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THE CONSTITUTION ? AND ! THE ' L A W 8 - T H
L Q lr A R n I a N s ,n p n ii n r. i r if n? v
Vol. XLI1I.
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INDIOENOUy'MEDICINAL PLANTS.,
Messrs. Editors : The season having ar
rived for ejecting many valuable indi
genous medicinal plants, 1 propose to bring
the subject before our Southern people, par
licslarly our .planters, with' the hope that
they wi'l not allow the time to pass without
each one contributing his portion to an ob
ject important to the health ol our troops
,Uiir fighting the battles, Of our country.
S or is the subject less important to us in a
domestic point of view. Our planters now
lure it i their power nut only td save mo-iK-v
in the purchase of drugs, but also to
make the collecting and drying of , vegeta
ble medicinal plants a source, oT income. 7 1
will select a few which should no w be col
lided. ; t shall avoid all technical and
botanical terms., . ?'.',' ...
The Butterfly Weed, or Pleurisy Root, U
a very common plant in South Carolina
wwing in old fields and along the borders
of meadows. Its brilliant clusters of bright
gcarlet flowers are well known to us. as ap
pearing in June and July. It is best coU
lected in autumn. The root is the part used,
and is an excellent expectorant and dia
phoretic. .
Puccoon, or. Blood Root, is a common
plant throughout the, Confederate States.
Gent collected in autumn, but may be col
lected at any time. The root is the part
ued. It is emetic, expectorant and alter
ative. '
Seneka Snake Hoot grows abundantly in
the Southern country, it possesses emetic
an I cathartic properties is a valuable ex
pectorant, and is highly prized in chronic
coughs, asthma and croup. It has been
employed successfully in iheumatism' and
dropsi-y. It Hhould now be collected. The
root is the part used. -
Strpcntaria Virginia . Snake Root or
Small Snake Roott grows abundantly in
.South Carolina and throughout the Confed
erate States. It i a plant of great value,
and the collecting should no longer be neg
lected. It is a medicine highly valued by
our planters, as an excellent tonic and
stimulant., ; .,
American Gentian Blue Gentian or
Sampson Snake Root ', is one of the purest
tunics in the vegetable kingdom. It grows
id grassy swamps andon (he edges of roads,
and blossoms from September to December.
Asa medicine it is little, if at all, interior
to the European Ucntim. It excites the
appeute, invigorates the powers of diges
tion, and is much esteemed as a medicine in
djsjpsia. It is well known to-us its
' -vrers are of palish blue and bell-shaped.
d is ona of the most beautiful plants tit
the Southern country. The root is the
pirr.used, and may be collected during the
M and winter months.
. Canada Snake Root I Hid Ginger. This
i-'tnt is found in wood and shady places,
" far South as Carolina. It is aromatic,
simulant and tonic, and may be well em
ployed as a substitute for ginger; all parts
M the plant have a grateful aromatic odor,
and more powerful in the root, which is
''"e part used. It also possesses diapho
retic properties, and is sometimes used by
country people as a substitute for'gin
K?f. ( It is an admirable adjunct to tonic
infusions and decoctions. It should now
" colMed.
Calamus Sweet 7a. Found through-
t Ut Confederate States, in low, wet,
auipj pUcfs. It i-i aromatic and a
Simulant tonic, and is used with grat ad
Mintage in pain or uneasiness in the to
Mich or bowels, arising from flatulency,
in torpr or debility of the alimentary
lal. The root is thi part used.
Queen's Delight, r Quern's Root, is a
"-'Heine of considerable value in scrofula,
'"'atieuus, chronic hepatic affections, and
ftotiJary svphilia. It grows abundantly
jpihe Darrens, from Virginia to.Florida.
' 'altfitive. The root is th part ued,
hhnnUX h collected Ute in the fall of
nri wiuter months,
ftnk Root Carolina Pink. Grows a
Ju"danty throughout the Southern and
""Bill western States. It Is one of our most
Powerful enthelmiutics, or worm medicine,
ombined with senna it is a medicine of
o"eat value. The root is the part used,
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and should be collected in the. spring and
fall mbnih8.;-?!.(,-Vc !v , . h . V .
. 77ie Poke, commonly called tceed, grows
abundantly throughout the Confederate
States, along fences by the borders of
woods, and in newly cleared and unculti
Vated fields, It is emetic, slightly narcotic,
and occasionally cathartic. It is also al
terative, and is highly recommended in
rheuiaticaftVxtions and syphilis. Ointment
used in itch and other cutaneous diseases.
Root: is the.purt used, and should be dug
late in autumn or during the winter. Cut
in transverse slices and dried. . ,
y At future time I will give you a der
scription of medicinal herbs and the time
for collecting. MEDIC US.
LITTLE BV LITTLE.
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friends ever think
is good comes to as r
Did you ever see a farmer Dlantinir and
sowing ? Down in the moist earth goes the
seed, grain by grain, a od little bv little.
