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August - December, 1861
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[Special
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist]
Affairs in
Merriwether.
Merriwether, 27th July, 1861.
Mr. Editor:--Believing that if the several counties of our State, would
occasionally compare notes, through the medium of the public press, that much
dormant patriotism would be awakened, and generous emulation excited, I have
concluded to send you a line from old Merriwether. . . .
Yet this is not all. The
handsome sum of fifteen hundred dollars was raised for each of these companies
that have gone, and ample provision has been made by the county for the
maintenance of the families of these soldiers whose circumstances required
assistance. The farmers have,
moreover, subscribed largely to the Confederate loan; and the ladies are now
banding themselves into Relief Societies; they are spinning and weaving cloth,
making all sorts of garments, and knitting socks for our brave boys.
In a word, the common desire of all seems to be, to know what they should
do, and then their only anxiety is to do it quickly, and to do it well.
Thank God that our portion is cast with such a people. . .
Merriwether.
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Tents!
Tents!!
Tents!!!
Constantly on hand and made to order, Military Tents, of every
description and style.
Regiments, Battalions, and Companies furnished at short notice.
Have on hand, for sale, a large quantity of superior 10 oz. Duck.
Tents warranted to be well made, and of guaranteed material.
Special contracts made for a large number.
R. A. Jones.
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Home
We are gratified to learn that another branch of manufacture is to be
added to the industrial resources of our city.
Some of our enterprising German fellow citizens are about commencing the
manufacture of oil cloth on a large scale. We
have seen some specimens of the cloth, and good judges pronounce it of excellent
quality. This article is quite
useful for military purposes, such as cap covers, capes, knapsacks, and various
other uses; and embraces several qualities, light, heavy, &c.
The sample before us appears to have one very important advantage—it
can be folded and rumpled up, without splitting.
The factory, we understand, will be put in operation next week, and will,
we hope, meet with complete success.
Full particulars will be given as soon as possible, when, we venture to
suggest, that our Government give the projectors of this important enterprise a
contract for army supplies of the article.
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Ladies’ Dress Artistically Considered.
To dress in perfect good taste a lady should thoroughly understand the
philosophy of apparel. Dress is not
simply an article of use; a garment which the female sex indiscriminately can
wear, and in which each will appear equally well, but it is a means whereby the
especial nature of the wearer is clearly displayed.
That which is becoming and appropriate to one is essentially out of place
if worn by another; while some costumes—the Bloomer for instance—possess no
fitness for any and simply serves to render the wearers ridiculous.
Many things are merely utilitarian in character and have no claim to the
slightest beauty, but are stiff and unseemly.
Such garments may be convenient for common use, but with us, grace and
elegance of costume are the truest signs of a lady.
A woman of a tall figure, dignified in her carriage and inclining to
soberness of spirits, if she would preserve these characteristics, would
doubtless, select such stuffs for her dresses, of neutral tints, as would
increase this impression, and would have them made up in a simple, chaste style,
and wear them with hoops; if the impression she desired to make were more
lively, she would probably choose bright colors, and add flounces and other
trimmings. The opposite of this
lady, a brilliant, gay, little beauty, would select materials much higher in
tone, and probably, with brighter and more contrasted trimmings.
Jewelry is not obnoxious on such persons, and a brilliant head-dress adds
to the general appearance of vivacity. Such
a lady can wear hoops of a moderate size with great advantage.
Indeed the present fashion of hoops—which we are glad to see continue
unchanged, notwithstanding all the gossips say to the contrary—is becoming to
more persons than any style of dress heretofore adopted.
It combines gracefulness and elegance with healthfulness and comfort.
Since their introduction spinal diseases, once so common, have in great
measure disappeared; nor has any other complaint arisen in its place.
The latest and most authentic advices, received since the first of
January, from the Courts of Europe, state that hoops not only continue in much
favor but their popularity is essentially increased, especially since the French
Empress has, for weighty reasons, expressed a desire that they should remain in
vogue. All American ladies who
consult taste, comfort, health and good sense would not dispense with them on
any account.
