1863 Newspapers

We desire very much to procure a quantity of Clean Cotton & Linen Rags, that we may obtain a sufficiency of paper to continue the News through another volume, which we will be unable to do without we can get Rags to exchange for paper. We appeal, then, to the lady readers of the News to forward us all the Rags they have on hand, and save us still more. We will certainly be under many obligations for large or small quantities, and besides will pay ten cents per lb. Then let us have Rags, and continue our paper.

The Washington Republican, speaking of Miss Bell Boyd, now imprisoned in Washington , states that she still retains all her vivacity, and “sings rebel songs incessantly.” The same paper says that all stories affecting her reputation, either as a woman, or questioning her fidelity to the South, are false and slanderous.

Grape Canister, Shrapnel and Shell

Grape consists of nine shot arranged in three layers, which vary in size according to the caliber of the gun; they are held together by two plates of about one fourteenth of an inch less diameter than the caliber of the gun, two rings, a bolt and a nut. The canvas bag arrangement is too old for this war; it is not so simple or durable, land has not been used for years. Canister for a gun contains twenty-seven small cast-iron balls arranged in four layers, the top of six, the remainder of seven each; for a howitzer it contains forty-eight small iron balls, in four layers of twelve; for the same caliber you will see that the balls for canister is a tin cylinder, closed at the bottom by a thick cast-iron plate or a wooden sabot, and at the top by a sheet-iron plate; with a handle attached; the interstices between the balls are closely packed with saw-dust, to prevent crowding when the piece is fired. Shrapnel consists of a very thin shell, which is filled with musket balls; the interstices are then filled by pouring melted sulphur; a hole is then bored through the mass of sulphur and bullets to receive the bursting charge. Now to explain the difference between a “shrapnel” of “spherical case” and a ”shell.” The destructive force of a shrapnel is what it receives from the charge in the gun, the powder in the shrapnel being only to break the envelope and spread the balls, they still moving forward by force of the impulse they received from the charge in the gun. A shell is made very much thicker than the envelope of a shrapnel, and is nearly filled with powder, and will do great execution if it explodes on the ground, it having destructive qualities in itself, aside from the discharge of the gun. A shrapnel shell has only half of the charge of powder that a shell proper has; thus a twenty-four pounder shrapnel contains one hundred and seventy-five musket balls and six ounces of powder. A twenty-four pounder shell has twelve ounces of powder.

Diphtheria

A physician of distinguished ability gives us the following facts concerning this much dreaded disease:

1^st. In its nature, it is not a local affection, as is usually supposed, but constitutional, pervading the blood of the whole system before it makes its appearance in any part. It is of a nature kindred to erysipelas, and through epidemical, is not strictly speaking infectious.

2d. Its most manifest symptom is a false membrane, of a white color which forms upon and around the tonsils, near the palate, and which thickens and extends unless checked, until the patient dies from suffocation. This false membrane is, however, not confined to the throat, but may sometimes be seen upon the hand or arm, or in any other place where the skin has been removed.

3d. Among the cautions to be observed are the following: Avoid all medicines and modes of treatment which shall exhaust the strength, and be careful not to injure the skin by blisters or counterirritants, particularly in the neighborhood of the throat.

4^th. To effect its cure, aim to restore as rapidly and effectively as possible, the patient’s waning strength. For this purpose, let the diet be of the most nutrious [sic]character, chicken soup, beef tea, etc. Give freely of egg-nog, made of good whisky, or use the stimulant in any other way that will combine nourishment with stimulation. Add to the general strength by the use of mineral tonics, of which none is better than muriate of iron, which may be administered as largely as ten drops every two or three hours, for an adult. Between the doses of iron give from five to fifteen grains of chlorate (not chlorid) of potish, or of soda. The chloride of soda may be used as an antiseptic gargle, but best gargle is common salt.

If the disease gives signs of periodicity, by regular remissions and accessions, then bring to your aid the great anti-periodic quinine.

Advice. – Cut out this article and keep it ready for a time of need. The statement may be relied upon.

A Puzzle

The Atlanta Confederacy publishes the following dispatch from Rosencrans to Burnside, taken on the person of a Yankee courier. Let the reader decipher it:

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James B. Dunwody, Adm;r, will sell a lot of valuable property at public outcry on the first Saturday in next month.

To prevent dogs from killing sheep, cut their ears off close to their tails, before …

There are 4,022 soldiers’ widows in this State; 553 disabled soldiers; 8556 soldiers’ orphans under twelve years of age; 40,219 children of women not widows dependent upon soldiers in service; 582 children over twelve years, not able to support themselves, dependent upon soldiers, and 841 children and indigent persons dependent upon soldiers. The people, and not the soldiers, who bravely storm the blast, should bear this burthen, and do it cheerfully. Pub.

Sixty days after date, application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to sell all the personal property belonging to the Estate of Ambrose Collier, late of said county, deceased.

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