MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER
1862
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 8
R. R. Cheatham, Mayor of Nashville, has issued a proclamation giving the
"satisfactory result" of an interview between the city authorities and
Gen. Buell. He therefore
respectfully requests that business be resumed, and that all citizens, of every
trade and profession, pursue their regular vocations.
They sale or giving away of intoxicating liquors is, however, strictly
prohibited.
The Nashville correspondent of the New York Times gives a picture
of the state of affairs, from which it appears that the invaders were not
received with any great amount of cordiality.
We make some extracts:
I have spent a good deal of time to-day in conversing with the citizens,
and found but little Union sentiment. Men asserted that they were not citizens
of the United States, didn't want any protection from the Government, and in
several cases even refused to sell any goods to the soldiers or officers.
One man said he was a Union man, but never had dared say so for fear of
being hung; another said the only two nights' sleep he had had in weeks were
since the arrival of the National army. Another
individual assured me with a very haughty air, that there were no Union men in
Nashville except among mechanics and laborers; no gentlemen, he said, were
anything but secessionists, or rebels, if I liked the term any better.
Gen. Grant and his staff visited Nashville, and called upon Mrs. James K.
Polk. Of the interview the writer
says:
She received her visitors courteously, but with a polished coldness that
indicated sufficiently in which direction her sympathies ran—she was simply
polite and ladylike; in no case patriotic.
While she discreetly forbore to give utterance to any expression of
sympathy for the South, she as rigidly avoided saying anything that might be
construed into a wish for the success of the Government.
She hoped, she said, that the tomb of her husband would protect her
household from insult and her property from pillage; further than this she
expected nothing from the United States, and desired nothing.
The correspondent finds that "the ladies of Nashville are as full of
treason as they are of occasional cases of loveliness."
Among the evidences of their contempt for the Yankees the following is
given:
Occasionally I met other specimens of Nashville ladies, who, in many
cases supposing me to be a soldier, from the possession of a blue overcoat,
described, upon meeting, a wide semi-circle of avoidance, swinging, as the
[illegible] their rotundant skirts with a contemptuous [illegible] far
[illegible] as if the very touch of a blue coat would be a contamination.
[illegible] the angles at which the noses of the naughty darlings went
up, and the extent to which their lips and eyes went down were not the least
interesting portion of these little by-plays, and assisted materially in showing
the exquisite breeding of these amiable demoiselles.
A later account says:
Union men begin to make their appearance.
They say that a majority will yet be found on our side, but that it will
take some time to develop the feeling that has been so thoroughly crushed.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
The Tyler Texas Reporter, of the 27th ult., has the
following.
We learn that five fellows were hung at South Sulphur, Hopkins county, a
few days ago, for treasonable conduct. Right!
Preach us long sermons about the evils of mob law, at other times and
under other circumstances, but we say6 hang the last one that can be caught.
We have been notified to watch for Lincoln's incendiaries, and let us do
it, and never have to hunt the same one twice.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
[Communicated.]
Loachapoka, Ala., March 14th, 1862.
Eds. Advertiser—Gentlemen: I
feel it my duty to call attention once more of the public to another instance of
the generous (?) humanity of the "Southern Express Company."
Since the rendezvous of the various companies, (for the purpose of
forming several regiments,) the so-called "Southern Express" has been
called into requisition for the purpose of expediting the arrival of the many
little articles that our soldiers need, and I am sorry to say that extortion
with them seems to be the order of the day, even to the very class of men
(soldiers) that they ought to protect. A
few days ago the writer had a rifle sent from this place by them, and at the
very moderate charge of $2.25 delivered it.
I being a poor soldier, and my family needing all I can spare them in my
absence from home, I concluded to enter my protest against the payment, as all
present, the agent included, said the charge was too much.
The agent then told me he would write down and have the charge reduced,
but their answer was that they declined. I
have the rifle in my possession, on the way to the defense of our country, and
shall keep it. I am willing to pay
a reasonable charge, but they now hold their agent responsible.
I tell him to let them collect it by law, and after a jury says it was
right I will pay it, and not till then.—The same gun was once sent from
Tuskegee to Oachapoka for 50 cents, and again from Tuskegee to Montgomery for
the same price by the same company, and now in the third instance they throw it
up to $2.25. If they have any true
Southern blood pulsating in their arteries their acts fail to show it, and it
seems the only way to check their avarice is by holding them up to the public
view occasionally.
By publishing this you will oblige a soldier and a subscriber.
Yours, &c.,
J. S. T.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1862, p. 2, c. 7
Spirit
of the Nashville Ladies.
So long as the ladies of Nashville exhibit the spirit indicated by the
two following incidents, which were procured from an entirely reliable source,
we can never despair:
When Gen. McCook, of the Lincoln army, arrived in Nashville, he sent up
his card with the request that he might renew his former acquaintance
with Miss S. McNairy. The following
was the patriotic reply of the noble and accomplished lady, written upon the
back of the card:
"Sir: I do not
desire to renew any acquaintance with the invaders of my State!"
Two other Hessian officers obtruded their presence into the parlor of Dr.
Martin, and sent up their cards to his daughter, Miss Bettie Martin, an elegant
and accomplished young lady, requesting also the renewal of an old
acquaintanceship. Repairing to the
parlor, with a look of ineffable scorn and contempt, she dashed the cards into
their faces, and said: "Your
absence, Sirs, will be much better company to me than your presence."
Tennesseans, are you not proud of your women?
Will not these noble responses nerve your arms in the hour of battle?
[Knoxville Register.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
A
Patriotic Lady.
One of our best known gentlewomen—born, we believe, near or within this
city—in sending a portion of money to this office, accompanied it with the
following note. She has come of a
brave race of true Southerners, and it is not strange, therefore, that her heart
and life, if need be, are in this work. Such
words ought to inspire our people:
"Think nothing of the delay, but remember that if times are hard
with our men, how much harder for widows. Our
only comfort in making so many sacrifices is that we had rather die than yield
to Lincoln's government. Every foot
of this land is dear to me, and I say contend for every inch of its precious
soil; sacred to the memory of grandparents, parents and husband, for they all
rest quietly under the sod of Alabama where I hope to rest with my children by
my side. May God keep the
unhallowed feet of the enemy from ever touching this sacred spot.
I have not a doubt of our final success and victory—but, oh!
we may wade through a sea of blood; but then we will have the comfort to
know that we bought our children's liberty at a price, not with money, but
blood. Truly, Lincoln acts upon the
principle, annihilate or subjugate!—May the Ruler of the Universe touch his
Pharoachic heart ere he turns him and his army into this sea of
blood."—Mobile Advertiser.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
"The
Nightingale Brigade."
We are gratified to learn that Rev. Mr. Miller, of Natchez, has succeeded
in recruiting a considerable corps of nurses among well-known ladies of Mobile,
who will hold themselves in readiness to join him at Jackson, when the
occurrence, or imminence, of a battle shall make it probable that their
melancholy services will be in requisition.
Proceeding to the rendezvous at Jackson, Mr. Miller will meet them there
and conduct them whither their presence may be required.
Mr. Miller leaves for home at once to get his corps of nurses there in
readiness for "marching orders," and conducting them to Jackson will
meet those from Mobile as above whenever he advises them to come up.
More nurses from Mobile will be received, we are told.
These ladies are all volunteers, giving their services without
compensation, and in the history of this war for the Right, no record will stand
more glorious than that which chronicles the heroism and devotion of the
"Nightingale Brigade" of the South.
Gentle, and tenderly nurtured, as they are, they abandon the ease and
ties of home to mingle in the horrors of the dreadest aspect of war, and move
amid the appalling scenes of the hospital as angels of mercy to the
suffering.—Mobile Register.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
At the late term of the Confederate States District Court, held at Tyler,
Texas, a decree was entered for the sequestration of 40,000 acres of land,
valued at $150,000. In Western
Texas the sequestered property amounts to $30,000,000.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, March 19, 1862, p. 4, c. 5
Support for the Families of Indigent Soldiers.—We learn that a number
of prominent citizens have united in an effort to procure the maintenance of all
families of indigent soldiers from this county.
Their plan seems to us as practical as it is comprehensive.
They propose to raise by subscription whatever may be at the command of
the donor, whether that be money, provisions, or clothing. By this means they expect to reach a large class of persons
who cannot give money, but who can furnish meat, meal, corn, molasses,
vegetables and wearing apparel, which will be the same as money to the needy
families of absent soldiers. We
understand that these gentlemen will carry their subscription from their city to
the country neighbors, and articles contributed in the various localities will
be scrupulously distributed so as to supply the wants of those for whom they are
specially intended. We hope this
movement may be vigorously prosecuted, as it is evident that great good can be
accomplished by a systematized effort to provide sustenance for the families of
the men who have given up their homes for the defense of the country.
There need no longer be any excuse for any man not doing his duty.
Those who do not have it in their power to give money, can give other
necessaries no less valuable to the cause.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 1, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
[Communicated.]
Lead
for the Confederacy.
Office Supt. N. and M. Dist. No. 10.
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Auburn, Ala., Sept. 19th.
}
Mr. Editor:-- . . . For Lead
especially do I call to-day. I am
in almost daily receipt of letters giving accounts of Lead mines in the hilly
regions of interior Alabama. But
the story is always the same. The
men are poor, without laborers, without capital, without influence.
They cannot enter upon the costly task of opening these mines, and
working the ores. They call for
Government aid; but I am compelled to reply that the Confederate States cannot
lend assistance to such enterprises. It
is already taxed with its Armories, and Arsenals, and Foundries, and Powder
mills. Its Briarean hands are full
of mighty labors. It is toiling
with a sleepless energy and a giant vigor, of which blatant and captious critics
have no conception. What then can
be done? The appeal is to our men
of capital, to some of those trembling Rothchilds, whose livers turn pale at the
thought of Confederate Notes. Let
such men rally to the help of the Government, seize this auspicious moment to
make remunerative investments of their money, and in this patriotic manner
strike a most effective blow for our national independence.
But there is another source from which a considerable amount of Lead
might be obtained, not so pretentious, yet not therefore to be despised.
I have before begged our citizens to gather up all the waste lead of
every kind about their premises. I
have asked them to treasure up bits of old leaden pipe, old tea caddies, weights
from their windows, scraps of bar lead lying uselessly about their homes.
Thousands of pounds are scattered throughout the country in these various
forms. Our people despise such
insignificant resources. This is a
crying defect in our character. With a reckless prodigality Southern people waste what makes
other nations rich. We have a lofty
contempt for parsimoniously husbanding little things. The wholesome adage that "many a little makes a
mickle," finds no favor in our philosophy. But the time has come to revise our maxims of economy; we
must regard these petty resources, or our cause will pay the penalty of our
folly.
Prof. Holmes of South Carolina, recently made a statement to me which
shows what great results can be achieved by the aggregation of small individual
contributions.—He called upon the citizens of the State, in his official
capacity as Superintendent of the Nitre and Mining District comprising South
Carolina, for donations of lead. Re[illegible]
upon him, from mountain to sea-board; from old and young, from rich and poor,
from laies and clergy, came the offerings.