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Stocking Yarn!
Belleville Factory is manufacturing cotton Stocking Yarn, for Soldiers’
Socks, unbleached, bleached, or dyed; also, Wrapping Twine and Sewing Thread.
Address,
George Schley,
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A Female Spy.—The correspondent of the
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The Choctaw Register chronicles the arrival of a
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Special
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
A Southern Rifled
Cannon Foundry.
2d August, 1861.}
We have in our little mountain city an establishment which, I think,
deserves not only special notice, but the liberal, fostering patronage of our
State government, as well as that of the Confederate States.
I refer to the Cannon Foundry of Messrs. Noble & Sons.
I visited, in company with several friends, this establishment, yesterday
evening, during the process of moulding the “big guns,” for which they have
a large order from the General Government, and which, when completed, will
doubtless be “masked” by our brave soldier boys to frighten live Yankees
into a running gait.
I was perfectly amazed at the extent and completeness of the machinery
used in manufacturing these Yankee frighteners, by the enterprising gentlemen
above named. They have a number of
rifled cannon almost completed, and never having seen one of these terrible,
death inflicting ordnances before, I was greatly interested and instructed by my
visit.
Mr. John Noble, one of the firm, is a rara avis in mechanism, and
but for his extreme modesty, would long since have created a sensation in the
mechanical world.
All the machinery for riding the cannon are of his own invention and
manufacture, and I have been informed that he is the only man in the South who
has succeeded in accomplishing, by his most extraordinary ingenuity and
indefatigable perseverance, an enterprise, so essential to the maintenance of
our independence in the present trying emergency.
He has also invented and manufactured for the Confederate Government at
Etowah.
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Tent Duck.
20,000 Yards
Heavy Duck,
Twenty-nine inches wide, 10 ounces to the yard, now on hand
and for sale by
Stovall, McLaughlin & Co.
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The Concert To-morrow Night.
Our readers will bear in mind that the Confederate Philharmonic
Association will give a Concert to-morrow evening for the benefit of the
Hospital Fund.
The following is the
programme:
Part I.
Two
The Hour of Parting—Vocal
Duett.
Fierce Flames are Raging—Solo.
Home to our Mountains—Vocal
Duett.
Fair Enchantress.—Solo.
Di Tanti Palpiti—Solo.
Part II.
Spirito Gentil—Solo.
I would that my love—Duett.
Last rose of summer—Solo.
When Maggie’s gang away—Solo.
Consider the lilies—Solo.
Ricci Waltz—Solo.
Admittance 50 cts.—Tickets at the door and at several stores.
Performance commences at 8¼; doors open at 8.
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A Pretty Idea.
We noticed some time ago, the appearance on our streets of a charming
little lady wearing a Confederate trimmed bonnet.
That was a very pretty conceit, and was adopted by several others.
Now we have another pretty fashion to notice; the young ladies are
wearing Confederate aprons. The
boddice [sic] is of blue silk or satin with the stars upon it, while the apron
itself consists of the three bars—two red and one white.
Our
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Don’t Hurt That Woman.—The papers speak of a
We hope our Government will see to it that this patriotic woman does not
suffer the penalty of death, whatever may be the ransom.
Spare two spies on our side, or exchange five hundred prisoners of war,
before a hair of her head shall be touched.—Sav. Rep. Aug. 9.
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Army Shirts!
I Have on Hand a
Large
Plaid Woolen
Fatigue
Shirts.
Also, a Splendid
Opera Flannel
Shirts,
For Officers or
Men, in every Shade of Color.
“Shaker Knit”
Under Shirts
and
Drawers,
All Wool, and Very
Heavy,
The best articles
for Under Dress known—especially good for
Soldiers in Camp.
C. W. Hersey.
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A Pleasant Incident at the Hussar Camp.
A pleasant incident was witnessed at the camp of the “Richmond
Hussars,” yesterday morning, which, as showing the feelings of the poor,
as well as the rich, on the war question we think ought to be recorded.
Whilst standing with Captain Stovall in front of his tent an old lady
presented herself with a basket on her arm, enquiring for the Captain.
