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*» 'K *-K qr . THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE. JAS. A. WRIGHT, AGENT. THE WASHINGTON 6AZETTE. Terms—Three l>oliars a year, in advance AFTER. • ; After the shower, the tranquil sun ; Alter the mow, the emerald leaves ; Silver stars when the day is done) *After the harvest, golden all eaves. j After the clouds, the violet sky; After the tempest, the 101 l of waves) • j Quiet woods when the winds go by ; After the battle, peaceful graves. After the kaell, the wedding bells j After the bod, the radiant rose ; Joyful greetings from sa l farewells j Aftei our sweet repose. After the burden, the blissful meed ; After the flight, the downy nest; After the furrow, the waking seeds; After the shadowy river—resit. From ihi Carolina Timet. Importance Os live hedges to 00b FARMERS. The subject is one which must now claim the attention of our farmers ucjer the now system of farming, which will hereafter ; be inaugurated. Ileretafote the cheapest ! fence that could be made throughout the! South was the antiquated ten rail fence with stake and rider, which was lazi Jv built during the idle winter months around extensive corn-fields, by iimume-j rable sleek, well-fed,Codecs. Timber was; plentiful, horses and mules were cheap and easily fed, and the labor was an item of very little importance, lint now the whole system of agriculture is changed, and the feeding of wotk animals in the present scanty state of the provision crop, and the hire of laborers under the new African re gime, is a matter of heavy expense to eve ry planter and farmer. We will hereafter have small farms’ usurping the place of large plantations, and these farms must he tended more carefully by their owners w ith improved agricultural implements, and in troducing more thorough drainage and cul tivation to produce larger crops from fewer acres of land. In Europe and thronghont the Northern Stales wood, fences have to a great degree disappeared, and their places ■w# supplied by 9*03:3 'ftm4aaand.iu.-e «s, tft being more lasting and requiring ve ry little attention to keep them in repair. As our lower and middle country is| almost devoid of rocks and slime-, we can not make use of the former plan, hut will) very little primary cost we can plant those dredges which, in a few years, grow luxuri antly, and soon become impassible liv lioga or by cattle o( any detcrip ion. This is easily accompibhed by running a small-ditch mound the yard or fiald intend •ed for enclosure, which, in the first place, will greatly improve the land by furnish ing an outlet for all stagnant water then I slant out a hedge of the Cherokee rose which blooms daring the Spring and Summer and Is very tboruey, or the Osage ■orange, which grows very rapidly and is easily kept in shape. The following direc tions for planting are given by Mr. Thos. Meehan, Germantown, Penn., who bar had long experience in the matter, and fur nishes the piants from Lis Nurseries for six dollars per thousand : “Set the plants in the Fall immediately after the dropping of the leaf, or in Spring, as soon after Winter is over that the earth is dry enough to woik, in one straight line; the plants bix inches apart. Cut them down to an inch or so from the ground.— The following summer do nothing but keep the strong weeds from smothering them. — The second summer do nothing at all. The winter following cut them to within three or four inches of the ground. The third summer, in June, while the shoots are soft, mow the top of tbo Hedge fiat (not touch ing the sides) about eighteen or twenty inches from the giound. Ia September of the same year mow the Hedge into the shape of a a. The next year it will, he strong enongh to turn cat tle. It will require mowing twice a year always afterwards . and a good scythesman will mow a mile of a hedge in two days. “Now that plants are again so cheap, the first cost of an Osage orange hedge is but a trifle compared with the enormous expense of timber fences. Six dollars per mile per annum, far less thao a post and rail fence which in time requires continual attentions, while this makes a fence which no trespasser con gel over, no animal get through, no winds blow down, frosts throw over or freshets wash away, and require* no new fencing at two dollars a rod during the planters lifetime.” We firmly believe that the cost of these hedges are less than that of the common rail fence at the present prices of hauling and free labor and it is a matter of serious importance to our fanners to awake from WASHINGTON, WILKES COUNTY, GA.|FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1806. the lethargy of old notions and examine in-! jto the new methods and improvements in 1 agricultural pursuits, that have been found useful and cheapest by those who have ah • ways been compelled to make use of the system of free labor which we, by the ne itessities and results of the late war have been called upon to adopt. S. THE FUTURE OF The COUNTRY. Tne Richmond Times, in its usual and ■ forcible style, writes ns follows; I Does any one recoiled an instance fur jnisheU in human experience of the preser vation of a Republican form of Govern ment, after the consummation of such a 'revolution as that which the radidais are j inaugurating I Ail free nations have lost their liberties just as we are doing, through the machinations of bad men and the cor ruptions flowing from tiie misappropriation of the public treasure. When our reve nues were small and expenditures limited, the struggle sod the possession of power was not of such a character as to stake the : foundation of the Gorernment and to | break the peace of the country. But now ;we have an income which neither Greece j nor Rome, in all the plenitude of power and the magnitude of empire, ever collec ted from the tributaries. And when their | “barbaric gold’’ bad driven virtue and hon lor from their councils ; when their simple republics fc-11 before the sapping vices of conquest and wealth their Governments were as hard to ‘ reconstruct” as ours.— They, too, had .men like Andrew Johnson —wise and patiiotte—who essayed to check the downfall of truth and- virtue. But they battled in vain. The virtues of Cato, the wisdom of Socrates, the valor of Seipio and the elbquence'of Demosthones and Cicero, were vain to stop the flood which when onoe it seisin, sweeps until the last landmark of freedom disappears. Descensus Avcrni facilis est, std revocurc t/uodum, hie labor, hie opus est ! It is not hard to lose liberty ; but, when gone, who cau recall it ? Tliere is no resurrec tion for the lost institutions of a free peo ple: and if the masses of the North shall i-y will desert the platform on which their forefathers stood, even as the Hebrews of old abandoned their God, and like them, they w ill wan der, perhaps, forty years in a wilderness of anarchy, blood and suffering, smitten by die w rath of Ileaveu for their wickedness and iJolatry. If, through madness and folly of faction, the liberties of the American people are lost, history luri.fsl.es no example to guide us in retrieving them. The lamp of antiq uity sheds no light over paths which re turn from sepulchres of dead republics. When they fall, they fall uever to rise again, and an iron despotism rolls to the door of their tomb, a stone which can nev er to displaced. New nations may arise, new republics, bo formed Irom new peoples and materials, but once the fires of liberty go out, they can never be rekindled upon the same altars. This admonition should riot be disregarded by those whose dearest ! rights are in jeopardy. The voices which* come up to us from the depths of the pa6t, should not be unheeded when we contem plate that revolution which threateu* with destruction the very pillars of our temple, and with the strength and frenzy of blind Samson would crush us beneath its ruins. It is too late to pause and regret neg lected opporturiies when they are gone. No physician can save a cholera patient when the collapse is upon him, and I there i3 no remedy for the death wounds of the country when a vile faction has been permitted to give them. Have we no Cassandra, whose winning voice can save our Ilium from the flames? If weiiave not, then we fear that there is no “pious .Eneas” to carry our I’enatss safely over ttie stormy sea to found in their presence, in foreign lands, a great and glo rious empire, where the virtues of the past shall be renewed and the promises of fu ture renown fulfilled. A ‘Grecian Horse’ has been admitted into our walls, and when struck we hear not only tbo sound of arms, bnt the oaths and blasphemy of rad ical traitors. A lady leaving borne, was thus address ed by her little boy : “Mamma, will you remember and buy ine a penny whistle and let it be a religious one, that I can use it on Sunday.” Some one says that the municipal ar rangement is so strict in the Arctic regions, that navigators are always stopped there by the North Pole-ice! Happy Ladies. —At wbst age are Jadies most happy 1 Marriage FARM WORK FOR OCTOBER. J Cotton picking must now be pushed foe*? ward steadily with all your available forcpl until the entire crop is secured. The ne groes are not going to do much at picking when the weather becomes cold and incle ment ; therefore, beware of the heavy fall rains, and get all the lint into the Gin House in dry, bright weather. Then gin, press and bale in the best manner, and send to market while the roads are in good con dition. Save your best cottonseed care fully, what you do notueed for the future crop, you will