Even the plantation negroes brought in their bits of lead for the
Government. In a short time he had accumulated forty thousand pounds of
lead, the voluntary contributions of that patriotic people.
Can Alabama do nothing like this? In
the field she has stood foremost from the first to the second Manassas, her
blood has watered every battle plain, and her heroes have illustrated every page
of our glorious history. Let no
State outstrip us in sacrifices and offerings.
Gather up your mite—perhaps the little all of a lately widowed heart.
My agents are in almost every county.
Seek them with your gifts. They
are authorized to pay you if you demand it, fifteen cents per pound.
Make no delay. One mighty
effort and we are established in our freedom.
I await your reply. If you
prefer it, send your contributions to me with list of contributors.
Respectfully,
W. H. C. Price,
Sup't &c.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Right Spirit.—A patriotic lady of Savannah, has sent to the Republican
a large package of bullets, the history of which is somewhat curious.
They were moulded by her husband in the war of 1812 to be used against
the British, and have been kept as a relic in the family from that day until
now. She freely gives them up to be
used against the Yankees, with the prayer that each one may make the enemies of
her country less.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
The
"Ragged Rebels."
The correspondents of Northern papers writing from the lines of the
Yankee armies, make themselves very merry at the expense of the barefooted,
ragged "rebels" whom they chance to see or hear of.
The Yankee people are informed that the "rebels" are a set of
half naked, filthy, hungry wretches, whom it seems almost a mercy to
kill.—They are said to be hatless, shoeless, and coatless, and the arms they
have are frequently of the poorest description.
After enjoying a hearty laugh over the picture presented of the
"rebel" soldiery, the correspondents change the scene and present to
the view of their admiring countrymen a picture of the condition of the
"Union" soldiers. This
fortunate class of human beings are described as being fat and sleek, well
clothed, well fed, and splendidly armed. In
fact they have everything which it is desirable or possible for men in the
service to have. We admit that
there is some truth in what the correspondents say.
There is no doubt that the Yankee soldiers are better clothed, better
fed, and better armed than many of the Confederate soldiers, yet somehow the
"rebels" very frequently succeed in defeating the sleek, well fed and
well armed enemies, and in taking from them their arms and clothing.
The Yankees may amuse themselves as much as they please at the ragged
condition of our soldiers, but so long as victory perches on our [illegible] we
can afford to let them laugh. The
Yankees, however, should remember that the sleek and well fed British in the old
revolution made sport of the barefooted and bareheaded rebels of that day, and
it may not be amiss to remind them that those may laugh who win.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Diphtheria.—A lady sends the following remedy for this fearful disease,
which is prevailing in some parts of the country.
She says that she has known it to be used in many cases, with the most
beneficial result:
"Take a handful of alder root, the same quantity of dogwood root,
and the same quantity of the bark of persimmon root.
Boil them with a pint of vinegar down to a half pint, then add a very
little water, a small lump of alum and a little honey, use as a gargle."
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
"A
Fair Exchange is no Robbery."
"Personne," the correspondent of the Charleston Courier,
recording some incidents of the late battles on Manassas Plains, mentions the
following of an Alabama boy:
It is related of a soldier belonging to the Eighth Alabama Regiment, that
he found a Yankee in the woods, that being separated from his regiment he did
not know what to do with him. While
soliloquizing, the officer who gave me the incident rode by, and his advice
being asked, he told the soldier he had better let the prisoner go.
"Well" said the Alabamian, "I reckon I will; but look
here, Yankee, you can't leave till you've given me some of them good clothes.
Strip! I want your boots and
breeches." The Yankee
protested against any such indignity, and appealed to the officer to protect
him. The Alabamian also plead his
cause. "Here's this
fellow," said he, "come down here a robbing of our people, and he's
stayed so long it's no mor'n right he should pay for his board.
I don't want him to go round in his bar legs any mor'n he wants to; and I
mean to give him my old clothes." "A
fair exchange is no robbery," replied the officer, "and as you have no
shoes and a mighty poor pair of pants, I reckon you had better help
yourself." "Now Yankee,
you hear what the 'boss' says, do yer; off with your traps and let's
trade." The last thing my
friend saw as he rode away, was the two worthies in their "bar legs,"
stripping for an exchange.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Destitution
in our Army.
Army correspondents and others, familiar with the condition of our army,
represent some of our regiments as being in a desperate condition for clothes.
In the late battle of Manassas, one hundred men of the 20th
Georgia regiment, are said to have went [sic] into the action, and actually
stormed a battery barefooted. A
correspondent, who was an eye witness of the scene, says that the macadamized
road over which our poor fellows charged, was profusely marked with the blood
from bruised, bare feet of whole regiments.
Only think of our soldiers going barefooted, charging over the flinty
surface of a macadamized road, marking their course with their blood, while
thousands of sleek speculators, who have been industriously buying up all the
leather in the country, and creating other monopolies calculated to drive the
destitute families of these poor barefooted soldiers to privation and want, are
wearing their $20 calf skin boots and resting at night on the downy beds of
ease! Is there no remedy for this
monstrous evil? Must our soldiers
continue to battle for our country's freedom half naked, while thousands of
able-bodied young men are permitted to remain at home, it would seem, for the
express purpose of oppressing their indigent families?
Is ours a speculator's government or is it a government of the people?
Why are vampires and blood-suckers protected in their infamous villainy,
whilst those who stand a living wall between us and our5 enemies are permitted
to go barefooted and their families allowed to suffer for the common necessaries
of life?—Columbus Sun, 29th.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
The people of Lynchburg, Va., have recently been thrown into a fever of
excitement by the appearance of a ghost in their midst.
It has very appropriately selected a deserted hospital as the scene of
its nocturnal visitations.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Gov. Milton, of Florida, announces to the ladies of that gallant little
State, the heroism of whose men is only equaled by the patriotism of its women,
that a sufficient quantity of good homespun has been purchased to make
substantial shirts and drawers for the soldiers of Florida.
"These articles of clothing," says the Governor "are much
needed by them. Upon the
application of an agent appointed by any Society of ladies in the State, the
quantity of cloth which the Society can have made immediately, will be issued to
the agent. No appeal to the Ladies
of Florida for their aid in the maintenance of the existing war is deemed
necessary. The brightest page in
the future history of the Confederate States will distinguish the Ladies of the
South for their patriotism, courage and duty.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
The Savannah News learns that the Yankee commandant at St.
Augustine, Florida, has compelled all women and children in the town, whose near
relatives are in the Confederate service to leave.
They were taken on board a steamer prepared for the purpose, without any
idea of their destination.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Providing
for Soldiers, Families.
The duty of making some provision for the support of the families of
indigent soldiers in the Confederate army, is one which will devolve upon the
Legislature of the State at its next session, and we are pleased to see that the
subject is attracting some attention. In
Talladega county a call has been issued for a meeting of the people for the
purpose of ascertaining the legitimate wants of the families of soldiers, and of
instructing the representatives from that county to vote for such appropriations
as may be required. If the same
thing could be done in every county in the State the members would have very
little difficulty in making ample provision for the wants of those whose
protectors are in the army, or who have been disabled by their service in the
cause of the country, and are therefore unable to labor for their own support
and that of their families. There
are known to be large numbers of families scattered throughout the State who are
dependent upon private contributions or public appropriation for subsistence,
and they must be provided with the means or much suffering will ensue this
winter. It is no disgrace to them
that they are in this condition, for those to whom they have heretofore looked
for support are in the ranks of the army, fighting for the homes and
independence of the South. It will
be the duty of the Legislature to relieve the suffering, and to strengthen the
hearts of the brave Alabamians in the field, by giving them substantial
assurance that the wives and children whom they have left behind shall be cared
for in their absence.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
From
the Yorkville Enquirer.
Castor
Oil.
Because the season is near when the Palma Christi (Castor Oil) bean of
the present year's crop will be ready for use, it is proper that all persons
engaged in its production be informed of the processes by which the said bean
may be brought into use as a medicine.
When the capsule is about to expel the bean it is ripe; the ripe bunches
should be removed from the stalk with a knife, and laid thinly over a hard and
dry floor of earth, plank, &c., on a hot and sunny day, when the heat of the
sun will cause the capsules to expel the contained beans.
Now take away the straw, and winnow away the chaff.
The cleanest beans are now to be beaten in a mortar with a pestle, or
ground in a mill to a good degree of fineness.—The mass may now be made to
give out the contained oil, either by decoction or expression.
1. By decoction. Put
the loose mass in an iron pot, and add a sufficient water; or inclose [sic] it
in a coarse bag and suspend it in the water, and boil it until the oil is
extracted, then carefully skim it from the surface of the water from time to
time.
2. By expression. Subject
the mass of ground beans to hard pressure when inclosed [sic] in cloths, by
means of wedges; or, by a screw or lever, when inclosed [sic] in a hollow
cylinder made of iron, or wood, lined with sheet iron or tin of sufficient
capacity, and receive the oil in suitable vessels.
To clarify the oil. Boil it
with a little water added, and remove the coagulated albumen and gummy water
from the surface by skimming. Let
the boiling be not carried too far, or it will alter the quality of the oil and
render it acrid and unfit for medicine.
The beaten beans may be used as a purgative, but an over dose is sure to
act powerfully as a cathartic, and often as an emetic.
Three beans (a little more or less) is generally enough for a dose. Such is the information which I have derived from other
persons and from the books upon the matter.
E. A. Crenshaw.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
The Tuscaloosa Observer says a large vein of very rich copperas
ore has been discovered a few miles from that city.
A little more than a pound and a quarter in the crude state is said to be
equal in strength to a pound of pure copperas.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 8, 1862, p. 4, c. 5
To
the Ladies of Mississippi and Alabama.
Two months ago a call was made upon the ladies of Mississippi to furnish
socks for Gen. Price's army. The
gentleman who made the call is informed that the ladies of Mississippi are doing
all they can to answer it. Finding
it impossible in many sections of the State to get wool, they are doing the next
best thing and knitting cotton socks, which will be highly acceptable to our
brave men. Each soldier ought to have at least two pairs of socks.
As the manufacture of so many pairs (which ought to be done in a short
time) may entail too heavy a burden upon one State, it has been determined to
appeal to the ladies of Alabama to aid in the work, more especially as
Alabamians now compose a part of the army of the Tennessee.
If each lady of these two States will furnish one pair of socks, it will
give the army more than an abundant supply.
These articles are for the use of the whole command, without distinction,
and no lady knows but what the very pair she knits may be distributed to some
noble fellow who is near and dear to her by ties of blood or affection.
The socks, whether yarn or cotton, should be thick and of good lengths in
the leg and foot. Hundreds of
ladies will donate these articles, but there are many who cannot and ought not
to give them. To such, seventy-five
cents will be paid for yarn, and fifty cents for cotton socks, by Maj. Brinker,
at Tupelo.
Many packages can be sent up by private hands, but to facilitate matters,
the Southern Express and the Pioneer Express Companies have generously offered
to transport to Tupelo, free of charge, all packages of socks intended
for the army, if deposited at any of the stations on the several railroads of
these two States; and in cases where any of the socks are charged for, they will
collect the bills and hand the money to the agent, at the station whence they
were received. It is recommended
that parties getting up a package should appoint a suitable person to see that
it gets into the hands of the Express Company.