When Capt. S. was pointed out to her, she advanced to him and said that
she was poor, but she felt that she ought to make an offering according to her
means to the company about to leave; that the apples in her basket were the best
she had, and those and a large watermellon [sic] which she was unable to carry,
she wished to give to the Captain and his men; that the watermellon [sic] was a
short distance off, and if the Captain would send one of his men to get it, and
accept it from her, she would feel much obliged to him.
She said that the offering was small, but that her heart went with it.
By this time there was a considerable number collected round, and the
sight of that aged woman (we think she was between 60 and 70 years of age,) thus
giving her mite, created much feeling. The
Captain told her that he accepted the fruit with great pleasure—that he looked
upon the present, not according to its money value, but in the spirit of the
donor—that he valued it more, and should feel greater gratification in its
acceptance than its value a thousand times told in gold.
Such was the spirit which gave strength and courage to our arms whilst
fighting a barbarous enemy; and that she might feel assured that the remembrance
of her gift would stimulate them to defend the homes of such like her, “who,
of the wishes of the heart, gave all they could afford.”
The old lady seemed much gratified at the ready acceptance, and the
remarks of the gallant Captain, and left the camp rejoicing in the effect
produced by her humble offering. We
afterwards enquired her name, and it was given as Mrs. Pat [
]rick. Such are the feelings
of the poor as well as the rich of the South in this contest.
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The Hospital Fund Committee met this day at the call of the Chairman.
The Chair stated that he had called the Committee together for the
purpose of devising the best method for increasing the resources and enlarging
the operations of the Association, and to meet the Rev. A. H. Tucker of Penfield
Georgia, who has just returned from Manassas and Richmond.
Prof. Tucker, thereupon stated that while he was happy to see a regular
organized effort like this, he would ask permission to urge upon the Committee
the necessity of a more extended effort for the relief of our noble soldiers in
the field as well as in the hospital—that the efforts of this Committee should
be commensurate with the resources of the State; and the demands that are being
made, and will continue to be made upon them, should look to future wants, as
well as present; and that he was extremely anxious to see this organization
regularly, and systematically extended, so as to embrace within its arms every
town and county within the State; and the wants of the sick and wounded soldiers
made known by such as could meet the people eye to eye, and face to face, as
well as by every other available means.
After a free conversation, Mr. J. M. Newby offered the following
resolutions:
Whereas, it has become necessary to meet the wants of our sick and
wounded soldiers, that this organization should increase its means and extend
its operations; and,
Whereas, it is deemed expedient that this organization should assume a
title more comprehensive and more significant of its objects, and the character
of a State organization, be it
Resolved, That from and after this date, the title of this organization
shall be the “Georgia Relief and Hospital Association.”
Resolved, That the Committee which has been appointed by subscribers, to
the Georgia Soldiers’ Hospital Fund, to represent them as a Committee, be
hereafter entitled, “The Central Board of Directors for the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association,” and be invested with all necessary powers for the
extension of the organization.
Resolved, further, That Rev. Prof. H. H. Tucker, Rev. Wm. J. Hard, Rev.
Dr. J. R. Wilson, Rev. Wm. H. Potter, and the Rev. J. C. Clarke, be requested by
the Board to act as agents for the association, in canvassing such parts of the
State as it may be in their power to visit, and obtaining contributions; to this
fund and that they be invited to give us, from time to time, such aid and
co-operation as may serve to advance the interests of this association.
The foregoing resolutions, after having been read, were adopted by a
unanimous vote.
E. Starnes, Chairman.
Henry Moore, Secretary.
Professor H. H. Tucker has been duly appointed, and has accepted the
appointment of General Agent for the Georgia Relief and Hospital Association,
and also that of Special Agent for the Sixth Congressional District.
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Brilliant
Entertainment!
The
By special
invitation of the
Ladies’
Volunteer Association of
Will give one of
their
Grand Medley
Soirees!
At Concert Hall,
On Thursday
Evening, August 22, 1861,
For the Benefit of the Ladies’ Relief Fund of the above named Association.