God sees the farmer at bis work, arid knows
full well that he has done what he could;
so he kindiy sends the gentle rain, drop by
drop ; and not one of these little drops ever
forgets its errand the pleasant erraiid up
on which the good, God sent it to the earth.
" I have found you out.' says the rain drop
to the tiny grain of wheat; " though you
are dead and in your grave, God has sent
me to raise you np." Well, there is nothing
impossible with. Him; so when the rain
drop. has dune its errand, a spark of life
shoots out from the very heart of the tiny
grain, which makes its way out of the tomb
and stands, a single blade, in jhe warm
sunlight. That is nobly done; and if the4
great God pleased, he could make that lit
tle blade strong and fruitful in a single mo
ment. Does He do this? No; little by
little does the stalk wax strong;, and its
leaves grow slowly, leaf by leaf." . ,
. Is it not so with everything that isgood?
Should we like another way better?,., m
patience would. , ? , i - '
. .It is ohlv the other day I heard a little
pirr.aj. "I am tired, tired, tired! Here fi V.'
is a whole stocking to knit;titch by stitch , a
It will never be cloned ,v . ,
" uut was not this one knit stitch by
stitch?" I asked,' taking a long one from
her basket, and holding it up.
Yes."
Well, this is done."
The little girl was counting instead of
knitting her stitches. No wonder that she
was tired. '
Did rou ever see a mason building a
house of .brick? "Poor man !". Impatience
would say, "what an undertaking to start
from the earth, and go so tar towards the
sky, brick by brick !" O no sir. reople
can get nearer the sky than that, and upon
the same principle too, only we call it step
by step. Some little children know that
the world his wandered far away from God.
He meant. that we should be happy; but
mankind have chosen the path of disobedi
ence and misery, and so lost their way; I
mean the way back to holiness and pence.
You know who came to be our way, so that
we migni not De forever lost, uut even in
this way .we have to go step by step. Child
ren should know this, so as not to be dis
couraged when they are trying to be good.
Indeed this necessity of doing things little
by little, step by step, drop by drop need
be no discouragement. . Listen now, and see
if you do hear a voice saying, Try, try,
try ;" who ever saw a patient, persevering
person try, and not succeed at last? So
then, step by step, which is God's way,
must be the best way. ,
Let us sec that we do every day what we
can. Any little boy or girl who, in looking
back upon the day gone by, can sav, 1
have done one thing well," may be happy
"with'the thought that they have taken one
step in the way of wisdom and virtue. Hut
remember one thing, dear little friends, the
buried grain of wheat would never start
into life if God did not send it help; and
it is by the same help that it increases day
by day. As the little rain-drop God's
beautiful messenger descends into its
tomb, so in the darkness and death of sin
the Holy Spirit comes to us. If He breath
ed upon our hearts, we live to do good.
Let us obey this Spirit, and all good will
be ours at last, though we gain it little by
'jNl Christifi Observer.
' OUK. CONSCRIPTS COMPARED WITH ,
' ... THOSE OF EUROPE.' "
' Uecent events have familiarized the peo
ple with the drafting. Uwsj of the. United
States. It may be a matter of interest to
our citizens to compare them with those of
loreign governments. , , v
.! The regiments of England are generally
filled by. recruiting, but if these means fail,
recourse is had to;the ballot; and the
renuisitft number ift .drawn frnm int'n U.
tween seventeen and twenty-five years of
age. . The time of service ii' five years,
aim in peace tne men can pe called out to
exercises , for from three to fifty six days.
In time of warthe militia U placed on the
same footing with the regular army - n
'fhe ;general;con,scriptiool law of; France
embraces all between twenty and fwenty
seven year's of age.. Substitutes' can be of
fered. The term of service is four or five
years, and a fourth part of the recruits are
field as a reserve, ; t
"In Russia no substitute can be tendered ;
oui discharge can be purchased tor a thou
sand rubies. Estate'holders and the higher
classes enjoy exemption. Under the ban
uen all serfs become free; Russia presents
almost all the appearance of a vast camp;
The laws -of Turkey are, in many re
spects, similar to those of France. The
ballot brings 25,000 men under the banners,
each conscript order being made for a spe
ciauustnct. , . t
Sardinia requires universal service, from
the, twentieth year, the men beinir in two
classesihe'orfftnania,for eight' vors, un
interruptedly, and the privinziali, for six;
Substitutes are allowed.
Austria,' with an army of 450,000 men,
ot wnom ou.uuo are cavalry, has but little
need ot severe drafting regulations. Her
Cossacks, when 13,000 conscripts. were de
manded in marched 120.000 on V -
are liable, from twenty to fifty
rt to serve in the field, and to
sixty years, in domestic service. , ' ' '
The son of a Count performs military
duty alongside of a" tailor's apprentice, in
the monarchy of Prussia.' Such is the ef
fect of the Landwehr system. The first
levy is organized for immediate service,
and is drawn from men between thirty-six
and twenty-twoyearsof age.' The second
levy includes 'those between thirty two
rand thirty-nine years.'