All packages should be directed to Major Isaac Brinker,
Post-Quartermaster, Tupelo, and superscribed, "Socks for the Army."
All newspapers in Mississippi and Alabama will please publish this in a
conspicuous part of their journals, and call attention to it otherwise.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The non-commissioned officers and men taken prisoners in Texas nineteen
months ago, have at length been exchanged, and are now at the disposal of the
Government for active service.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
A story is told of a Texas "hardshell" preacher, who had become
mixed up in land speculation, among other of his multifarious employments, and
on entering his pulpit one day, he announced to his congregation, that his text
might be found in St. Paul's Epistle to the Land Commissioners, vara four,
postoak three west. We have not the
words.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
[Communicated.]
Mr. Advertiser: The
condition of the soldiers in our armies calls "trumpet-tongued" upon
the people of the Confederacy for relief, immediate and effectual—all accounts
agree in this, that our troops in Virginia under Gen. Lee, whilst making forced
marches into Maryland, fighting battle after battle, and with a courage
unsurpassed in the annals of history, winning victory upon victory, were without
provisions, were half naked and one-fourth without shoes. . . .
As the Government can do no more, it devolves on the people to put their
shoulders to the wheel and assist to clothe and shoe our armies—and this can
be done most easily, if every man who is now and has been for some time, making
and engaging cloth and shoes for his negroes will contribute one fourth of
each for that purpose. Let each
man give a small portion of what is intended for his negroes and there will be
no more complaint about the naked and shoeless condition of our soldiers.
The condition of our negroes is far better than that of our troops.
They have houses to sleep in, and to shelter them from the rain and the
wind; they have good fires to keep them warm in cold weather.
The poor soldier has none of these but the last, and often not that, for
the rain falls and puts out his fire. He
sleeps many times in the open air on the cold and wet earth, without tent to
protect him, or blanket, even, to wrap around him.
Good help the poor soldier! He
is fighting the battles of his country for liberty, for honor, life, and
everything that is dear to him, and the people, for whom he is yielding up every
comfort, every pleasure and all that make life happy, and for whom he is giving
up his all, and for whom he is pouring out his blood free as water, are
suffering him to do so in rags and with bare feet, without a change to keep the
vermin off. Shame, SHAME,
SHAME.
Planters, do your duty—come to the rescue of your suffering
soldiers—give up a portion of your negro cloth; get your wives to dye it gray;
have it made up, (the women will do it,) and send it to the army.
Give shoes only to your negro men who can do the outdoor work on your
plantations, put your women and girls to spinning and weaving, (being in houses
they will not need shoes); make blankets of your carpets.—Do all this, and
when you lie down at night, you can say you have done your duty.
Lowndes.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Yankee
Vandalism.
A young lady of Winchester, Tenn., writing to a friend upon the visit of
the Yankees to that place, says: "They
have taken every fowl from the place, except one or two old hens, which ran as
if for dear life at the mere sight of blue breeches.
As to the prospect for bacon this winter, it is rather slim, as every hog
has been appropriated, except one so old and lean that feeding it day and night
forever would have no effect, unless the exercise of eating would make it
leaner."—Knoxville Register.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
While the Kentucky Regiment was on its way to Tennessee from Mississippi,
the following note was thrown into the cars they occupied, near West Point,
Georgia:
To the Bravest Soldier on the Train:
Brave soldier, remember while on the battlefield amid the roaring of
cannon, it is then I would have you remember that the prayers of one Alabamian
will be for you; knowing you are far away from your own native land and loved
ones at home. May God bless you and
take care of you, is the prayer of
Louise Mellville,
West Point, Ga."
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
The Raleigh Standard regrets to learn that the people of Norfolk,
who are still devoted to the South, are in a starving condition.
A number of women and children, it is said, have left, and gone as far as
Elizabeth City, in order to obtain bread.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
To Save Pork.—Mr. John H. Traylor gives, through the Columbus Enquirer,
the following recipe for saving pork in an economical manner.
He says several gentlemen have successfully practiced it the past year in
Harris county:
To five gallons of water add seven pounds of salt, one pint of syrup, and
one teaspoonful of pounded saltpetre. After
the pork is cooled in the usual way, pack in barrels and cover with the above
mixture; let it remain four or five weeks, and hang and smoke in the usual
manner.
Thus twenty pounds of salt are made to save one thousand pounds of pork.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
A petition is circulating in Georgia, asking the Governor of that State
to seize the cotton and wool factories and work them for the public benefit, in
order that the soldiers from Georgia may be clothed the ensuing winter.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
The Savannah Republican says that the proprietors of the Pulaski
House of that city have tendered all the carpets in their establishment to the
Committee collecting clothing for the army.
There are 120 rooms in the house and the carpets will furnish 500 good
blankets. This is a splendid donation.
All honor to the generous proprietors.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A meeting was held in Talladega county on Monday last, to provide for
levying a tax to support the families of absent soldiers, at which resolutions
were unanimously adopted instructing their representatives in the Legislature to
vote for a tax sufficient to secure the families of soldiers from the county
against want. A move was also made
to raise a fund to purchase cotton cards for the county, and over $3,000 was
subscribed on the spot.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Physician Curing Diphtheria by the Suction of their Mouths.—It is not
long since that one of the most promising of the younger members of the medical
profession sacrificed his life to the voluntarily contracted contagion of
diphtheria, in an attempt to clear, by the suction of his own lips, the throat
of an infant, dying strangled by the exudations of that fearful disease.
Notwithstanding the proved danger of this expedient, however, it has not
lacked, and will never lack, imitators, for the sole reason that it is the
promptest and often the only means of saving life. The expedient, notwithstanding the operator well knew its
danger, was practiced, and with complete success in rescuing the child, by Dr.
Edmond Bessette, a young Surgeon of Augouleme.
What adds to the satisfaction of the account, the child was not only
saved by his heroism, but Dr. Bessette suffered no ill effects.
This is attributed to his immediately rinsing his mouth and throat with
strong brandy. The case is reported not by the noble young operator himself,
but by his superior in the Augouleme Hospital, Dr. Claude Gigon.—Medical
Magazine.
MONGTOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Tallow
Candles Equal to Star.
Messrs. Editors:--It may be of some interest to your numerous readers to
know that, with not a cent of additional expense, tallow candles can be made
fully equal in point of merit to the common star candle.
To two pounds of tallow add one teacupful of good strong ley, from wood
ashes, and simmer over a slow fire, when a greasy scum will float on top; skim
this off for making soap, (it is very near soap already,) as long as it
continues to rise. Then mould your
candles as usual, making the wicks a little smaller, and you have a pure, hard
tallow candle, worth knowing how to make, and one that burns as long and gives a
light equal to sperm. The chemistry
demonstrates itself. An ounce or
two of beeswax will make the candle some harder, and steeping the wicks in
spirits turpentine will make it burn some brighter.
I write with one before me.—Mobile News.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
The Milledgeville Manufacturing Company have donated the sum of $1,000 to
the Ladies' Relief Society of Baldwin county; also $500 to be distributed among
the needy families in that city; also $300 as a contribution to the Soldiers'
Way Side Home at Augusta, Ga.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
The City Railway Company of Chicago have adopted a plan, under
advisement, whereby crinoline must suffer a partial collapse to pay for luxury
of expansion. The seats will not be partitioned off, but figures upon the
sides of the car will indicate each five cent seat.
Where additional space is occupied additional fare is to be charged.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 7
Selfishness
vs. Patriotism.
The Selma Reporter publishes the following communication from a
woman of Calhoun county. We know
that the State has no truer, and more devoted people than in that county, but
here as well as there and elsewhere, there are those who are deaf to every
consideration but that of money-making. We
hope all such will read this rebuke from a noble soul that truly appreciates the
sufferings of a struggling country, and remember that if they do not heed the
warning they will surely heap up wrath upon the wrath to come:
Oxford, October 13.
Mr. Editor:--The women of the South are called upon to aid in clothing
our suffering soldiers, and we feel assured that every true Southern woman will
lend a helping hand, until our brave soldiers re clothed and relieved from the
sufferings to which they are now subjected.
With ready hearts and willing hands, we will work and do all that lies in
the power of woman to accomplish. There
is no pleasure we will not forego—no sacrifice however great that we will not
make, to alleviate the distress and add to the comfort of the noble defenders of
our liberties and homes. But in
spite of all our efforts and most earnest endeavors, our soldiers cannot be
clothed, while the material is in the hands of those who hold it merely for
speculation. There are persons and
very many, too, who have quantities of wool and woolen cloth, stored away, not a
yard or pound of which they will contribute for the benefit of the soldiers.
Ask these people for assistance towards clothing the men, the very men
who are now keeping the enemy from their threshold, and what is their reply?
"We must provide for home first;" or another will say, "we
have relations in the army to clothe, we can't do anything for strangers."
Thus they turn a deaf ear to all entreaties in behalf of the poor
soldier. Out upon such narrow selfishness. Oh! in the great day of accounts I fear the sentence "I
was naked and ye clothed me not, sick and ye ministered not unto me," will
be read against many of this generation.
There are men in this county, Mr. Editor, who are having wool
manufactured into yarns for their negroes.
Cannot the negroes wear cotton one winter?
Who is more interested in the result o this bloody struggle for
independence than the slaveholder? and
yet how blind some of them seem to the fact.
We are willing, we repeat, to do everything we can in this matter—will
give the last blanket from our beds, knit socks and do anything else that may be
necessary. We give these facts for what they are worth.
Alabama.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 3, c. 6
Notice.—By the kindness of Hon. David Campbell, Judge of Probate, I am
allowed a few bushels of salt which I will distribute free of cost, in small
quantities to indigent soldiers' families in precincts 4 and 5, which comprise
the city of Montgomery, and in precinct 7, lying contiguous thereto.
Persons applying must bring a bag, or vessel of some kind to contain the
salt. As many may not see this notice, the Aldermen of the several
Wards, or other intelligent persons will be kind enough to extend the
information.
Application may be made to-day, and on every day, from 10 to 11 o'clock
in the morning, and from 3 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, during this week, at
my office over Jennings' Drug Store.
Samuel E. Norton,
Chairman S. F. C.
MONGTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
"Toes Towards the Rebels."—The Washington Sanitary Committee
have lately received several pairs of socks, from an old lady, bearing the
following inscription:
"These socks were spun and knit by Mrs. Zebuah Clapp, 96 years old,
whose hands in youth were engaged in moulding bullets in the Revolutionary War.
Keep the toes of these socks towards the Rebels.
Charlestown, N.Y."
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
The editor of the Cleveland (Tenn.) Banner, who is a good deal of
a wag, by the way, has been presented by a friend with a piece of pork, with
which he has lubricated his incisors and molars.
He thus pleasantly acknowledges the swine:
Our friend, M. G. Sprinkle, has placed us under renewed obligations to
him, for the present of a nice piece of pork.
We have been eating blue beef until our machinery made as much noise as a
road wagon that had not smelt tar for a month.
A good bait of that pork has knocked the squeaks out of us, and
accelerated our locomotion almost to the speed of a railroad engine.