Music, Mirth, Melody and Tableaux.
The Amateurs feel confident they will meet from the citizens of their
sister city that cordial support that has heretofore greeted their efforts to
aid the cause of our country. Remember
your gallant soldiers, and let a full house testify your appreciation of their
worth and value.
W. H. Barnes, Manager.
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Army
Blankets.
We are now prepared to furnish a large number of All Wool Army Blankets,
as heavy and much more durable than the ordinary Blanket.
Enquire of
James G. Bailie & Brother,
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A Beautiful
Ornament and a
Praiseworthy
Object.
A great deal has been said, and justly said, in praise of the patriotism
and zeal of the ladies of Augusta, but it was well deserved; and new acts are
daily being added to the wreath of popular approval which has been woven for
these fair daughters of the sunny South. Some
give their services in person, others by contributions, and others again by
their needles and handiwork.—Among these latter we have seen a handsome basket
of artificial flowers—all of beautiful design and exquisite workmanship, the
basket imported from the France, and the flowers made by a lady of this city.
This beautiful ornament will be raffled off for the benefit of the
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To the People of
We cheerfully comply with the request to publish the following
communication, and commend it to the attention of our readers:
The ladies of the Hospital Relief Association of this place have
undertaken the work of collecting and distributing hospital supplies for the
army of the Northwest.
There are already many of these among us and beyond us, and their number
may at any time be largely increased. Our
sick soldiers are suffering for the want of comforts, which we know their
friends at a distance, and the benevolent generally, would be glad to furnish.
Georgia
Boxes, packages, or letters, may be sent to their agent, Rev. Wm. E.
Baker,
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A Female Sailor—A Romantic Story.
A young person in sailor’s attire was brought before Justice Osborne,
at the Tombs, last Friday, on a charge of being a female in male attire.
The prisoner at once confessed that the suspicions against her were well
founded, and stated that her name was Bridget Delacry, that she was about
sixteen years of age, and that her parents resided in the county of Clare,
Ireland. About three years since,
she said she had formed an attachment for a young sailor who had been visiting
her father’s house in
Bridget is now incarcerated in the Tombs; but as no charge of disorderly
conduct is brought against her, she will probably be released as soon as she can
obtain female attire. She is a
strong, hardy looking girl, but appears to feel keenly the unpleasant situation
in which she has placed herself.—N. Y. Com.
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Special
Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.
Items From
Mr. Editor: . . . Rock Factory, a large establishment for the manufacture
of domestic cloths, is also one of our public institutions.
This factory is now manufacturing Osnaburgs, Stripes, Jeans, Kerseys,
&c., and wool to order. The
manufacture of this establishment have become celebrated in this region for
their quality and durability.
The fair sex of old Warren have commenced work, too, in good earnest,
resolved not to be behind the ladies of other counties in the good work of
providing for our brave volunteers, whilst struggling for their rights and
liberties as freemen. There are four
or five sewing societies in the county—the headquarters of which are located
at Warrenton, and with which all the others co-operate.
God bless the ladies, in their noble and praiseworthy efforts!
If we ever achieve our independence (and that we will, I have not the
least doubt,) to the noble race of the women in the South will be due half the
praise, for without their timely aid we should have been in a sad predicament
indeed. More anon.
Yours, &c.,
Comer.
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A Suggestion.
We understand that the bleaching powder, used in the manufacture of
paper, is becoming very scarce in the South.
As one of the ingredients of that powder—manganese, exists in large
quantities near this city, and the others might perhaps be obtained with little
difficulty—would it not be a profitable investment for some enterprising
person, or persons, to engage in the manufacture of the bleaching powder, at
this point?
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Southern Oil Cloth.
Editors Courier: Some weeks
since I saw a short notice in your paper stating that in
Another article, seeming to be scarce in our State, was shown to me in
Yours,
C. B. Z.
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Regular
Near
August 16, 1861.}
. . . I can say one thing for the
Yours,
Nemo.
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The
The entertainment last night was a decided success.
The Hall was crowded, and the gratification of the audience was plainly
manifested in the frequent bursts of applause which greeted the performers.
