Carolina Watchman

              carolina watchman weekly vol xix salisbury x c january j 18(52 number 56 j j bruner h editor am fuoi'itlicroit fl from thc richmond examiner fl the stais iu their courses fuiigbt against i sisi.ua ami every earthly event conspires h against lincoln lions have sprung upfl in his path on the laud and ihe behemoth i of the seas lias started oul of tin mid fl ocean in the wake of liis fleets annies fl iliat were not imagined have arisen like fl the hosts of cadmus from the invaded fl aith weapons have sprung from the fl ground like grass victorious chieftains fl have dl'opl hs from tlioelvilds to use them fl jl tyrant's blown have recoiled on his fl own in ad his swonl bas wounded bis own fl hand und when he thought most surely fl to grasp a prey he found bis pii/e to he i the deadly scorpipu kvery seeming sue i cess bus proved disguised liiisforluue ami b each step forward has carried him deeper i into the fatal sands he commenced this b war with the uuiverae at bis back he bas i now not oue friend in ihe wide world he i began the game without one enemy be i yond ihe limits of a forlorn republic and silent nations now look coldly on while i britain draws tin avenging sword to deal i tbe biiiir delayed but dotlbly-dcscl'ved i stroke of fate and justice i the stars iu thoir courses fought against i siskkx and the lord of the kt ais the sun i and the earth lias laid his band oil our i oppressor llse the confederate govern i incut would have been proven a weak i i reed no men have belter reason to sing i u xuii nobis j jo mine than those who have i apparently held the reins of power in this i country not ibeir wisdom dot tbeir i skill nol tbeir foresight or dexterity has i wrought these wonderful results froni i the first jay of tbe lev dutioii to this hour i tbey have exhibited a want of prescience i and enterprise a lack of the larger states i maiislnp and an inability lo comprehend i the nature of the movement bey were in i which the historical philosopher who shall i hereafter dissect ibeir actions and motives will declare lo have been truly pitiable — i tbe chips on tlm tide could scarcely have lens to iii with its ebb ami flow their policy has la-en a series of make shifts which have beef annihilated by each siic ceediig wave their calculations for a mo iai earthquake resemble the sand houses uf children in the stage toad we have yel to lnar of one measure either equal to lie event or in lime for it virginia bad the power to render the separation peaceable she rendered it sanguinary by ber incapacity to credit the possibility of that separation the confederacy had time to prepare an army which might have terminated the contest in a month ; and the congress at montgomery could not believe that war was even probable till alexandria had been surrendered and the line of the potomac lost for the year now that ihe year is ended and the army intended for a summer's work must be re organized for a struggle of years wbat public man or parliamentary body can be brought to a belied ill the only means that other nations now know for the creation of such an army no one thinks of con scription we have only the old story of more volunteers more militia more make shifts for a month uot a law lor the cen tury and while all eves are directed to the ( seas,;u;d out best hopes hover over the move ment in europe what has congress done or is about to do in aid of it ? as much and no more thau it did to create it if england makes a war on the united states and an alliance with the south those inci dents like the secession of virginia will be tbe work of lincoln and of an over ruling providence the cot federate gov ernment hath neither lot nor part in them by declaring free trade with all the world for a term of years it had the power to net europe against the united states long ago but thai bold measure was above its daring and its understanding of the war it halted at a half-way house neither reaching the benefits of trade for ourselves uor throwing tbe balance of commerce against the enemy the southern confederacy keens up a tariff of fifteen per cent the confeder acy gets dot one penny of revenue from it it does the government no good tit all and is just sufficient to save the north from competion the southern tariff is fifteen per cent the northern tariff is thirty bot the merchant who sends his u-oods to savannah must not only pay fifteen per cent of duty hut run fifty per cent of risk that they are seized by the enemy's cruisers while if he sends them to new vork he has only the thirty cents of the tariff to encounter but no risk at all from an enemy under these condi tions commerce is not likely to flow to wards the southern coast or are commer cial nat'ons over prger t'i quarrel willi tlm i north in our behalf lint lot tho congreai witicb meet next i monday in response to tho lhitish move i ment towards us proclaim complete free i trade for tin ec or fi*.e