We are now as pert and supple of feet as a young maiden of sixteen, who
is hurting to marry. We think that
by an economical appropriation of that piece of pork, we can keep ourselves
sufficiently greased to "be in good running order," until we can get
our Coon dog, when blue beef—particularly the neck part of it—can go to old
Nick, for aught we care. Friend
Sprinkle will please accept our thanks for his timely present.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
One of the Tennessee bridge burners, who recently escaped from Atlanta,
Georgia, was captured near Decatur by a lady, a Mrs. Nancy Vaughn.
When the squad sent out for him found him he had already been arrested,
and Mrs. Vaughn was standing guard over him with a double barreled gun.
There was no other person about the house save herself.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 29, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
The Hon. J. L. M. Curry, has given the Judge of Probate of Talladega
county, one thousand bushels of corn for distribution to the indigent families
of Alabama soldiers.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 29, 1862, p. 3, c. 4
Correspondence.
Near Robinson Springs, Autauga, Ala.
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Oct. 20, 1862.
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Judge B. Bibb—Sir:--I hope you will excuse me for the privilege I
assume in addressing you. I feel
assured of your generous deeds towards the needy, and particularly to our needy
soldiers. I have some articles
that I wish sent to the soldiers, (somewhere) and since reading the last week's
Advertiser, I believe I prefer them sent to Winchester, Va., and I do not want
to put off sending till a club is made up in my neighborhood, as
"procrastination is the thief of time," so I send them to you, with
the hope that you will forward them at once.
I wish I had something of more value to bestow, but I have no means of
making cloth, so I hope such as I send, will be of service to some poor
soldier. I will send a package to the post office, directed to
yourself, containing one woolen comfort and one bed quilt.
The quilt is sent by my daughter (Sallie J. Horne) who made and partly
quilted it when she was ten years old. I
have no wool to knit socks, but we intend to have some heavy cotton socks ready
in a short time. Please let me know
by letter or through the weekly Advertiser, whether you received the package or
not. My address is Wetumpka.
Yours most respectfully,
Jane E. Robinson.
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Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 22.
Mrs. Jane E. Robinson—Madam:--Your letter of 20th has been
received, along with the bundle containing woolen comfort and quilt. I willingly become the agent for a proper disposal of your
gift, and beg to thank and commend you, Madam, and your estimable daughter, for
your christian efforts in the holy duty of alleviating the sufferings of our
soldiery. The Ladies' Aid
Association of this city are now preparing supplies to be sent to the relief of
the suffering at Winchester, and your contributions shall accompany them at an
early day.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient serv't,
B. S. Bibb.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 29, 1862, p. 4, c. 1
Salting
Beef or Pork by Injecting Brine Into the Arteries.
This is the cheapest and most expeditious way to salt meat even in times
of plenty. Considering our emergencies the scientific ought to be
experimenting. In 1½ minutes after
the hog is dead, can have him salted throughout with one quart of salt.
It will be plenty salt for table use but not for bacon.
Who will discover some way to make water hold more salt in solution, or
some additional curing condiment, to make out the deficiency, so that meat will
need no more salting after the one simple injection?
J. H. C.
[Columbus Sun.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The Commissioners Court of Clarke county have levied a tax of one hundred
per centum, for the support of the indigent families in the county.
The good example should be followed.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The Augusta Constitutionalist of the 24th inst., says,
that at a sale of factory goods on the day previous, the prices obtained were 20
cents per yard lower than the former highest prices, and 15 cents per yard lower
than the prices last week.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
The Little Rock True Democrat says a lady living near Ozark, Ark.,
with an axe, a saw, a chisel, and an auger, made herself a loom out of oak
rails, upon which she now weaves eight yards of cotton cloth per day.
The cloth is made for army purposes.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Destitution
in our Army.
When the history of the present war for independence is written the world
will have an opportunity of learning what Southern men have been content to dare
and suffer in defense of their country and their homes.
The record will show that thousands and tens of thousands of the true
hearted sons of the South, reared in the lap of luxury, and unaccustomed to
privations, have left their pleasant homes, commended their wives and children
to the care of their neighbors, and entered the army, sternly resolved never to
yield the field until the end for which they struggled was obtained. They have given evidence of a self-sacrificing devotion never
surpassed, in cheerfully submitting to all the toils, privations and sufferings
of the campaigns through which they have passed. They have endured hunger and cold, disease and danger; have
marched over hard and flinty roads barefooted; at night they have lain down to
sleep upon the wet earth, half naked, and with no blankets or tents to protect
them. The present condition of
thousands of these gallant soldiers has been most truthfully described by the
army correspondent of the Savannah Republican. In a recent letter he says:
["]I dare not tell the people all I know of the condition of the
best and bravest army that ever trod the earth.
If they knew how many men in this army are without shirts—how many wear
pants that do not cover their nakedness—and how many stand guard to-night upon
bruised and bleeding feet—men, too, have been accustomed to every comfort,
that a reasonable mind can desire—if they did not rise with indignation
against those whose neglect has reduced the army to this deplorable condition,
they would at least see that their most urgent and sacred duty is to come to its
instant relief.["]
Is not this picture harrowing enough to appeal to the heart of every man
and woman in the South, and induce all who have any interest in the Southern
cause, to do what they can to relieve the sufferings of their brethren in the
field? Much of their suffering from
want of clothing is no doubt due to the neglect of the Government, but in this
matter recrimination is useless; the only thing that can be done is to set to
work, and endeavor to atone for the remissness of the Government.
The recollection of the suffering of the little band of patriots under
Washington at Valley Forge, has ever been kept fresh in the minds of the people
of this country, but unless a united effort is made throughout the South for the
relief of our uncomplaining soldiery, the sufferings which they will be
compelled to undergo this winter will equal, if they do not exceed those of
their ancestors in the first war for independence.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Indigent
Families of Soldiers.
The measure introduced in the Legislature a day or two since to raise a
fund for the relief of indigent families of soldiers, immediately, by pledging
the credit of the State for that purpose, seems well calculated to meet the
present emergency. Many families
are now suffering, and if they are compelled to wait until a tax for their
benefit can be levied they will be likely to suffer far more.
If the Legislature will adopt the measure proposed, or one similar to it,
instant relief can be afforded, and the minds of our soldiers be set at rest in
regard to the condition of their families during the winter. The amount appropriated can be added to the State tax, and
collected whenever deemed necessary. We
are glad to see an earnest disposition on the part of the members to do
everything needful for the comfort of the indigent families in the State.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
E. Steadman, Agent of the Gwinnett (Ga.) Manufacturing Company, publishes
the following patriotic card in the Atlanta Intelligencer:
To Manufacturers.—Some time since, we had a meeting to advance the
prices of fabrics. Now the time has
arrived when it is equally important to hold another meeting to put prices down. The families of our brother soldiers require that we should
do our duty to them. A plan can be
adopted by which the consumers can have the goods at factory prices.
And unless we wish to continue the suffering of our women and children,
we should take prompt action. We
can keep the goods from falling into the hands of speculators. I,
therefore, propose a convention of representatives from all the cotton
manufactories of Georgia, to assemble in the city of Atlanta, on Monday, 17th
of November next, to take this matter into consideration.
E. Steadman,
Agent Gwinnett Manufacturing Company.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
Central Salt Works, Clarke Co. Ala.,
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Oct. 24th, 1862.
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James W. Graham, Esq., Probate Judge of Lowndes County—Dear
Sir:--By instructions from the Lowndesboro' Salt Company of which I am the
Agent, (and also a member,) I have had shipped from our works in Clarke county,
to be landed at Newport and delivered at such places in our county as you may
order, 50 (fifty) sacks of salt to be distributed by you in your official
capacity, to the poor and needy families of our county, that are unable to
procure salt at its present prices. Desiring
that you will, though, in all cases give the preference in distributing it to
the families of soldiers of our county who are now or have been in service, and
need it. You will please inform me
at Lowndesboro' at your earliest convenience, such point as you may wish the
salt delivered at.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient serv't,
James D. McCall.
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Hayneville, Oct. 27th, 1862.
James D. McCall, Esq.—Dear Sir:
I have this day received your letter of the 24th inst.,
informing me that by instructions from the Lowndesboro' Salt Company, of which
you are the agent, and also a member, you have shipped fifty sacks of salt to be
distributed by me in my official capacity, among the needy families of the
soldiers of our county.
Permit me, my dear sir, to say to you, and through you to the
Lowndesboro' Salt Company, that you could have given nothing which would be more
gratefully received or more highly appreciated than fifty sacks of salt at this
particular time.
If the other Salt Companies of our county will follow your patriotic
example, and contribute as you have done, none of the brave soldiers of Lowndes
who are now fighting the battles of their country, will have any cause of
anxiety, in regard to a full supply of provisions being furnished their families
for twelve months to come.
In the name of the families for whom it is intended, I thank you for this
token of your liberality. Please
deliver the salt at Hayneville. Very
respectfully,
James W. Graham,
Judge of Probate.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
Mechanics.—It used to be said that we had no mechanics in this country;
but it can't be so said now. The
conscript is working wonders in that respect; and shoemakers, tanners,
foundry-men, coopers, blacksmiths, wagon-makers, millwrights, iron-makers, etc.,
are multiplying rapidly. And not
less remarkable is the fact that mechanical occupations covered by the Exemption
Act have suddenly attained a degree of respectability they never possessed
before in the estimation of some very clever people.
Bully for the conscript! We
shall soon be a community of artisans. Counter
jumpers and lawyers ain't nowhere. Leather
aprons and clouted shoes are all the go now.—Athens, Tenn. Post.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
A sugar refining firm in Philadelphia have manufactured a pyramid of fine
loaf sugar a foot and a half through at the base, four feet three inches in
height, and weighing nearly two hundred pounds, which is to be presented to Mrs.
George B. McClellan.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
As our army was retreating toward Cumberland Gap, a soldier called out to
Gen. Hardee, "General, I know how to form double column at half distance,
but your tactics don't mention double distance on half rations."
"That's true, my friend," said the General, smiling, "but
hereafter history will mention the noble manner in which you have performed
it."
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
A
Prayer for our Armies, by Bishop Green, of Mississippi.
Almighty God, Whose Providence watcheth over all things, and in Whose
hands is the disposal of all events, we look up to Thee for Thy protection and
blessing amidst the apparent and great dangers with which we are encompassed.
Thou hast, in Thy wisdom, permitted many evils of an unnatural and
destructive war to come upon us. Save
us, we beseech Thee, from the hands of our enemies. Watch over our fathers, and husbands, and brothers, and sons,
who, trusting in Thy defense and in the righteousness of our cause, have gone
forth to the service of their country. May
their lives be precious in Thy sight. Preserve them from all the dangers to which they may be
exposed. Enable them successfully
to perform their duty to Thee and to their country, and do Thou, in Thine
infinite wisdom and power, so overrule events and so dispose the hearts of all
engaged in this painful struggle, that it may soon end in peace and brotherly
love, and lead not only to the safety, honor and welfare of our Confederate
States, but to the good of Thy people and the glory of Thy great name, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
The Women! Their Unbounded
Patriotism!—The Chattanooga Rebel of the 30th says:
We are authorized to state that the ladies of Chattanooga will use their
surplus dresses in making comforts for the soldiers, if they can get cotton.