Our
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A Complimentary
Performance
By the
Queen Sisters,
or
Thespian Family!
Aided by the
Palmetto Brass
Band,
of
Will be given at
Concert Hall, on Thursday Evening,
29th
inst., for the
Benefit of the
Irish Volunteers!
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At a meeting of the Savannah Vigilance Committee, held on the 20th
inst., the following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The Southern Express Company has issued a notice that they will
receive no more letters directed to places in the United States—meaning
Lincoln’s States—unless such letters are endorsed by the Vigilance
Committee. Be it
Resolved, That the community be notified by the Express Company, that all
letters or packages intended for conveyance by that route be carried open
to that Company, and that a Committee be appointed by this Association to
examine them, and they be authorized to allow all such letters or packages to go
forward as contain nothing disloyal to the Southern Confederacy.
That all such documents as contain disloyal statements be refered [sic]
to this Association for their action. That
the Committee so appointed, be requested to stamp every document that they pass
with such initials as they deem best. That
the Express Company be requested to have all such letters or packages in their
office one hour before closing of their mail; and that at least three of said
Committee, appointed by the President of this Association, shall repair to the
office of the Express Company and make such examination of letters or packages,
that may have been left daily, in time to enable them to be sent off by the
regular conveyance of that day.
Resolved, That this Committee considers it highly inexpedient, and
impolitic for persons resident at the South to visit the
Resolved, Therefore, that in future any resident of Savannah or its
vicinity who shall go to any of the Northern States, unless with the previous
knowledge and assent of this Committee, shall not be permitted to return to our
community, under pain of such disabilities or punishment as the law may decree.
A true extract from the minutes.
J. T. Thomas Secretary.
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The Concert To Morrow Evening.
The Concert of the Confederate Philharmonic Association, to-morrow
evening, promises to be a very attractive affair; and here we will add the hope
that it will not only prove to be attractive, but that it will also be very
profitable. The ladies and gentlemen
engaged in this work have taken upon themselves an arduous task, and are
entitled to the most liberal encouragement on the part of their fellow-citizens.
Besides, their object is a most excellent one, and appeals to the
patriotism of the people—it is for the benefit of “our army in the field.”
In this connection, we may state that the Atlanta Amateurs, who were in
our city last week, have extended an invitation to the Philharmonics to visit
As an intimation of the musical feast to be offered to-morrow evening, we
append the programme:
Part 1st.
1. We’re a
‘Noddin’—Instrumental Duett.
2. Vocal Quartette.
3. Pars!
Mon Gaston, va!—Vocal Solo.
4. Mendelsohnia Waltz—by
the Band.
5. Sainted Mother—Vocal
Duett.
6.
7. Variation, Ah Don’t
Mingle, from Somnambula—Instrumental Solo.
Part 2d.
1. Potpouris of Norma—by
the Band.
2. The Female
Auctioneer—Vocal Solo.
3. La Morale in Tutto Questo—Vocal
Solo.
4. Anvil
Chorus—Instrumental Trio.
5. Vocal Quartette.
6. The Hope that is
nearest—Vocal Duett.
7. Caliph of
8. The Star-circled
Banner—(an old friend in a new dress)—sung by the whole Company.
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The
Upon inquiry, we learn that the flying hospital at
We learn, also, that the
And we learn, further, that Mr. George Yonge, of the Georgia Railroad,
has gotten up a complete hospital car for the use of the Association.
It is fitted up with 12 beds, and other comforts, and will be passed over
the roads as soon as practicable.
We may add, in this connection, that the Hospital Association will
forward special articles for the sick and wounded in
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Matches.—We are happy to state that Captain Henry Fitzgerald, of this
city, having made all necessary arrangements, is now engaged in the manufacture
of lucifer matches, and is prepared to furnish the trade with them at reasonable
rates.
We had several blocks exhibited to us, on Saturday, and upon examination
we find that they compare favorably with those we have been heretofore receiving
from the North.—Norfolk Day Book.
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Georgia Buttons!