years let it si-tul i that news lo km-land hy the return ol i tho sli-iitiii-r that has brought tin tidings i uf thu queen's proclamation ; anil it will i have rendered tlm quarrel now begun i nearly irreparable il will liav done bet i ter it will have supplied the soul hern army with amis nnd tin southern people i willi those thousand nece*-un,-s i he want i of which rentiers civilized lite neerly in i i mi|t|>«irlal>|t it not impossible for the fl lluilie of tig duly t-iiiiiiiieicc wili risk i i everything even the gallowa tins been i linsiillilmt-ul to ih ter tint smuggler what i iwill a i in kiilc effect hgninst the ingenue i 1 1 v which is inspired l>v avarice ami un i i checked ov ihe tear ot law ? it would b i ml everff nation lijh sends a ship lo sea i loii our nl it would in a few weeks i i give twenty cause of war quell one bet i iter than the at real of the two ambassadors i 111 would render the great commercial na i i turn iu which wi now hope eager to cm fl iploy iis treasure ami i\s swonl not tol lavt-nge us own insult alone but to secure i lour sin-cess it would establish the claim fl lot the southern politicians to ho consider i led statesmen who had both lie capacity i it utiilerstaiul the situaiijin of iheir own fl land oilier countries and ibe courage to i 1st i ike a nu-i tal blow h i lie ft milium enemy i i lint we hope little from tbe congress i inuw in session like tbe last convention fl it t virginia il is composed tor the most i ipart d men who learned their lessons in fl ithe school of the late united slates i b'tlii'v belong to t lie dentine of tbat power i hi i \ lived in a period wlu't blindness had fl bs ltli'tl ou tbe councils uf ibeir nation ami i bwei'e deep in llle petty expedients of tbe 1 flvanketj policy intended for the petty end i bof an immediate and mat t ml rospeiily i biateless of all lofty principles conouited in i flitself ignorant both of history past and 1 fliiicsent ami oblivious of all things beyond fl itll party strife and party news of their h hilay another congress will meet in feb i hiiiary a congress elected by ihe people i 1 1'ei b.tj's it may contain some men of a fl hxt-w generation men not educated hi i h w ashington ; who have witnessed tlu-l bruin of a great nation m the middle of its fl hits career and who have watched uilhfl hsilenl simi u the imbecility of those who fl ibave during ten years or mere been their i h rulers and passed for their representatives i i i ivor this body will preside mr tvu;k;b ithe last living link that binds ns to a very i hdificrcnl set — to that succession of real i bstatesiiien who led the late republic up i ithe hill of power ; ami in its ranks may fl hwe not hope to find some now unknown i bubo have their mimls yet uuobscured with i ithe dregs of our late putdic folly and cor i hruptioii aud who shall be found lifted i iwitb the wisdom of those our ancestors i i of whom be is one of the last cotempora i i the leader of the hos-titt creeks — i b'l'be fort smith evening news gives a i hsbort sketch of the leader of the creek i forces hostile to tbe confederate cause of i ithe dissensions existing in that nation h which latter it seems bad their origin ina fl ti v years aero : — oihithlevholo is stated to lie an old man about eighty years of age land lias long been a leader among what i are dow , termed m upper creeks 1 his btiist appearanee in a public capacity was i about 1824 or 1825 soon after the mur i der by the recks of general mcintosh i who was killed for making a treaty with tbe united states ( potb|eyholo's name made itts appearance about that time as a leader bof the party opposed to the treaty he is lau eloquent speaker and wields a mighty influence over the upper ( reeks by his tongue the mcintosh party compose the lower creeks ami tbere exists still be the two parties the remains of the i id national feud and this may be the i cause ofthe present attitude of opothley iholo and his followers indians never for i get injuries and when life is taken the re latives ofthe killed seldom ever forget it i it is said that opothleyholo and his creek i followers are very hostile to the creek re under colonel mcintosh who is a i descendant of general mclntosb who was i siain by the creeks years ago in alabama i a solemn warning — two members i of the first louisiana battalion recently executed by order of general 1 oh niton for i striking then officers left a sad warning for i soldiers and others their last words were tell our comrades that liquor was tho i cause of our trouble and exhort them to i leave it alone !" the n c salt commissioners — ! a gentlemau informs the fayette : ville observer that he travelled on j the cars early last week with dr i worth wbo was on bis way to the i coast for tbe second time he had been to tbe virginia salt works to familiarize himself with the wdmle process of 6itlt making for which purpose tbo proprietors there had i kindly given him every