They are willing to pay for it if any person will furnish them what they
want for this purpose. Will not the
men furnish the cotton without requiring the ladies to pay for it?
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
In Lawrence county, Ala., the Probate Judge states that there are 300
families of soldiers needing assistance, and that $22,000 is needed for that
purpose. A County Convention,
addressed by Messrs. F. W. Sykes, O. H. Bynum, J. C. Baker, Edgar M. Swoope, and
Richard Jones, voted in favor of an advalorem tax of $25,000 for the purpose of
aiding the families. This is the
right course. We hope to see it
followed all over the State. How
many necessitous soldiers' families have we in Madison?
How much is needed for their relief?
Let the Commissioners ascertain, and then act.—Huntsville Advocate.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
Substitute
for Salt.
A writer in the Columbia Guardian proposes a substitute for salt
for preserving meat. It is, he says, Pyroligenous Acid, which is made from any
kind of hard wood, and the quantity of acid obtained is nearly one-half the
weight of wood used. The writer
remarks:
This acid has been manufactured in the neighborhood of the writer on a
small scale, and a few families have used it during the Summer and Fall for
curing meat, and it is a perfect success. It
does not answer the purpose of seasoning, but a small quantity of Salt does for
that purpose. The only objection to
it, if it may be called one, is, that it imparts a smoky flavor to the meat.
It should be condensed in a copper tube or pipe, as iron turns it black.
I desire to do no more than call attention to the subject, hoping that we
may soon see several distilleries in operation, turning out at least fifteen
hundred gallons per day. Twelve or
fifteen gallons will cure one thousand pounds of meat.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
A Knoxville correspondent of the Columbus Enquirer, speaking of
the condition of the men belonging to the army just from Kentucky says:
Thousands of these heroic spirits are in rags, without a blanket, and
numbers of them without a cent. I
saw one regiment to-day of 450 men, and only 220 of them had shoes—the
remainder had not a shoe or covering to their feet.
This regiment is not an isolated case—nearly every regiment o Bragg's
army is destitute of clothing and shoes in the same ratio.
Yet these men, barefooted as they were, have marched from Kentucky over a
road that for rocks has not its equal on the continent, with scarcely a murmur.
Why shoes were not put upon their feet, and clothes upon their backs,
while in Kentucky, I cannot say. An
intelligent officer tells me, however, that there were shoes and clothing enough
burnt up by order of the General commanding to have supplied our whole army.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 5, 1862, p. 3, c. 6
To
Cotton and Woolen Spinners.
The Manufacturing and Free Trade Association of the Confederate States
will assemble at Augusta, Georgia, on
Wednesday,
November 19th,
At
11 o'clock, A.M.
All
Cotton and Woolen Manufacturers, as well as those who are engaged in the
manufacture of factory materials and findings are particularly invited to
attend, and, if not so already, to become members of the Association.
The subject of placing our Goods in the hands of consumers at reduced
rates, the best mode of procuring supplies to keep us in full operation;
together with many other matters of serious moment, will be subjects of
consideration for the Convention, and it is hoped that every establishment in
the Confederacy will be represented.
Manufacturers will be expected to bring with them samples and statistics
of cost of production, based on balance sheets of the past twelve months, of the
past six months, and of the past 90 days, for such statements are the only means
by which the real cost of production can be arrived at.
They will also be expected to bring statements of the quantity and kinds
of goods which they have furnished the Government since the war commenced; also,
the quantity of the various kinds of goods manufactured by them; also, a
statement of the number of Spindles and Looms in operation, with the length of
time that said machinery has been running.
[Signed]
Wm. Gregg, President,
M. and F. T. Association.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Slaveholders
and Non-Slaveholders.
We regret to discover a disposition to foster and strengthen a feeling of
prejudice on the part of the non-slaveholding portion of the community towards
those whom fortune or their own exertions have more highly favored, by making
them the owners of slave property. An
insidious effort is being made to impress upon the minds of the poorer classes
the conviction that it is the intention of the government of this country to
promote the slave interest to the injury of those who are dependent on their own
labor for support. Advantage is
taken of a provision in the law recently passed by Congress in reference to
exemptions from military service, to increase this feeling by striving to make
it appear that the law unjustly discriminates against the non-slaveholder, and
in favor of the man who owns a certain number of negroes.
The equity of the law which exempts a white man on a plantation where
negroes are employed, while the same favor is not extended to the man who may
have a wife and several children dependent upon him for subsistence, is strongly
denied, and upon this is founded the charge that the government desires to
benefit slaveholders at the expense of those who own no slaves.
A little reflection ought, however, to convince any one that such a
charge is without foundation, and that the law when rightly executed, works
equal advantage to all classes. It
will be readily admitted that the safety of the State demands the presence of a
sufficient number of white men to keep the slaves in subjection, and we know of
no one more deeply interested in securing subordination among the slaves than
the man who, though he may own no slave property, has a wife and a number of
children, living in a slaveholding community.—It is useless to say that the
families of the whites would be as safe from robbery, and perhaps outrage,
without such police supervision as they would with it, as every one at all
acquainted with the negro character knows that the slaves must be subjected to
wholesome control.
Again it is absolutely essential to the existence of our armies and the
people of the country that provisions in large quantities should be raised, and
there is no other way of securing a supply except by a careful direction of the
negro labor of the country. This
cannot be done unless white men enough to serve as overseers are exempted from
military service. It is therefore
fully as much the interest of the men who won no slaves to have a wise direction
given to the labor of the country, as it is to the slave owners themselves. Without it, the army and the people cannot be fed, and the
cause of independence must fail in consequence of the starvation of its
upholders. Without it, the families
of the poor men in whose behalf complaint is made would find it extremely
difficult to subsist, even though the head of the family should be allowed to
return from the army.
But it is not true that the legislation of the country is intended to
benefit the rich and not the poor. The
Legislature of this State has passed a bill which appropriates two millions of
dollars to provide for the indigent families of soldiers.
This money must eventually be returned to the Treasury from taxes to be
levied upon the property holders in the State.
The men of property, the owners of slaves, are called upon to lend their
aid in supporting the families of those who have gone to the war.
The man who remains at home to assume the direction of a gang of slaves,
is compelled to divert, it may be the whole of the profits arising from their
labor, to the support of those who have left their families unable to maintain
themselves during their absence. There
is, therefore, no antagonism between the slave holders and non-slaveholders, and
there is nothing in the legislation of the country thus far which points in the
direction of favoritism towards any class in society.
The law in regard to exemptions may indeed appear to operate unequally in
some instances, but such cases are in the nature of things unavoidable, and do
not indicate that there is anything radically wrong in the system.
The attempt to excite a feeling of enmity towards the slaveholders, on
the part of those who are not, is due to a spirit of agrarianism, which has
found its way to the South from the hotbeds of French and Yankee fanaticism.
It has its foundation in the belief that there is an irrepressible
conflict between labor and capital, which must go on until all men occupy an
equal footing in the world. It is
the plea by which demagogues have ever sought to obtain control of the minds of
the ignorant masses, and mould them to their wills.
To give countenance to it at the South is to encourage the worst species
of anti-slaveryism, as it places the institution of slavery on such a basis,
that it is apparently the duty of every man, not owning slaves, to do every
thing in his power to remove that which is antagonising with the white labor of
the country.
Those who would place slavery upon a basis different from the occupied by
other property, may not be aware that they are thus creating an instrument for
its overthrow in our midst. They
may not be aware that all propositions for unfriendly legislation against slave
property, by imposing onerous taxes upon it, as though it was an evil which
needed to be curbed and restrained by positive law, have a tendency to weaken
the institution and place it in a false light before the world, but such must
inevitably be the result. The only
true grounds on which the institution can ever rest securely are those that
morally, socially and politically, it is in accordance with the eternal
principles of right and justice; and that in its growth and development, each
and every man in the community where it exists is deeply interested, the rich
not more than the poor; that in fact it is so closely intertwined with the
framework of society, that no blow can be leveled against it which will not be
felt by the humblest member. Until
the pernicious ideas we have alluded to, are abandoned, and correct views are
entertained on the subject, we can never be certain that we have escaped the
danger of revolutions in the future.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 12, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Clothing
for the Soldiers.
Much misapprehension exists throughout the country in regard to the
condition of the army under Gen. Bragg, which has recently returned to
Tennessee, from Kentucky. It has
been given out by those who are desirous of making it appear that the campaign
into Kentucky was a success, that the army, unable to hold the State, had not
returned until an immense amount of clothing, shoes and provisions had been
gathered up, sufficient, according to some estimates, to provide for the forces
in Virginia, as well as the army of the West.
In this view of the case the people were called upon to abstain from
censuring Gen. Bragg in consequence of his precipitate retreat.
The truth of the matter is, however, gradually reaching the public, and
it now begins to be generally understood that the army has returned to Tennessee
in a miserable condition so far as regards clothing.
Officers have been detached and sent to all portions of the country, to
urge upon the people the importance of making strenuous exertions to provide for
the wants of the suffering soldiers. They
state that the soldiers are without shoes, without clothes, without blankets,
and without tents. Their statements
are corroborated by letter writers from the army, and there can be no doubt that
thousands of our soldiers are today shivering among the mountains of Tennessee
without the necessary covering to protect them from the snow and sleet. It is very probable that Gen. Bragg has succeeded in securing
a considerable amount of cloth out of which to make clothing for the soldiers,
and no time should be lost in getting it manufactured, but when this is
accomplished, there will still remain thousands in a destitute condition.
It is well to hold those who are responsible for the failure of this
campaign into Kentucky to a strict accountability, but while bestowing censure
where it is deserved, it should not be forgotten that the soldiers who are
suffering are not blamable for the situation in which they find themselves.
They have done the best they could, and justice to them, as well as a due
regard for the cause in which we are all engaged should induce every man and
woman in the Confederacy to lend a helping hand.
The soldiers need blankets, and while we are aware that the people of
this country contributed liberally last winter of their stock, we know that
there are still many thousands of pairs which can and will be dispensed with
when their owners are satisfied how greatly they are desired by the soldiers.
A lady correspondent suggests that the blankets be given and their places
supplied with comforts. She appears
to think, and we agree with her, that these articles, which can be manufactured
in almost every family, will be much more comfortable than the blankets,
if the owners have the satisfaction of knowing that the latter are being used by
the soldiers to protect them from the rude blasts of winter.
The same correspondent suggests that the blankets now used in the
hospitals can be taken and their places advantageously supplied with comforts.
The suggestion is worthy of consideration, and we commend it to those who
have charge of such matters.
In regard to shoes, we have strong hopes that the Government of this
State, as well as that of other States, will adopt measures to procure at once,
all the leather possible, and have it made up for the use of this army.
In no other way can we obtain a supply.
For other articles needed by the soldiers, such as jackets, pantaloons,
shirts, undershirts, drawers, and socks, we must in a great measure depend upon
the individual efforts of those who are out of the army.
