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The Daily Dispatch: August 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Arrival of a French man of war. (search)
aving of fifty per cent, may be made in the amount of coffee consumed by a family by mixing sweet potatoes with it. The potatoes are cut up into small pieces, then roasted, and ground with the coffee, in equal or unequal proportions, according to the taste of the drinker. He declares that, if the coffee be made with care, the ingredients baked just enough and not too much, the coffee thus prepared from a large admixture of sweet potatoes with the berry cannot be distinguished by a connoisseur from that made from the berry alone.--If this be so, it is certainly worth trying. A first attempt, we suggest, should not be deemed conclusive, because it may not be properly made. Considerable skill, as every one knows is requisite to make good coffee from the berry alone; and several trials may be necessary in any given case to test properly the value of this suggestion in reference to a mixture of coffee and sweet potatoes for the production of a palatable beverage.--New Orleans Bulletin.
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Banks suspend specie Payments (search)
every dollar of their circulation. They suspend in order to bring the Confederate Treasury notes up to par, and cause them to be as good as bank notes, which are equal to coin, though for the time being and in the extraordinary emergency that has arisen, they cannot be exchanged for it as heretofore. Our readers of course perused the Governor's proclamation yesterday, advising the banks to take this course, and they know as well as we do the reasons which influenced alike the Executive and the banks in favor of the extraordinary measure. The banks run the risk of forfeiting their charters. The Governor cannot help them, nor can the Legislature; but that which creates and uncreated. The whole question must and will be referred to the people, in whose behalf the suspension has been made. There was an exigency, and public opinion, the Executive, and the bank all seemed to coincide in favor of the necessity of the step that has been taken, by the latter.--New Orleans Bulletin.
The Daily Dispatch: September 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], A noble Example. (search)
Intermittent fevers. --A medical gentleman requests us to suggest to our officers and soldiers in camp who may be exposed to intermittent fevers, that one of the best prophylactics against the complaint is the daily use of horse-radish with their food. As a condiment it is very agreeable, and if it will have any effect as a prophylactic against camp fevers, it should certainly be daily used. We believe it is found in abundance about the markets in almost all the towns of the country. The people of the country will doubtless supply our soldiers with it if requested to.-- New Orleans Bulletin, Sept. 16.
The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], $50 and ten dollars reward for a Runaway. (search)
the hospitals become crowded, many men who manage to keep up will be weak and inefficient, a burden rather than a benefit to the service. Thirdly, there is not, as we before remarked, the least necessity for it. We have servants for cooks, who understand the business. In portions of our country which the enemy has temporarily overrun, many citizens have been compelled to remove with their slaves. The latter are now idle. Thousands of them could not doubt be obtained as cooks for a moderate compensation, and they could thus be made to render important services to the cause. Banish camphene whiskey and every other brain-poisoner from the army, absolutely and forever, and supply it with a plenty of food and good cooks. The one will save officers and men a perfect sea of trouble disaster, and ignominy, and the other will contribute powerfully to the health and comfort, and, therefore, to the efficiency of our soldiers and to the success of our cause.--New Orleans Bulletin.