facility and , information he thinks he can make some improvements of the works liis dilliculity is iu getting 1 the necessary 6alt pans cast ; lor j which he bas applied in every acces sible quarter in and out of the state as be could not be in virginia and at the foundries and on the coast all at one and the same time he had prevailed upon another energetic gentleman to precede him to the coast to make the necessary arrangements previous to his second arrival tbere — petersburg express jjcgt there are thirty factories in georgia engaged in making cotton aud woolen goods besides several smaller factories that spin yarn only qounterfetting theitdg — the trick adopted by the yankees in the vari ous battles with the confederates of raising the confederate flag and im itating the secret signals of the con ] federates is unprecedented in civil | iced warfare no nation on the earth has ever before been base enough to i descend to such vile expedients — | no chivalric people would desire an ' advantage gained by such infamous knavery yet our depraved adver saries actually pride themselves up on the smartness of such a cowardly and wicked trick it strikes us ihat the confederate generals should adopt the most summary measures to compel the yankees to adhere to the rules of honorable warfare — they should formally notify the fed eral generals that every yankee capture i under the confederate nag or making confederate signals should he bnng upon the battle held forthwith and his miserable carcase left to teed the vultures oood — the manassas correspon dent of he charleston courier suvs that a body of yankees lately cap 1 tilled there all wore elegant winter clothing and by the side of their rough and miscellaneously attired guard looked really like gentlemen ( ne of the boys in reply to a remark by a prisoner concerning his old clothes told him the yankees were very like a bottle of four cent whis key it had a ver 7 pretty label on the outside but was mighty mean liquor the philosophy was as good as the truth and the fellow had enough of both another in answer to some inquiries as to what he thought when he was captured re plied that he hadn't time to think anything for he was so scared he didn't know his gun from a corn stalk the position of france — a pa ris letter of tho 9th dec to the new york tribune says : your correspondent must guess that in the supposed ease of an an glo-a merican war france would begin with and hold as long as she could with polite advantage the po sition of an armed neutral ready to act as mediator as mediator be tween england and tho united states in the first instance and then with england perhaps as mediator be tween ibe ij s a aud the 0 s a it is worse than falsehood to deny what i know it is worse than patri otic to admit but what it is the dis agreeable duty of a reporter to state this passionately disputed but reas onably indisputable tact that the re cognition of the c s a as tin exist ing nation by england and france is rapidly approaching diplomatic record mcclellan and the lin coln con gk ess it is currently reported that a i movement is on foot in the washing : ton congress to supersede general | mcclellan by the massachusetts law yer nathaniel p banks they complain that mcclellan is too slow and they want a commander who will respond to the popular clamor for an onward movement the yan kees have been eijjbt months en<ra ed in the work of subjugating the south but are still as far from ac complishing their purpose as they were at tbe outset we do not won der therefore at their impatience — dispatch home-made lime we invite attention to tbe adver tisement in the standard of air wicker agent of mr mark m williams of this place and mr a new fuel — when the oil is pressed from the cotton seed a cake is lelt which resembles the well known linseed cakes it is sold al ten dollars a ton and is now being purchased extensively in this city for fuel it makes a bright tire but burns away somewhat rapidly are our cattle and hog feeders aware of the value of this material for fatten ing purposes it is composed of nu tritive and fatty matter the hull be ing removed from the seed by a ma chine constructed for the impose be fore it is passed at a time when crab grass and prairie hay are selling at from 25 to 27 a ton and corn at 75 cents per bushel oil cakes at 10 a ton ought to be turn d into pork and beef not burned to burn it is a binning shame — it makes us lirv to think about it — memphis appeal look out — tbe richmond dis patch of friday last says samuel j donb of forsythe wbo are engaged in making lime we learn from good judges of the arti cle that this lime is of the best quality and much better than the thomaston so much used this is an important branch of domestic industry and should be encouraged mr wicker the polite and efficient agent at the central depot will re ceive orders or they may be address ed to messrs williams and doub vienna n c — pal