To the noble, true hearted women of the country the soldier's appeal for
help, and we know they will not appeal in vain.
To the extent of their ability they may be depended upon to aid in
clothing our naked soldiery. The men who remain at home have a duty to perform, and we
trust they will not be at all backward. There
are thousands of soldiers far away from their own States who will be compelled
to depend upon the people of other States for supplies.
they are entitled to aid should receive as much assistance as those who
are more favorably circumstanced.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 12, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Governor's
Message.
Executive Department,
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Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 10th, 1862
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Clothing
Bureau.
Reports from the Quartermaster Department show the aid given by the State
for the supply of clothing to Alabama soldiers in the Confederate service.
From these it appears that the State has issued 6,102 overcoats, 16,024
jackets, 17,337 pants, 19,230 shirts, 16,535 drawers, 7,002 hats, 6,257
blankets, 11,979 pair socks, 10,798 pair shoes, besides many other articles.
The socks were donated by the patriotic women of Alabama, and have been
distributed free of charge. A large
portion of the clothing has been manufactured by the Ladies Aid Societies, and
the prices at which it has been furnished were reduced in proportion to the cost
of manufacture thus saved. Besides
these contributions, the women of Alabama have made up and distributed many
thousand suits to companies and individuals in the service.
The invaluable aid which they have thus rendered to our armies in the
field, will be recorded in history as enduring evidence of their love of
country, and will be held in admiration and grateful remembrance to the latest
posterity.
The State has made its purchases of cloth directly from the factories,
and at wholesale prices, and in all instances the Quartermaster Department has
averaged the prices at which the clothing has been sold, so that the soldiers
might obtain it at cost and charges to the State at the point where it was
furnished to them. And these prices
have been uniformly less than any others at which they have been able to
purchase clothing of like kind and description.
Any misapprehension which may have arisen upon this subject should be
removed by the assurance that the State has never had any agents to sell or
dispose of clothing, except the bonded officers in the Quartermaster Department,
who receive stated salaries for their services, and whose accounts disclose with
accuracy all the transactions in their respective offices.
Their accounts and vouchers are under the control of the General
Assembly, and it is believed that upon examination, it will be found that the
same have been faithfully and correctly kept.
I recommend additional appropriations to the Quartermaster Department,
enable it to continue, and to extend, if possible, its accommodations to our
troops. . . .
Hospitals
.
. . Woman, true to her sympathetic nature, has hallowed these establishments by
her presence, a ministering angel to the suffering, dying warrior.
The tender care, the laborious zeal, and the unreserved consecration with
which Mrs. A. F. Hopkins, of Alabama, has devoted her time and energies to
promote the comfort of our sick and wounded soldiers in Virginia, have excited
the deepest gratitude in the hearts of our people.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 12, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
Honored Flags in Federal Hands.—A correspondent of the Northern
journals, who paid a visit to McClellan, was shown the Confederate flags
captured in Maryland. We copy the following from the review which he gives of the
most interesting of the collection:
"We are first shown the battle flag of the rebels, which General
McClellan informed us had been generally adopted by them, in lieu of the regular
Confederate or national rebel flag, which was the only one carried in the
earlier period of the war.—It was about four feet square, red ground with blue
stripes about four inches wide, running diagonally across, or from corner to
corner. On these stripes are twelve white stars, representing the
twelve States claimed by the rebels as belonging to their Confederacy.
It was very badly torn and blood-stained.
From a written paper sewed on it, I learned that it had been the
battleflag of the 11th Alabama regiment, captured by the 57th
New York Volunteers, Richardson's division, Sumner's corps, at the battle of
Antietam, September 17th, 1862.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
A friend informs the Little Rock True Democrat that white oak mast
is the best substitute for coffee yet found.
The acorns should be hulled, cut into the size of grains of coffee and
then parched.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The Clayton Banner says Mr. Daniel McKenzie, of Louisville,
Barbour county, is making soldiers' water proof boots at ten dollars per pair,
while he could realize for them, according to the price they bring elsewhere,
thirty or forty dollars. His
charges for shoes are said to be correspondingly small.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Copperas in North Carolina is made in Cleveland and Johnson counties, and
alum is found in McDowell county and elsewhere.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
The ladies of the Methodist Church in Chattanooga, have taken the carpet
from their church and given it to the soldiers for blankets.
The Rebel asks, can a people be conquered when the ladies are so
patriotic.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 19, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
To
the Women of the South.
The following communication comes to us from Chapel Hill, N. C., and we
cheerfully comply with the pious and patriotic wishes of the lady who sends it
to us. This appeal to the women of the South comes evidently from a
warm heart, and the touching and eloquent language in which it is expressed,
indicates cultivation and polished strength in the mind from which it emanated.
We heartily endorse the proposition of the fair writer:
To the Editor of the Advertiser—Sir:
I wish to make public through your columns and those of various other
influential journals, a suggestion to the women of the South.
It is, that a day be appointed, on which, at a certain hour, they, with
one consent, shall unitedly beg for Peace from Him in whose hands are the hearts
of men and the destinies of nations. Prayer
is being made continually for the success of our arms in battle, and those
prayers have been answered—in many instances beyond our hopes.
Every prayer doubtless breathes an earnest petition for Peace, but it is
suggested now that our faithful women shall unite to pray in an especial manner
for it. That God would forgive our
enemies and turn their hearts, and that He would forgive us our debts, and would
deliver us from the evil hands of bloody men.
Let Monday, the first day of December be appointed, and on that day, at
12 M., let the heart of every wife, mother, sister and daughter in every State
of our Confederacy, go out in solemn, fervent prayer to God for Peace.
In places and churches where female prayer-meetings are usual, let the
women themselves order the matter. Where
such meetings are not practicable, let every woman in her own house stop all
work at the hour named—suspend the carding, and spinning, and knitting, and
weaving, and sewing, and teaching—if for only one half hour—and let every
woman's heart be lifted then in prayer for her country.
Let the sick woman on her bed remember the day and hour—let the busy
forego her business—and, I was going to say, let the gay suspend her
gaiety—but I trust there are not many gay women in the South now.
But let the young and beautiful, and hopeful, equally with those who can
lay no claim to such titles, think of the dead, and the dying, and the
mangled—think of the broken-hearted, the homeless and the destitute—think of
the widows and fatherless, and childless, of this awful war—and let every
woman's heart be stirred to pray as with one voice on that day to God for help
and for Peace—an honorable Peace.
Chapel Hill, N. C., November 1862.
All papers friendly to this suggestion are requested to copy, that it may
be as widely diffused as possible by the day above named.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 19, 1862, p. 4, c. 5
Substitute for Blankets.—We have been shown a substitute for soldier's
blankets, manufactured under the direction of Mrs. Wiley E. Jones, of this
vicinity. It is made after the style of rag carpets of a new material,
and colored with barks so as to make it the "loyal nut brown hue," so
well adapted to camp life. The
sample we have seen is a good substitute, and can be manufactured at a cost not
exceeding $4.50 or $5.
Let others of our female friends follow the patriotic example of Mrs.
Jones. Blankets can't be had—they
are not in the country, and money won't buy them.
Our soldiers must have something to shield them from the frosts
and snow of the coming winter, and rag carpet blankets will do when nothing
better can be hand.—Columbus Sun.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
A clergyman has administered the following warning to crinoline wearers:
"Let women beware while putting on their profuse and expensive
attire, how narrow are the gates of paradise."
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
The following is recommended as an effectual remedy for diphtheria:
After bathing the feet, wrap up warm in bed, take a teaspoonful of the
tincture of lobelia, and apply a tar poultice to the throat as warm as it can be
borne.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
The Rock Fish Cotton Manufacturing Company, at Raleigh, N. C., have
agreed to furnish the State with cloth at 25 cents per yard, instead of 50
cents, as other factories are asking.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
The Milledgeville, (Ga.) Federal Union, of Nov. 15th,
states that Dr. P. R. Clements, of Eufaula, Alabama, is exhibiting in that city
a loom of his invention, which with one ordinary hand, can weave about 40 yards
of homespun per day. It is worked
by a small balance wheel and crank, and is sold for $75.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
From
Texas.
The Houston News of the 7th inst. gives some
interesting items of Texas news. We learn from it that Gen. Sam Houston passed through Benham
[Brenham] recently with his family on his way to Independence.
The people at B. were holding a public meeting at the time and invited
the General to address it. The
following is reported of his speech:
He wound up by saying that this was probably the last occasion on which
he would ever address a public assembly—one foot on the brink and another in
the grave. He exhorted to
temperance and moderation, and to use all their efforts to repel the invidious
foe that was stealthily marching to rob, plunder, and destroy their homes, their
property &c., and concluded by a beautiful peroration in his own case; a
septuagenarian driven from his house and home without cause or reason, and
coming back to Washington county, the cradle where the liberty of Texas was
rocked, and where he now expected to lay his bones.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
The Columbia South Carolinian is informed that many of the women
of Charleston positively refuse to leave the city under any circumstances,
declaring that they can carry powder, water, &c., to the troops, and are
determined to remain during a bombardment.
One venerable lady of 60 said she would prefer that Gen. Beauregard
should send her a musket instead of an order to leave, as she could use it, and
would then not be a non-combatant.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
[Communicated.]
Tallassee, Ala., Nov. 20, 1862.
Editors Advertiser: Having
received a letter a few days since from Capt. J. W. Ashurst, 13th
Ala. Regiment, appealing to the liberality of the citizens of Tallassee in
behalf of the company now in Northwestern Virginia, who are greatly in need of
clothing, the facts were made known to the ladies engaged in the Factory at this
place, who immediately appointed a committee, consisting of the Misses Simmons,
Morgan, Scroggins, Worden, McMillan, and A. McLemore, to raise by subscription a
fund to purchase the necessary clothing for the company.
They nobly responded to this self-imposed duty and paid over to your
correspondent the sum of five hundred dollars in the short space of two days.
The fact that these girls all support themselves by the labor of their
own fair hands should be a lasting reproof to the speculator and extortioner who
are using every means to impoverish our people and cripple the Government for
which our gallant soldiers are making so many sacrifices.
Please publish this that the soldier may know who are his true friends.
Tallassee.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
The Charleston Courier says it is reported that in a place not two
hundred miles from Savannah, a lot of 1,000 pairs of shoes was offered to a
Government agent, but rejected because they were one-half inch lower than the
red tape regulations. Of course our
soldiers will prefer going without shoes to wearing any but the regulation
styles.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
A
Worthy Example.
We learn that the members of St. Paul's Church, in this city, have
determined to take up the carpet on the floor of that sanctuary and convert it
into blankets for our soldiers. We
heartily commend their action to other churches in this city and throughout the
Confederacy. Surely we can afford to kneel or stand upon bare floors to
shelter from the cold the bodies of the brave men who are fighting to secure our
rights of conscience no less than our political liberties.—Columbus Times.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Good Haul.—Major Yandell Patton, of the Quartermaster's Department, C.
