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THE COUNTRYMAN.
TURNWOLD, GA., SEPTEMBER 29, 1862.
Killed and Wounded.
At Fairfax, Va., on the 1st Sept., inst.,
W. H. Alford of the Putnam Light Infan
try was killed, and J. N. Bullard of the
same company wounded.
Secretary Seward on the Object of the War.
“ On the 22d day of April, 1861, Mr.
Seward, writing to Mr. Dayton, our minis
ter at the Court ot the Emperor Napoleon,
and treating of the subject of the present
rebellion, said :
I need not further elaborate the proposi
tion that the revolution is without cause.
It has not even a pretext.
It is just as clear that it is without ob
ject. Moral and physical causes have de
termined inflexibly the character of each of
the territories over which the dispute lias
arisen, and both parties, after the election,
harmoniously agreed on all the Federal
laws required for tiieir organization. The
territories will remain in all respects the
same, whether the revolution succeed or
shall fall. The condition of slavery in
the several States will remain just the
same, whether it succeed or fall.
There is not even a pretext for the com
plaint that the disaffected states are to be
conquered by the United States, if the rev
olution fall; for the rights of the States and
the condition of every human being in
them, will remain subject to exactly the
same laws and forms of administration,
whether the revolution shall succeed or
fall. In the one case the states would be
Federally connected with the new Confed
eracy : m the other, they would, as now,
be members of the United States, but their
constitutions and laws, customs, habits and
institutions, in either case, will remain the
same.
It is hardly necessary to add to this incou-
testible statement the further fact that the
new president, as well as the citizens
through whose suffrages he has come into
the administration, has always repudiated
all designs whatever, and whenever impu
ted to him and them, of disturbing the sys
tem of slavery as it is existing under the
constitution and laws. The case, howev
er, would not be fully presented, if I were
co omit to say that any such effort on his
part would be unconstitutional, and all
his actions in that direction would be pre
vented by the judicial authority, even
though they were assented to by congress
and the people.
“The truly honest man is he who valu'
eth not himself on anything.”
The Pauper’s Burial.
“Bury him there,
No matter where—
Hustle him out of the way !
Trouble enough
We have with such stuff,
Taxes and money to pay.
Bury him there,
No matter where,
Off in some corner at best:
There’s no use of stones
Above his bones—
Nobody’ll ask where they rest.
Bury him there,
No matter where—
None by his death are bereft.
Stopping to pray ?
Shovel away.!
We still have enough of them left.
The foregoing lines too truly delineate the
.cold indifference with which the poor remains
of those who are born to suffer and die, are
huddled into the grave.”
Pyroligneous Acid.
The following is from the Charleston
Courier :—“We invite renewed attention to
the uses and possible applications of py
roligneous acid (which can easily be made
anywhere) to the preservation of fishes and
meats. In the present condition of the
salt market, a brief statement of the uses
and value of pyroligneous acid will be in
teresting to many of the readers of the
Courier. We quote from the U. S. Dis
pensatory :
‘ The crude acid is advantageously ap
plied to preservation of animal foed. Mr.
William Ramsey (Earn. Phil., Ill, 21)
made some interesting experiments with it
for that purpose.
Herrings and other fish simply dipped in
the acid, and afterwards dried in the shade
were effectually preserved, and when eaten
were found very agreeable to the taste.
Fresh beef dipped in the acid for a min
ute, in summer, was perfectly sweet in the
following spring.
Prof. Si]liman states that one quart of
the acid added to the common pickle for a
barrel of hams, at the time they are laid
down, will, impart the smoked flavor as per
fectly as if they had undergone the ordina
ry process of smoking.'
Is there not enterprise enough to begin
the manufacture and use of this acid 1”
Epigram.
One of the New York journals has the follow
ing epigram from the German :
“ Adam in Paradise to sleep was laid,
Then was there from his side a woman made:
i Poor Father Adam ! much it grieveth me
That thy first sleep thy last repose should be.”
Chloride of Lime.
“ Chloride of Lime is manufactured on a
very large scale, at the Maryland Chemic
al Works at Baltimore. A large chamber
lined with lead is made use of, and about
5000 lbs. of hydrate of lime is placed thin
ly on movable shelves. The chlorine gas is
then introduced into the chamber, and ifl
absorbed by the lime. The top shelves
are saturated first. The lime is then stir
red and the shelves reversed, the top
placed at the bottom, and the bottom at the
top, and so on through the whole, introdu
cing additional quantities o. chloride, as the
shelves are transposed, and the gas absorb
ed or united. The chloride thus made is
considered fully equal to the best, bleaching
salt which can be imported.
It is an article extensively employed in
the arts, especially in bleaching. One
grain of it will destroy the coloring matter
of two grains of the best Spanish indigo.
It is enerally employed in solution,
which is made in the proportion of four oun
ces to one pint of water : and as only one
half of the lime is dissolved, it will be nec
essary to filter, in order to obtain the clear
solution. Dilute one part of the liquid with
40 parts of water, a pint with 5 gallons, or
a wine-glass full to three quarts or water,
stir the mixture, and it is then fit for use.
It is the most powerful disinfecting agent
hitherto discovered, and an instantaneous
destroyer of every had smell. It is au in
fallible destroyer of all effluvia, arising from
animal and vegetable decomposition, and
effectually prevents their deleterious influ
ence. Henceit is particularly recommended
to the attention of those residing in epidem
ic districts, as there is reason to expect that
the mixture sprinkled about apartments
would provent the access of contagion to
a certain extent around. Its value will be
appreciated by the faculty in the examina
tion for inquests, dissection, and anatomical
preparations. For all these desirable pur
poses, it is only necessary to sprinkle the
diluted liquid in the apartment, or on the
object requiring purification.
The effluvia from drains, sewers, and
other receptacles of the same nature, will
be destroyed by pouring into them a quart
of the mixture, added to a pailful of wa
ter, and repeating the operation until it is
completely removed.
Tainted meats, and animal food of eve
ry kind may he rendered sweet by sprink
ling them with the mixture. Water in cis
terns may be purified, and animalcula des
troyed by putting into it a small quantity
of the pure liquid, say about half a pint to
