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G 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