We are now
prepared to to [sic] furnish
Southern Made
“Georgia” Gilt
Buttons, in any quantity, at moderate
prices.
We have on hand
Blue and Gray
Cloth,
Which we will make
into uniforms, according to recent Con-
federate Army
Regulations, at short notice. Also a
small lot
Navy Blue Flannel,
for Soldiers’ Shirts.
Uniforms
Cut for Companies
at very low rates.
Haigh &
Andrews.
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Stocking Yarns.
Stocking Yarns, in bales, soft and handsome, from the
Montour Co. For sale to dealers, by
Stovall, McLaughlin & Co.
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Southern Made Buttons, &c.
It will be seen by the advertisement of Messrs. Haigh & Andrews, to
be found in another column, that they are prepared to furnish our military with
Southern made buttons, having the coat of arms of
They are also prepared to manufacture military suits at short notice.
They are both clever and true men, and deserve to be patronized.
One of the firm, Mr. Haigh, is now doing duty with the Oglethorpe
Infantry in
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The Government Powder Mill.
This institution, we understand, is to be located on the
When this establishment and the armory go into operation,
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A New Cannon.
We have hinted on one or two occasions within the past few weeks, at an
enterprise going on in this city, which we denominated as “an addition to
A new style cannon has been built by the mechanics of the Georgia
Railroad Machine Shop, which embraces a new principle in gunnery.
It is the invention of Mr. Thos. Sumner, and is styled the Sumner
Oscillating Breach-loading Rifled Gun. It
was manufactured from the crank axle of the first engine owned by the Georgia
Railroad Company, and is finished in the most workmanlike manner.
It is to be arranged to fire with a fuse or cap, and carries a five pound
conical ball.
We do not intend or desire to give a full description of this gun, as it
may prove to be an invention of too much importance to be heralded abroad at the
present time; but we presume that in a few weeks our citizens will have an
opportunity of examining it for themselves, and seeing it tested.
In the meantime, it is to be sent to
Mr. Sumner has made application for a patent for this gun.
He has also invented a musket on the same principle, and is satisfied
that old guns can be altered in accordance with it, so as to render them three
times their original value.
Mr. Sumner has still another invention—a steam trip-hammer, which is in
operation at the Machine shop, and is quite a novelty in its way.
This gentleman is certainly an acquisition to his employers, and will, we
hope, be successful, in the highest degree, in the enterprises in which he is
now engaged.
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An Example for the Little Girls.
Will the little girls please consider the fact we are about to state for
their benefit?
One of their number, a lassie of nine or ten summers, was offered at the
beginning of the present school vacation, 50 cents a pair if she would knit two
pairs of socks for two old negro men and one pair of stockings for an old negro
woman to help them through the coming winter.
She undertook the task readily, and has accomplished it—having received
the promised reward. But the best
part of it is to come yet.
That clever little girl has brought the one dollar and fifty cents, thus
earned, and contributed it to the Ladies’ Soldiers’ Aid Association at this
place, and along with the money still another pair of socks to warm some brave
soldiers’ feet.
Now, among the one thousand bright and sweet little girls in Edgefield
District, are there not many, very many who will rival this pretty
example?—Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser, Aug. 28.
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To Contractors.
Willow
500 Cords
Wanted Immediately,
200 Cords of Willow, described as above, which will be
purchased in open market, in small lots, for which a liberal cash price will be
paid, delivered at
Wanted Immediately,
500 Casks Cement, delivered at this city, for which the
highest cash prices will be paid.
Geo. W. Rains,
Major Artillery and Ordnance C.S.A.
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The Thespian Family.
Concert Hall was filled—crowded—last night, by an appreciative
audience, assembled there to witness the performances of the Thespian Family and
Palmetto Band, of
Little Julia is, we believe, the youngest of the family, probably not
more than seven years of age—yet her graceful movements, her ease on the
stage, and her apparent self-confidence are sufficient to attract the envy of
professional lady actresses.
Little Fanny, too, is a child of wonderful talent.
