeat corput
man of Richmond, who ran away a week or two
sinee, was eaptured is King George county, a few
uays ago, and taken to Richmond. On his arrival
he was deposited in Castle Thunder,? until a court
martial disposes of his . :
' The new miliury telegraphic line was working
to Coosa yesterday, and it . is expected to be com-,
pleted to Blue Mountain and Jacksonville in a few
flays. "The poles are already, up to the terminus of
tne reuroaa Appeal. x .. -
A muitary omcer. eT diminutive atatur. mt
drilling a tall Irish recruit ,r Hold up your bead,"
said the officer elevating the chin 0 the trisbnian
. with the end of his. cane," to angje .jf Beatiy forty
degrees, " hold up jour Jhsad so. , uJm& must 1
always do so, captain T" asked the recruit "Tes,
atwaya," answered the office. , " Then fire you
well, my dear little ieU'VrejoiBsd Paddy, for I
shall never see you more." . .:
xnerearenow mom .
inarmyinactiveserewa
A.T.J: . "u "Ul oriole
v... -"-"-raw.
. who hM w ;: .8
r;.s;::r.!orwar1 intend., ."H.
intend in " &
.v. yvmx. - - st(1
The Federal
'Brazilian coast ih search of nJVl cru-ine n
- "ures tor th " V"1
ennaren oi our deceased soldiers." ll0n f J
mr,;.P,Per.m one f the deDart .
lutiuwmg sineultr an. -TOiai
nnlui II r K. "5U!rDnouncem.n.. ?"i
r " iusi, received t. ..-;
lance from the tomb of Po I
lust tw..j "wni:u-
urisuao relic Wis object is of.- ASBe,
valae, and it i, said thai the En JitHS
in .his own destiny is no secro? I hos J
as , a presage tbi he is J
Charlemagne in the restoraZ 0fVe r4
COLI.ISION.-The on mnH A.. Chr4
ville railroad collided the L?lV
One man was killed and I2 LntiT iS i
i j ng stock was small D
Marshal Saxe. This creat
other gopd generals, wiSSSS
k in . "mured ,-.
lives oi ms soldiers. It ; .... ' "wme of a.
defer a siege for a day or wo, tZ 'to S X
dier, that requires thirty yearst I
xk icpurt cumes oy way of V n
Cortinashas surrendered tn ft. 8
accept a Brigadier General' T coZl" 4'
army of Maximillian. mission in
Hon. George W. Summers and Ua , I" 1
head the Democratic electoral llfofLj
A woman presented herself at tho i i M
station Chicago, the other day and P"
that, though she two husbands in heTpl,io(i
could get no relief from either th" sh
war committees. TOUDlT or city
"7 r1"" ""'. prominent 0,.. ,
anerman s army, says : What I have
settles the. question of Mr. VFsU.
oeyond. doubt W.k.a
1 I do not mean that we have lost, or
Daner
are likeln.1
rose oy tue war in America. At the u-Z'J 9
tauon the Americans have given a profit afTf 'i
000,000 a year to India. We hive neZmn!
oooonourl8.il stock. We get millions Vy
of the American carrying trade. v h...'-,1 iS
pretty penny in sunnlvinir th K.n; .
munitions of war and ships.
We are informed by a very skilful dentist
he states that be has practised it very nsejaS?..;iS
tnat a certain and infallible remedy , ter r
tooth commences aching, to go to a doctors 2
have it pulled. :
WANTED!
85,000
3,000
,000
BANK NOTES.
'Y
OLD N. C. COUPONS.
N. C. RAILROAD CODPOSi
JJVO. G. WILLIAMS & Co.,
Raleigh, Oct. 24, 1364.
66 fitpl f,'.".
HEW NOETH-CAEOLINA BOOKS!
BT FRANK L WILSON.
' 1ALWGH, a. 0.
TEE BATTLE OF ORE A T BETHEL :
Price 1 N,
SKETCHES OF. NASSAU; to which it adJei
.. the DEFIES BALL-ALLEY, a curiout ui
. intending Indian Tradition : .
Price 3 Ot.
tSf Tne nsaal dedaetion made to the trade.
mHE ABOVE WORKS ARR WOW RRAnT'
JL and will be sent vara- of D6to- nn TMvlnt of 1',
nriee annexed to each, or hnth hnnk. will v u.i f.