Ihebtates of the German Confederation
have distinct laws. Saxony requires six
years' service, with the privilege of substi
tution. Nassau, Meckledburg, Shewerin
and Oldenburg are the same. The laws of
Wertemburg render men under thirty-two
years liable to serve. Electoral Hesse al
lows substitutes, and requires citizens
from'; twenty, to thirty to take up arms.
Brunswick requires seven years' service,
with two years in the reserve.
The conscripts in Sweden are chosen
from all those capable of bearing arms be
tween twenty and twenty-firs years of age.
The classes are five in number.
The ballot in Denmark selects those who
must serve eight years in the army, includ
ing' two years in the reserve. The first
l vy includes those under thirty-eight years
of age, and the second those under forty
five years.
Universal conscription is the law of Bel
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giuui, me uauoi t useu ami guusuiuies
are allowed. The term of service is eight
years, of which about one-half is spent on
furlough.
The war reserve of tho Dutch is in three
levies, including all those between twenty
five and thirty-five years of age who are
capable of bearing arms.
the happy spirit that inspires it. f The
sourest temper must sweeten in the atmos
phere of continuous good humor. As well
might fog, and cloud, and vapor, hope to
cling to the sun-illumined landscape, as the .
blues and moroseness to combat jovial
speech, and exhilarating laughter. vBe. f
iccnui, aiways. mere is no y pain out
win De easier traveled, no load but will
lighten, no shadow ou heart or brain but
will Jilt sooner iii the presence of a eter- ,
mined cheerfulness. It mav.at times, seem
difficult for the liaDDiest temoered to keeD
the countenance of peace and content, but
the difficulty will vanish, when we truly,,
consider that sullen gloom and passionate f
despair do nothing but multiply thorns, and
thickent sorrows. Ill comes to us provi
dentially as good and is a good, if wa
ngouy appnea us lessons; why not then,
cheerfully accept the ill, and thus blunt its
apparent sting? If we are ill, let us be '
cheered by hopeful visions ef better for
tune if death robs us of the dear ones, let 1
us be cheered by the: thought that they are
only gone before, to Ihe blissful bowers
where we shall all meet to part no more
forever. , ' . . i
Cultivate cheerfulness, if only for per
sonal profit. You will do, and bear every
duty and burthen better by being cheerful. .
It will be your consoler in solitude, your
passport and commendator in society You
will be more sought after, more trusted and
esteemed for your steady cheerfulness.
The bad, the vicious, may be boisterously
gay, and vulgarly humorous, but seldom or
never truly cheerful. Genuine cheerful
ness is ans almost certain index of a happy
mind, and a pure good heart.
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Sprculation in Lynxhburo. The lie
publican has been informed of a transaction
which took place in Lynchburg on Saturday
last, which accounts for the extreme high
prices that every article of value realizes.
A party brought fromhe Valley four bales
oL woollen g'ods, each bale containing a
thousand yards, which cost him $2 pef
yard. It was held by him a( $6 a yard,,
but nobody would purchase it at that price.
After a time intelligence came from Rich
mond that $9 a yard could be had for it
ther. One of the speculators here bought
a bale of it at $9 a yard, re-sold it to anoth
er party for $10, he to a third at $10j, and
he resold it to a fourth at til,' and lie to a
fifth at SllJ per yard.' All this was done
in about two hours, and the last speculator
Went off and purchased the remaining three '
bales at $11 per yard from the first party.
and immediately resold the whole lot at
$12 per yard. Thus the speculators divid
ed ainon-r themselves 5 ur GnOO dollars.
Pretty sharp practice this in the course of
extortion.
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A LiottTor a CiiKKKFi'L Kack. There is
no greater every dy virtue than cheerful
ness. This oualitv in men, is like' sun
shine to the day, or gentle, renewing mois
ture toparched herbs, ihe light of a cheer
ful face diffuses itself, and communidtes
Useful to Housekeeper. Recent ex
periments in more than one family in this
city established the fact that the plant com
monly known as" water pepper,' or smart
weed," which may now be found' in abun
dauce along our ditches, roads, lanes and
barnyards, is an effectual and certain de
stroyer of the bed bug. A strong decoc
tion is made of the herb, and the places in
fested with the insect, washed thoroughly
with if. The plant may also, with much
advantage, be stuffed in Ihe cracks and
corners of the room. Elderberry. leaves
laid upon the shelves of a safe or cupboard
will also drive away roaches and ants, while
the common house fly will not venture in
smelling distance of them. These simple
remedies should be extensively used.
Betting is immoral, but how can the man
who bets bs any worse than the man who it
no better.
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Mat. Ward, who killed a teacher in Ken
tucky some years ago for correcting his
brother in school, was recently killed in
Arkansas, where he last resided. UU farm
was guarded by Yankee soldiers,' under
whose protection he wa picking his cotton.
Tho Confederates attacked the party, and
Ward, who was dressed like the Yankees,
was mistaken for one of them and killed.
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