Her recital of the death of
The graceful movements of the talented little Queen Sisters, won the
admiration of the large audience, while their performances were loudly
applauded.
Master Andrew is also quite an actor.
His drollery, and the zest with which he performed Mike, in the Vigilance
Committee, put a great deal of extra work on him, for the audience were never
satisfied till Master Mike would repeat his performance.
Master John is a fine looking lad, and acted his part well.
In a word, these children are remarkable; and well did they deserve the
frequent bursts of applause which greeted each and all of them last night.
Besides their own intrinsic merits, they are engaged in a good
cause—the cause of the Southern soldier—the proceeds of their entertainments
being devoted to the benefit of some military or other patriotic fund; and if,
in the future, the father of this interesting little family, should decided to
let them adopt the stage as a profession, we hope his present patriotism and
liberality will be remembered to his and their advantage.
We do not know that he has any such intention, but we simply make the
suggestion; and we venture to suggest here, also, that if our Atlanta, Macon,
and Columbus friends desire to witness a really pleasing and deserving
entertainment, and to aid the military funds in their respective cities, they
should, without delay, extend an invitation to the Thespian Family and Palmetto
Band, of Charleston, to perform in those cities.
The Palmetto Band is composed of accomplished musicians, and their
delightful music added much to the interest of the performance last night.
Their accompaniment of the vocal music was excellent, as was also the
case with their orchestral overtures.
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A Southern Paper Mill.—We are informed that this section of the South
is soon to have in active operation a paper mill that will supply the demand of
all its journals. Messrs. Thomas H.
Shields & Co., who are already furnishing news ink equal in quality and
price to what we formerly obtained from Northern sources, and who will, in
course of time, be able to supply every want of the Southern printer, have
purchased a paper mill located near the city of Mobile, Alabama, and will
commence the manufacture of news paper as soon as they can procure some articles
necessary to the operation.—N. O. Bee.
DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST [
From the
A Receipe [sic]
for Wounds, Swellings, &c.
Editors of the Dispatch: Feeling
as I do so great an interest and anxiety for the speedy recovery of the
unfortunate sufferers who were wounded at the battle of the 21st of
July, on the plains of Manassas, and for the benefit of those who may hereafter
be wounded, I desire to make public a recipe, which I venture to predict, if
persisted in, will supercede all other remedies heretofore employed in reducing
swellings arresting inflammation, and healing the wounds.
In the first place, if there should be by accident any creeping insects
in the wounds, they can easily be expelled by injecting with a common syringe a
strong decoction made of elder, which usually grows around farms in fence
corners, after which procure of a weed which also grows around farm houses and
on the road sides known as smart weed, as much as can be grasped with one hand
or more, in accordance with the size of the wound, wash clean, then thoroughly
boil out the strength; after which mash up the smaller portions of stems and
leaves, and add to the same the tea and as much wheat bran as will form a
poultice, to be applied warm, and repeated two or three times per day.
After the inflammation is sufficiently subdued, prepare and apply a
liniment not more frequently than once a day, composed of linseed oil, calomel,
and fresh butter. Should the wounds
be at any time attended with much pain, the application of the tincture of
lobelia will be very soothing.
Stephen W. Rutland.
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Military Goods.
William Shear,
Has just received
4,000 Yards of Heavy Cassimeres, a superior article for
Winter Clothing!
Also, Heavy Pilot
and Beaver Cloths, for Overcoats; Blue cloths and Cassimeres, and a large supply
of
Red Flannels,
Plaid Wool Linseys,
and
Heavy Woollen
Undershirts,
To which the
attention of the public is respectfully invited.
DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST [
[Communicated.]
The Confederate
Flag.
The flag of the Confederate States being but an inferior modification of
the old
Besides being a mere copy, it has a defect still more fundamental.
The very essence of a national flag is wanting, viz, broad distinction
from the flag of any other nation. It
is singularly unfortunate, too, that our flag is a copy of that of the very
people from which it should be most widely distinguished, the people with whom
of all others we are most apt to be confounded, and with whom (to heighten yet
further the absurdity,) we are actually at war.