3
tt nen nve or more copies or eitder are ordered bjo
person. BBTHEL will be sent for fl I 25 percopr, ui J. i
th. lf IfTl'UHJ kj - " OAili
To soldiers, or to others purchasing to be m,
to soldiers, Bethil will be sold at $1 percopr, and 'm,
SxarMat2. . Adanaa,
FRANK I. WILSOS, '.gf
Bleigh,.C.!i
Ootober 24, 1S4. 68-ttiS.i
E, A. WHITAKER
JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING I
HAS
nan
, AND
VP
WILMIKGTOX
BICHXOM.
BI CARBONATE SODA,'
- ' BLACK PEPPER, . ;
ALUPrcn
CLOVE'
English Pkexu is Qoaar Jabs. ?:
Gentlemen's Felt Hats,-
vmpm mm naaeen, :
. Knives aid rm
Gentlemen's Linen Handkerchief.. Colored Uuill.
u I u Jk.. V :-. j . - 1 t.: Pi.
5
Fine Coarse Comba, Looking Glasses, Cutlet' Spool O
ton, all numbers.
A LARGE &VPFVT OF Y.'lr
GUITAR AND
irrir r t- n m n rvni:C A
ap. A snpplr of Hard Washlpe Swp W
expected. All grades of Tobacoo, Branraa, Faner rip-
wboleaole and retail. Family Groceries consw'ljp.
band. A few doien Tumblers and Wine Otoaefv.S
Call soon. Highest market price paid for eonnlrr p" ,
dace at B. A. ffHITAKW 5.
Raleigh, Oot 24, 1884.
6 5
CARD NOTICE!
THERE 19 NOW READY TO BE .
from this Department to tbe different CoanW"
the State, a lot of COTTON AND WOOL " f v?
lot of Cards will be sent to the Agents, with Bat"
for tacking the Cards on. and be sold at 22 50 P
"to the eitisens jrenerallj; in.no instance is more. ji;. ,:
E
pair to oe sold o a tamily. xnese varus ore - .
for the families of soldiers. The Departnieot ','' 11
iwi an idHiiHDO ui awiuecsea a uv rsiw. .. aiv-
iaN iM k.. nu orKVi vill be sent W
s 1ava.cu imuv iui iarCf -- y ,
sold to the families of soldiers as fast as 1-
made, at a moeh less price Awnts sre requc- ?
make arraugeraeota and call for tfwm. ' . S
October 20..I884.
MIA-SOISTIO.
THE GRAJTD LODGE OF F. A A. ft
North Car.1ina will meet in this CiJ lli j
eremnr tbe dm ueeemner neai, i v v.-(
aclinn of huaineaa.
Officers of Subordinate Lodges are
in nH..n up h.vii Rneeial deleffales 1
stitotion and general regulation of the htui
1AM T. BAlS. V
Ult. 'uu,r . ta. .tall
Baleigh. N. C, Oct 17, 1864.'
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X "if- :
AXES! AXEStt AXESH! U
as TOfT'Zi
WE WILI. PAY FKUJi BV-J
OLU AXES, or will pot steel io oi
old
Five
norm maie iruu nvlof
Baleigh, N. C, Oct. 2, 184.
WOOL
NOTICE. H
. ., Denart.,,,
BAtaioB. N.C. ""' .
v in vnw pnrpi RKD
....nr. .j.
1. COTTON YAUN fob WOOL, P
tbe
wo t.
One bunch of Yarn for I ponnoa . - .
u u u u u 4
AGENTS aave been appointed to make " y
tee following places:, Ki!-l
3atberiae Lake, Concord. noxboro'.
Hendersonville, Statesnlle,
Asneviiie, "'""i Wf: ia
tar Ptrsoaa shipping wool rjJJBSir
will be forwarded immediately. d te 7,1
I hope tne people will patnoiica. , jjoria--Botice?aa
the "wool is lor elotW" ffoOWP.
tin. troops. -'i.i2
Jnly 18,1864.
ra7J
MRS; VfliLER COWTIinJ.' i'iatfc; i hi
modate Boarder by the day,
AofBft 1,184, y