standard what the west has done — the asheville newa says that the ten counties west of tbe blue ltidge in i this state have raised 40 compa i nies of volunteers averaging 100 ! men old buncombe alone bas raie i ed eleven companies and furnished , to the army four colonels and three majors no portion of the state has done better if as well no state has furnished a better class of sol diers than those from our mountain country the west has done her j duty fully as we knew she would we are assured by passengers just arrived from beyond the poto mac who have not been able to 6ee any of our cabinet that a portion of bnrnside's expedition most of which is still at annapolis is destined to assail norfolk landing a force bo as to attack the city in tho rear an other portion will attack newbern n c this place they intend to oc cupy permanently — it they can it is also stated by these gentlemen that demonstrations are to be made against augusta memphis and knox ville a sharp lookout on the north carolina coast should be kept and preparations made to defeat the van dals the presbyterian general assem bly which lately met in augusta ga after a very harmonious and arduous session closed its labors ou the ij3d nit it has placed the presbyterian church of the confed erate states on a firm and independ ent foundation and acted for the best interests of that church of which it is the grand council the next assembly will meet at memphis on tho first tuesday in may neat charleston not blockaded — it will be seen on reference to our telegraph news that the steamship isabel i not withstanding the sinking of some twenty vessels laden with stone to obstruct the water channel leading to charleston has entered that port safely even under the fire of tbe blockading squadron stationed there how ridiculous the effort of the yan kees appear — charlotte bulletin significant — the yankees are discussing a proposition to remove the seat of government to new york and although this vast stock jobbing scheme may fail the mere fact of ite having been discussed will contri bute to produce abroad new faith in our ability to establish our national ity tho north has a plentiful lack o statesmanship and this is anothei striking illustration of the truth wi have just enunciated ao folk dai book sixty of the prisoners of war cod fined in ew orleans have taltei the oath aud joined the confederal army for the wan from the raleigh standard salix alba si bsthtte for ql imse | mb editor the great scarcity j and i price asked for the sulphate j of quinine induces me to call tlu attention rjf the profession aiul the pub fie generally to ibe common wil low of the country during llle year is 15 and since that period i luivi used the willow as a substitute for quinine salix a 11 in tlm com m on european or white willow is tonic and astrin gent and has been e pi ployed as an indigenous snh.stitnu 1<»r cmehona tjie indications tor its use therefore nre the situie as those i'm the latter it is given fur intermittent dyspep tic itiplaints accompanied with or dependent on n debilitated condi tion of the digestive organs passive hemorrhages chronic mucous dis charges in the stage of convales cence after fever and as an anth-el tnentic it is less apt to dftftttrb tiie stomach than cinchona the dose of the powder is thirty t sixty grains the infusion or decoction prepared with one ounce of the bark to a pint of water may bo giv en in doses of one ounce to throe ounces a cry stali no principle has been obtained from the willow which has received the name of solaciu the honor of its discovery is claimed by buckner of germany and fontana and bagatelle of italy — but mr lereux of france deserves the credit of having first accurately in vestigated its properties sala,cin possesses tonic properties analogous to de uljihnteof qtiinia than which it is less liable to irritate the stomach it may be employed in dyspepsia intermittent and other diseases for which cinchona and dasulphate of qninia are usually exhibited the dose of it is from ten to thirty grains it may be given in powder mixed with sugar or dissolved in aromatic water mageitdie litis seen fever cut short in one day by three doses of six grains each n l stith m d halifax dec 4 1sg1 manufactories of the south — the blockade is producing a line influ ence upon the energy of our people throughout the sonth north caro lina is not behind other states in this work factories of different kinds are going up in various parts of the state our woolen and cot ton factories are doing finely our wool factories are producing a splen did article of cassimere at differ ent points rifle and gun factories are in operation wilmington is doing her part in the production of sundry articles tanneries shoe-making hat-making a:c are g«»ing on should the blockade continue a year or two our people will produce al most every article for which we have been hitherto dependent upon the north — raleigh standard