Those people who have most point of resemblance should be most widely
distinguished by the symbols they adopt. In
a war between white men and red, the combatants could distinguish each other
without any symbols at all; but two peoples with the same complexion—the same
language—the same style of dress—should differ widely in their symbols.
In the war of the Roses, one rose was white and the other red.
Our distinctions are as though one was milk white and the other pearl
white. Our flag seems to have
been based upon the idea of keeping as close to the old flag as possible,
instead of varying from it as widely. Our
aspect as people being nearly the same, the external mark of distinction should
be big and broad. Our uniforms,
badges and flags should be, so far as possible, be unmistakably different from
those of a people from whom we expect to be always separate, and who are now our
enemies.
An incident which occurred in
The reasons for a change seem grave and decisive, and if a change is ever
to be made, now is the time. As
the reasons for a change should be weighty—so weighty reasons are needed for
the permanent adoption of the flag.
The old flag in beauty is vastly superior to the new.
To say that ours is a copy, is indeed enough to condemn it.
But it is not only an imitation, but a very inferior imitation.
The old flag in a word, should either have been kept or cut.
We should have claimed it and fought under it, or having determined to
relinquish it, have adopted another and independent flag.
We did neither, but half did both. The
attempt, out of the stars and stripes, to reconstruct a new flag was necessarily
a failure. The field was
preoccupied. The cream of the idea
had been already incorporated into the old flag.
We undertook an impossibility, and the present abortion was the
result—an affair of skimmed milk.
The field in which, as a new nation, we were at liberty to search for a
suitable emblem of our nationality, was wide.
The range of selection was reduced to the narrow field of some
modification of the stars and stripes. A
huge mistake, this. How long did the
British Lion retain its hold upon the loyalty of the colonists?
When Yankee Doodle was first hissed, and the Marsellaise applauded, there
was deep significance in the fact. The
old loyalty to the
The difficulty in distinguishing the flags by the eye is not so great,
however, as that of making an intelligible reference to them.
The confusion is infinite. A
speaker refers most feeling to the “stars and stripes.”
Which set? You must know the
politics of the speaker to decide. The
flag, instead of an aid, is a restraint upon enthusiasm.
You must stop in your oratory to give definitions, or you may be
suspected of treason. Precision is a
terrible foe to sentiment. Some new
translator of the Scriptures, in lieu of “are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing,” accurately renders it thus, “Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing and 5-16?” Even so, when
an orator refers now to the “glorious stars and stripes,” he must add, in
parenthesis—I mean 11 stars and 3 stripes—not 34 and 13.
This difficulty some would avoid by calling our flag the stars and bars.
This is but another inferior modification of an old expression.
The inferiority is felt and manifest—and the ardor for the stars and
bars all forced. Who has not
observed in flag presentations, upon occasions the most inspiring, the
instinctive recoil from anything descriptive?
The real difficulty is, that the stars and stripes have the taint
of the old
Give us something free from taint. Let
our nostrils snuff the pure breeze, with none of the odor of a now hated
despotism. “By this time it
stinketh, for it hath been long dead.” There
is a smothered contracted feeling under the present Confederate flag.
There is not elbow room enough [between?] it and the old flag.
Let us fling to the breeze a between [sic?] banner which is our own,
unborrowed, uncopied, and independent.
Let noble deeds be inscribed upon its folds, and the heart of the nation
will learn at once to love it.
No nation can afford to lose the positive strength of the love and
loyalty of the people to their flag. Our
present nondescript has proved worse than nothing.
Any rag would elicit more patriotic feeling.
A blue rag with stars would do infinitely better.
It would at least, be no impediment.
It matters less what it should be in itself, than that it should serve
the purposes of a flag—to distinguish us from our foes.
This is the time to effect the change.
It should at least be cotemporaneous with the inauguration of our
permanent Government. Better
earlier. Never again can such
associates be gathered around it, as in the next few months.
All that is now involved is the price of the bunting.
There is no enthusiasm lost—no capital stock of already accumulated
loyalty to it. Our present flag is a
mere drag. Even the glorious
achievements of