S. A., recently brought to this place, from Huntsville, fifty thousand yards of
heavy osnaburgs, being a part of the stores captured from the enemy at
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. So
valuable an article at this time will be most acceptable.—Chattanooga Rebel.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
The Fayetteville Observer says:
"We have seen several pairs of socks made by Mrs. John A. Williams,
of this county, from cotton and cow-hair. They
are soft and durable, are said to be warm and to possess the advantage of not
wetting easily.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The
Shoe Question.
Apprehending that the statement made by the Enquirer a few days
ago, that all requisitions upon the Quartermaster's Department for shoes have
been filled, may have the effect of causing the efforts of individuals and the
sympathies of the public to abate, we feel it our duty to furnish a few facts
bearing on the subject:
A Staff officer, now in this city, has within a week past, received a
letter from his Major General, instructing him to notify the Government that one
third of the men of his Division are without shoes.
A Quartermaster, also now in the city, has received a similar letter from
his Major General, which states that sixteen hundred men of his Division are
barefoot.
The following appeared in the Enquirer yesterday morning:
To
the Editors of the Enquirer:
Brigade Headquarters
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Chaffin's Farm, Nov. 15, 1862.
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Gentlemen:--Your number of yesterday heads an editorial:
"The Shoe Question." You
complain of the complaints of the Whig.
It had not inquired about the facts.
You had. And you say:
"In answer to our inquiries we were assured, and so stated
publicly, that the requisitions upon the Quartermaster for shoes had ALL been
honored." Do you mean upon
the Quartermaster General? If not, of whom did you inquire?
I affirm that the assurance given to you was incorrect.
My men are suffering for shoes—requisitions were made, the reply of the
Quartermaster General, Col. Myers, was, "Let them suffer."
Your obedient servant,
Henry A. Wise,
Brig. General.
[It is proper to explain that the statement of the Quartermaster General,
that the requisitions for shoes had all been honored, was made in reference to
the army of Northern Virginia with Gen. Lee, concerning which the complaints of
destitution had been made and to whose case the inquiry was
confined.]—Enquirer.
The Charleston papers publish the following dispatch from the Rev. R. W.
Barnwell, Jr."
Richmond, November 11. I am
just from the army, where I distributed supplies.—There is great want of
everything, and especially of shoes and blankets.
Send on immediately.
A correspondent of the Rockingham Register writes:
Yesterday morning the snow commenced falling, and continued during the
day and night. Winter has commenced
in earnest and it is a heart-rending sight to witness our scantily clothed and
bare footed boys trying to shield themselves from the wintry blasts.
I noticed yesterday many of the 10th regiment wading through
the snow without the sign of a shoe upon their feet. Others, with their blankets wrapped around them, sat by the
comfortless camp fires trying to shield their feet and shivering bodies from the
cold snow and piercing wind.—In the name of justice and humanity, can't
something be done for these suffering soldiers?
The Petersburg Express says:
We have seen a letter written by Mr. N. C. Harrison, dated, "In
Camp, near Culpepper C. H., November 10th," in which he says:
"I do assure you that many of our boys are suffering very much for
the want of shoes and other articles of clothing.—Many of them are entirely
barefooted and nearly naked. If it
be possible, get some of our good friends to send some shoes, in addition to
those you have."
We could multiply the testimony on this subject almost indefinitely, but
this is enough for the present. If
the Enquirer and Colonel Myers still doubt, we recommend to them a trip
to the army. We rejoice to know that the efforts of those who think
differently have been attended with large results, and that from six to eight
thousand pairs of shoes have been procured by the contributions of this city.
But these don't begin to be enough.
There are still great destitution and suffering, and the winter is yet
before us. Why should not other cities, aye, every city, town and county
in the Confederacy, follow the example of Richmond!—There is no danger that
too much will be done.—Richmond Whig.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
It was rumored recently that a gentleman of secession proclivities in
Troy, N. Y., had raised the Confederate flag.
An excited party started for the premises.
The flag was found hanging from a back window, but it was a lady's
balmoral that had been washed and hung out to dry!
The husband resolved to stand by that flag, and the crowd gave three
cheers for the bunting and departed.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 6-7
Appeal
to the Legislature of Alabama.
The following appeal to the Legislature from the ladies of Butler county
was presented on Thursday, by Mr. Speaker Crenshaw, and after being read was
ordered published in the newspapers of Montgomery:
You have lavished upon us in your speeches, whatever of praise could
excite emulation or promote vanity; but we would be unworthy any of these
encomiums, if satisfied with them, we were to overlook the grave duties of life
whether dependent upon your actions or upon our own.
It is not enough to profess liberty or morality—we must act it; and we
are alarmed, lest, while we are looking into the depths of the earth for
principles which may save the nation, they escape us upon the surface.—Among
the first of these measures, which we hoped to see you take for the preservation
of the country, is the suppression of the evils of drinking—an evil which in
every age has sunk mankind below the level of brutes, and which notwithstanding
the number of examples afforded by almost every family, seems yet in the
ascendant.—What, let us ask, is the value of a contest, which drains a country
of her population and wealth in war, to sustain a political liberty, which is
only to be lost in practices which degrade mankind, and fasten disease, poverty
and death upon their wives and children? Is
it possible that the evils of intemperance are so fixed upon society that those
who call themselves the heroes of the age cannot break loose from the habit? Is it true that there is in the taste of liquor, a magic so
potent, a spell so overpowering, that faculties that are challenging admiration
for zeal and heroism are, and must forever yield to them?
You call us the mothers of the Republic, you declaim in lofty sentences,
in favor of the race to spring from us, upon whom the hope of liberty is to
rest; and yet you sanction by law, you encourage by your refusal to enact
penalties, you approve by your own example, a practice which will lead that
young generation to habits, which will render them unworthy recipients of
freedom, and incapable of enjoying her privileges.
Our fathers, our husbands, our brothers and our sons, we have sent forth
to battle; our fields are untilled save by the tender hands of women, who have
wrung from the reluctant soil a tithe of productions.
We are wanting bread, and yet amidst our privations and sacrifices, we
see the grain destined for that bread, flowing into the mouths of enormous
monster distilleries to fatten speculation, to aid lusty men to escape the
dangers of entering the army, and to be turned into poison, through which the
whole race will be degraded, morally, physically and socially.
We see in the space of a few hundred feet, receptacles of this pernicious
article, where slaves and boys are retailing it in open violation of law.—We
see on the cars, as we travel, men wearing the Confederate uniform, who might be
sober, the vindicators of innocent women, indulging in blasphemy and indecency,
at which men ought to blush, and from which women cannot escape; doomed to
listen, and repress the sense of shame which burns upon their cheeks.
We implore you to act as men having the destiny of posterity in their
hands. Let the age be distinguished
by a sacred resolution, to save us from the guilt of this great vice.
Who, among men, will dare in view of truth, to vindicate the necessity of
the habit of drinking? Who is bold
and honest enough to uphold the pure standard of Temperance, and give his
eloquence and his resolution to the work of freeing us from a crime, which,
while we tolerate makes liberty an empty bubble, and public virtue a delusion?
They who do this will in future times cover their names with laurels,
more flourishing and eternal, than if bathed in blood, at Manassas, at Richmond,
or at Shiloh. Step forward true
patriot and achieve a victory over yourselves and the worst of sins!
[followed by the names of 74 women]
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
We find in the Selma Reporter the following recipe, which is said
to be a sure cure for small pox:
Take one grain each of powdered Foxglove (Digitalis) and sulphate of
zinc. Rub them together thoroughly
in a mortar with 5 or 6 drops of water; this done, add 4 or 5 ounces of water,
and sweeten with sugar. Dose—a
tablespoonful for an adult, and one or two teaspoonfuls for a child every two or
three hours until the symptoms of the disease vanish.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
About a week ago we republished an item from the Charleston Courier
stating that a large lot of shoes had been rejected by a government agent not a
thousand miles from Charleston because they were not quite up to the government
standard. These same shoes, the
Courier of Thursday says, were afterwards sold in Charleston at $9 per pair, and
have since been sold to a government agent in North Carolina at $12 per pair.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
The City Council of Richmond have fixed the price of Gas in that city at
$3.50 per thousand feet. The people
of Montgomery have to pay rather more than that.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
A
Ghost Story.
We heard one of Gen. McCown's officers tell a hard story on yesterday.
It seems that when McCown was in West Tennessee this officer was sent
into a neighborhood where he was well known.
He was riding in a buggy and overtook an old acquaintance and friend,
named Robert Bond. Bond was on
foot. The officer, after the usual
salutations and inquiry after the news, asked Bond to take the buggy and drive
on to the next house and await his coming, that he was tired of riding, and
wished to walk the intervening half mile. When
the officer came up to the house the buggy was standing there and the horse tied
to the gate.
The officer asked the ladies at the house what had become of Mr. Bond.
They, amazed, answered that Bond had been killed in a skirmish near
Corinth, and that his body had been brought home and buried on the day before
the officer arrived.
He asked the ladies who had brought the buggy to the gate.
They answered that there was no driver, that the horse came quietly to
the gate and that one of their number had got out and tied him.
It is needless to state that the officer who made this statement
discredits his own senses, but he is confident that he could not have mistaken
Bond for another man, that his personal peculiarities were well known to him,
but how he could have disappeared, and how a dead man could have driven off a
horse and buggy, and then vanished, or why his disembodied spirit should have
appeared to him when he did not even know that Bond was dead, are questions
often asked by the officer referred to. He
is, evidently, surely puzzled by the occurrence as were his auditors by its
narration.—Knoxville Register.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Preserving
Meat.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 1, 1862.
Eds. Advertiser: It may
benefit the public to state as a practical fact, that ashes prepared from
green hickory wood, combined with salt in the proportion of one-third to
two-thirds, by measurement, and applied in the ordinary way of salting meat, in
ordinary quantity, will save pork fully as well as salt alone, and give a
delicacy of flavor to bacon made from it which saltpetre or sugar pickle will
not impart. Mix the ashes and salt
thoroughly, in the above proportions and use the mixture as salt alone is
commonly used. There is no
experiment in this, and no one need hesitate to rely on it.
Yours truly,
B. R.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 3, 1862, p. 4, c. 4
Home
Manufactures.
The Raleigh Register suggests with justice and point, that
investments of capital in useful articles of domestic manufacture are much more
profitable (throwing patriotism out of consideration) than most of the immoral
and insane speculations of the day.—It suggests a number of high-priced
articles of which we have in abundance the crude material within our borders.
Why have not our capitalists been able to see that it is equally wise and
much more patriotic to use their surplus funds in producing such articles as
lime, sulphuric acid, bleaching powders, copperas, alum &c., than to invest
their money in cotton, tobacco, wheat, flour and every other necessary of life,
and hold them up for more exorbitant prices.
We have in abundance, the crude materials necessary to make all the above
enumerated articles so much needed. The
price for lime before the war, was eighty cents to one dollar per barrel.
It has since been sold for seven dollars.
Sulphuric acid then cost from three to four cents per pound and has been
sold since the war, for one dollar. Bleaching
powders once cost, by the cask, three and a half cents per pound, and now sells
for seventy-five cents to one dollar. The
same of copperas and alum. And
strange to say, we have ample material for the manufacture of all these
articles, and only the labor of men is wanting to make it available.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
We have before us a sample of cloth, manufactured by Mr. John Cox, of
this county, the filling of which is spun without the use of cards.
The cloth, though not as smooth as could be desired, is very strong and
will answer every purpose until we can gain our independence. Arrange your cotton simply with the hand into a convenient
size, and draw the thread slowly and you can make a very good filling for negro
clothing. Fresh ginned cotton is
the best.—Sandersville Georgian.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 7
Seizures.
Yesterday was a brisk, though not a profitable business day in our city.
Gov. Brown under authority given him by the Legislature, through his
agents—the sheriff and others—seized all the osnaburgs, shirting, sheeting,
cotton yarns, woolens, leather and shoes, in merchant's hands in the city.
We understand that the same thing was done in every other city, town and
village in the State. What fate the factories shared we did not learn.
Well this is a cheap way to clothe the army, and would be justifiable if
it were necessary, but it is a terribly dear process to the poor who are at
home.—Where they will now get any of these articles of necessity is a question
we are unable to solve. They will
certainly look to Gov. Brown to supply their wants, and we trust that the
Governor, out of the abundance of his resources will be able to meet their just
expectations.—Columbus Times.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 10, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
A large number of prisoners of the old Federal army, who have been
detained at San Antonio, Texas, for about a year, made their escape
recently—some of them having gone to Mexico.
The Confederate Captain who was in charge of them is to be arraigned
before a court of inquiry, for dereliction of duty in permitting them to escape.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 10, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
Special
Correspondence of the Augusta Constitutionalist
Georgia
Legislature.
Milledgeville, Dec. 4.
I believe I alluded, a day or two ago, to the specimens of cards on
exhibition here from the manufactory of Messrs. Lee & co., Cartersville.
They are fac similes of the old Whittemore card, and are made on a
Whittemore machine, which ran the blockade.
In accordance with the recommendation of the Governor, endorsed also by
Peter Jones, Esq., Master Armorer at the Penitentiary, it is proposed that the
State take a half interest in the enterprise, and duplicate a number of the
machines, for immediate use. A
measure has been matured [sic?] by the Finance Committee, and passed the House
to-day, authorizing the Governor to pay Messrs. Lee & Co., $60,000 for a
half interest in their establishment, and to furnish half the capital necessary
to duplicate twenty machines for the enlargement of their works.
It is stated that they can be made in three months at the Penitentiary,
and put in operation. Estimating
that each machine will make 30 pairs of cards daily, these would turn out 600
pairs a day, or about 15,600 pairs a month.
This would very soon supply the wants of the State, and give the women
facilities for clothing not only their families at home, but the soldiers in the
field. It would make the people
independent of extorting factories, and save also a portion of the $1,500,000
appropriated to clothe and shoe the Georgia troops.
Estimating these cards at $10 a pair (and they cannot be had elsewhere
for twice the amount,_ the income derived from the use of these twenty machines
would be $1,872,000 in twelve months. Four-fifths
of this sum would probably be net profit, yielding to the State in one year, the
handsome revenue of $750,000 in an investment of $60,000.—This is on the
assumption that the State charge the same that the firm now sells them at.
But it is a part of the proposed contract that the State may furnish them
to her citizens at cost, which will be between $2 and $3, per pair.
However this may be, the aggregate profit to the people of the State is
the same. Therefore this cotton
card measure is of the highest importance, and should be disposed of without
delay and in a liberal spirit. Sixty
thousand dollars it is urged, is a high price for such an establishment.
It is a very moderate sum for a business capable of yielding the enormous
revenue above stated.
Messrs. Lee & Co. are entitled to a handsome reward for their timely
foresight, and the hazard of life and money incident to getting such an
invaluable machine through the lines. They
are not only entitled to a liberal return for the risks incurred, but to the
highest consideration as benefactors to the country.
They are selling cards at $10, as fast as they can make them, when there
is a clamorous demand for them at $30. They
are willing to accept the proposal made by the State, first, because it gives
them a fair consideration for the interest, and because it will specially give
them facilities for approximating the demand for cards.
The investment proposed by the State redound to the immediate benefit of
her citizens, and return to the treasury the amount expended, in a few weeks,
when the price of cards can and should be put down to a fair remunerative
standard. whatever objection there may be to State aid, in general
principles, this is a time and an occasion when the State may wisely step in to
aid in relieving the necessities of her people by the proposed investment in a
private enterprise. Every State
will act wisely to secure if possible, similar facilities for clothing the
people. As time is precious, it is
to be hoped that there will be no delay in efforts to improve the bill offered
by the committee after mature deliberation.
Aristides.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 17, 1862, p. 4, p. 1
To
the Citizens of Montgomery.
The call made upon the citizens of Montgomery for money to buy wood for
the families of soldiers, was for a while responded to very readily.
The undersigned has received, up to this time, two thousand and
seventy-three dollars. There are
about 200 families. It will be seen
that this sum is not sufficient to furnish them during the winter. It is believed that it is only necessary to announce that a
sufficient sum has not yet been collected.
The benevolent of this city will certainly not let so commendable an
object fail of success from the want of means.
The free market, established here some two months since, has been a
decided success thus far; and many benevolent persons continue their donations.
The supply, however, comes in irregularly, and, at times, we are short.
Hitherto we have managed with but little money.
An occasional load of corn has been sold and its price appropriated to
the purchase of meat and meal. A
few persons have recently donated money—this has been very opportune; but as
the winter closes in upon us, the demand for money increases.
Can anything be done?
Some months since a proposition was made to establish a free market, and
a few hundred dollars are on deposit at the Central Bank.
Now, will the subscribers to that fund consent to turn it over to us?
or will they take hold of the enterprise and carry it through?
We will gladly secure donations, either of money or provision.
Cannot the merchants assist us by donation of such articles as they may
be able to spare? Mr. Charles Linn
sent, yesterday, a cask of excellent rice, and intends also to furnish us with a
barrel of molasses. Mr. Connell,
also, has sent in a sack of sugar. These
articles meet the wants of children and sickly persons, and are dispensed to the
sick, and to women having small children, particularly.
There can be no doubt as to the good to be effected by these objects.
Any one who will take the trouble to attend the free market from 8 to 9
o'clock in the morning, will see that it meets an undoubted want in this
community. But, unless it is
sustained we must abandon the enterprise. Miss
Julia R. Norton, residence corner Jefferson and Perry streets, will attend to
the receival of any article that may be sent in from day to day.
Any donation of money that may be made either of wood or for the free
market, may be handed to the undersigned at his office, over Jenning's drug
store, or left with Mr. Dingley in the drug store.
Miss Norton will also receive donations at her residence.
S. E. Norton, M. D., Chairman.
N. B.—We again repeat that the free market, while intended particularly
for soldiers' families, is open, also, to other indigent persons who may be
unable to obtain subsistence by their labor.
The usual acknowledgment of donations will be made in a few days.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Who
are not Speculators?
Is a question that might well be asked at this time.
An incident occurred in this city which well illustrates the fact.
A clergyman called at a store a few days since, wishing to purchase an
overcoat. A fine one was shown him
at the price of forty dollars. The
merchant received a considerable lecture on extortion, and the would-be
purchaser was about leaving. He
turned to the merchant and enquired if he would purchase some jeans, and offered
them at five dollars per yard. The
merchant then reminded him that the price of the coat in the cheapest times was
thirty dollars, and that he had added only 25 per cent. on his articles, while
the lecturer on extortion was asking four hundred per cent. on his.
The shepherd of the flock was glad to drop the subject of
extortion.—Macon Journal.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Another
Appeal to the Women of Alabama.
Executive Department of Alabama,
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Montgomery, Dec. 6, 1862.
}
The troops of this State, who are bravely defending your liberties, in
the mountains of Virginia and Tennessee, are suffering for blankets.
The Confederate Government is unable to supply them in sufficient
quantity. I must again appeal to
the women of Alabama, who have so well sustained their part in the revolution,
to give up their carpets, their remaining blankets and such other suitable bed
clothing as they can spare to the cause of independence.
A ready response to this appeal is certain to increase the efficiency of
our troops and alleviate their sufferings.
It may save the lives of thousands.
The articles contributed should be sent to Duff. C. Green, Q. M. General,
Mobile, George G. Lyon, Esq., Demopolis, F. L. Johnston & Co., Selma, W. R.
Picket, A. Q. M., Montgomery, and Robert W. Coleheart at Huntsville, or to the
Judges of Probate of counties, who will forward them as above, at the expense of
the State.
Jno. Gill Shorter,
Governor of Alabama.
N.B.—All papers in the State will give this appeal one insertion and
forward accounts to the Executive office.
John B. Taylor,
Private Secretary.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Wooden
Soled Shoes.
This is the day of substitutes—substitutes for coffee, substitutes for
soap, substitutes for soldiers—substitutes are all the go now a days. The last substitute is for leather, and we are glad to find
that it answers the purpose admirably. Shoes
with wooden soles are being manufactured by every smart planter throughout the
country, and are, in reality, better than the brogans we once got from the
North, where they were supposed to grow on trees, and from their want of
durability were also supposed to be picked before they were ripe, on account of
the shortness of the season up there.
Our new substitute for leather actually grows in trees, and has
several recommendations. Wooden
soled shoes keep the feet, it is said, dryer and warmer than leather; they are
much less expensive and more durable. There
are, however, some objections to them; a negro may take a notion to light a fire
with them, which was the fate of a pair presented to us some years ago by our
friends Gray & Turley, and they are also very unfit to "trip it on the
light fantastic toe," in fact they are rather unsuitable for a genteel tea
party or a ball room, as the toes which have on them half an inch of hickory are
by no means light; though fantastic in appearance.
Over frozen ground the approach of the wearer is far from silent, as his
shoes give warning of his coming something less than half a mile off—no chance
to steal chickens of a night, except barefooted, as the noise would wake all the
watch dogs in the neighborhood.
It is the custom with some people to call their servants "block
heads"—to one wearing this kind of shoes "club foot" would be
more applicable.—Augusta Chronicle.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 24, 1862, p. 1. c. 3
The very latest Paris fashions state that bonnets will be still worn high
in the front, but much less exaggerated. The
principal ornaments being feathers for dress bonnets, or a simple trimming of
ribbon or lace.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
The Tarboro' Southerner, of the 6th, received here this
morning, says that for the last week or two, the streets of that town have been
made alive by the passage through them of numberless wagons, carts and vehicles
of every description. They are
principally loaded with negro women and children, provisions and other property
of refugees from the lower counties, on their way to the interior to escape the
vandalism of our unscrupulous invaders.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
Is
there no Remedy?
The Manchester Cotton Factory has made two dividends since the war began
of $125 per share of $100—but these shares cost their present holders (most of
them) much less than par. One
stockholder, whose shares cost him thirty dollars each—his investment being
fifteen thousand dollars, has drawn in the last eighteen months nearly $150,000.
The fabrics of this company are necessary to our soldiers.
Is there no means by which the Government can possess itself of them at a
fair price? We think so.
The Crenshaw woolen company, of this city, sell goods of their
manufacture, at from $25 to $30 per yard, which cannot cost them, by any
estimate that we can make, more than from $3 to $6.
Is there no remedy?—Rich. Whig.