for mauure. Protect alt from the weather which will destroy half its value even for the manure heap. Com should bogatbered, and put away in airy, rat-proof, and thief-proof cribs, w ith tight, sound roofs. Save your “ Bread Corn" in the shuck, to guard against the ravages of the weevil. Feed your work ing and fattening slock generously and reg ularly, but do not be lavish or waatofuk You can save from one-third to one-half : of your corn, by grinding it into coarse riieal and sprinkling it over cut feed; and for fattening bogs and other an"dials, there is a marked economy in cooking the meal and feeding in the iorm of thick porridge or “mush.” A plantation mill woiked by horse pow er will soon pay for itself in saving toll, and id many instances the grist could be ground while hauling to and Irdai the mill. Cow Peas are very valuable for milch cows j and, if ground up with corn, equal parts, and fed to working stock, they will increase the muscular power of the animal greatly. They should be put up in the pod to protect from weevil. Pack them away dry : one hundred pounds in the hull will make a bushel of seed. .* Sweet Potatoes must be dug the latter part of this mouth, or as soon ns the vines are slightly wilted by the first frosts. To | determine when your potatoes are fully ripe , dig several in different parts of your i field, break them, and if, when dry, the 1 Crash broken part is white, the potato fti fijMarifri'if ‘broken part dries off dark, tho roots are not yet fit to be gathered in. It will bo sa ; fest, however, as a general rule, to dig just as soon as vines are nipped a little by the frost. If you wait until the frost bills the vines, it freezes and chills tho earth to such a depth that it causes many of the pota toes to rot. Commence digging at ibis point as early as the 20th of the month as earlier or later'as you are North or South. In saving your potatoes for the winter, make your “banks” ou*A.dry place, where the water cannot settle, putting up 25 to SO bushels in each pile or bank. Reject all roots that are cutor bruised in the least. It is a good plan after digging the pota toes, and sunning them for a short time, to put them in piles, covor them with their own stalks or litter, and let them go through the “beating” process before “hanking up.” The banks should bo pro tected by a shelter of planks or boards, against the heavy raios of winter. If the Potatoes are allowed to go through the “heating” before “banking,” it will not be so neccessary to leave any “ehimuey,” or hole for ventilation, at the top of the hank —byt all may be covered up at once with dry pine straw, corn stalks and .a thick coat ing of earth. If the vines are pulled ascariy as tbe2olh of the month they can tbenbe cured like the pea vine, and if put up mixed with straw when partially cured will afford excellent food for stock. Grass and Hay. —Tliere are some kinds of late native grasses that may be worth gathering, to help out your winter supplies of long forage. If possible, cut all such i grass while in bloom, and do not nllow it j lully to ripen and dry up, or your Ilay wil : be of very little value. ; Late sown Pdas for Hay, must he cut i and cured before frost. Dry them one or I two days carefully, handling as little as i possible: then pack in rail pens, passing | rails or poles through from side to side, to keep the layers of vines open and seperate’ and admit air between them. ‘Crab Grass or *Crawfoot’ mav be mixed with Pea Vines, partially cured, and then put up witb good, sound wheat or oat Straw, for rough, winter forage. All such rail-pens as we allude to, and. all fodder stacks should be roofed or covered over witb boards, or heavily thatched witb refuse straw or hay. Pinder Vines, if carefully cured, make pretty good fodder. All long and coarse forage should be cut up before feeding. Turnip seed may yet be sown, to make ' greens; and the regular crop of turnips Ie carefully worked, and the ground n and mellow*. rQats, Rye and Barley. These rue Winter grasses of the South, !u have been out in last month, t must be sown at once as the ear are sown the finer pasturage will luoe. They wilWo very well on 1 soils, but to succeed perfectly n you must plow deep, pulverize nd above all, manure heavily sin and the grasses will not grow prepared and poor soil. This n the -cmcity of provisions these :ome especially important. A large should be put in so as to afford as heck as possible next season to the Iraw upon our resources in -pur c asing corn for stock. :e us to raise larger crops of Wheat, inff-to our protracted summer droughts, n is alwnys liable to make a failure ns tlwi past season. The earlier varieties Wheat supply us with food early in □e, , The crop can be put in now and |e %ull be no further trouble in plougli big*i>r hoeing. At harvest time it is safer ftu'fi iiSgro thieves tllan most crops as they anitoo lazy to steal anything they would have to thresh. The wheat crop is one of the most suitable for receiving the ap plication 'of commercial manures. Two hundred pounds of Peruvian guano on fair hint will generall secure twenty bushels of wlvjaujbd bo followed the next summer a coating of grass and weeds tlftfwHen turned under the soil is consid improved.’ Reese's Pacific guano t&jw Used largely in Maryland upon this CS|ra)!Vbich jt 3 analysis shows it special- It wil! be well to follow Mr. Bp mjictice aud thoroughly prepare and JSmab wi.h domestic or commercial man JR--*acres for the wheat crop and with the wheat and thus (jiyltt&il Wood crops from one seeding. If we *t enlarge the crop another frttedihen. If the seed is at all foul wash aid soak some hours in strong brine, skim ming off the smut and fight floating mat ter*. Draw off the brine and roll iu lime recently slacked. Smut can be prevented ■lso by dissolving one pound of bluestono iu water enough to cover five bushels ol seed and soaking a few hours.' Clover and Grass Seeds. — This month and early in the next a:e the best for sow btg clover and grass seeds. Hue Mr. Hull s article in this number. They may bo sown uluße but it is usual to sow them witli winter grain. Wtieat aud barley are the bAs:crops in which to seed, though they alp also sown with oats aud rye. The ob jection to the latter crops being that toe ranker growth does not give the clover and young grass enough light and air, they being always more vig orous if sown with wheat or barley.— Southern Cultivator. Miss Fanny Forrest, niter of General For recently lost her tile by the explosion of a pan of oil. The annual Convention of the Episcopal i A'cr.-a of New York closed its session on Fri day, and adjourned sine die. Due of Florence Murryatt’s latest novels ie, “'loo Good for II mi.” It is iu press, aud when published we shall see if it is good enough for Gov, Patton, of Alabama, has requested and obtained the re issue of rations by the Freed - imp’s Bureau, representing that seventy to eighty thousand persons in ihat State, eheifiy widows and orphans, are Buffering for the want of food, in American correspondent, writing from J.ojdon, thinks that the Reform agitation, the Feilian troubles, tbe tefrible famine in India, an! ilie consequences of the Jaruaca revolt, wi( tend to hasten a revolution iu Eng! aud. Ihe “Elston Hat”—of green velvet with rosi trimmings—is the lust novelty for the la dies. Ur. Livingstone writes, J-]y 11th, from some where in the middle of Africa, that he is well and “pushing along.” A German journal gives a list of thirteen dethroned kings aud princes now living in va rious parts of Europe. Lindsey, the preacher, who whipped his ehld to death, has been indicted for murder in Orleans county, N. Y. At a municipal and legislative election held in Kaebville, od Saturday, the whole Conserva tive ticket waa successful. Nine hundred and forty negroes, from Geor gia, Virginia and Tennessee, will be eent to Liberia by the Colonization Society, on the Ist of November. A Georgian haa invented a process for com pressing the resinous lesvrs of the Southern pine into blocks for kindling wood. DEATH OF DR. TAGGART. It is with feelings of regret that we have to announce the death of a well known and highly respected physician, Dr. R. L. Taggart who died of cholera yesterday morning, lie fell a martyr to the dread disejise while nobly doing his duty to pre vent the spread of tbeepidemio among the indigent poor of die Eighth Ward, lie hav ing been appointed one of tbe visiting physicians of that section of the city by the Board of Health. Not a quarter of a century previous to the war, tho deceased was one of the most eminent physicians in Nortii Mississippi where his name was a household word wherever lie visited. In the vicinity of Pontotoc tliere was no one whose visits were more appreciated by the families of the district, whether profession ally or otherwise, Ilian those of Dr. Tag gart. When the war broke out, l)r. Tag gert, although advanced in years, early joined the Confederacy and became Sur geon. of the 42d Mississippi regiment which quickly became a part of Lee’s army of the Potomac, where much gaGant service was seeh. At the close of (he war !)r. Taggart took up his residence in this city, where lie soon, by his talents and ex perience as a physician, attained an excel lent practice. Ho was highly respected by all the members of the medical profes sion iu Memphis, and was appointed by the Board of Health as tbe visiting phy sician for the Eighth Ward about a month ago. It was in the discharge of his duty among the cholera patients of the ward that he was 'nttacked with the dread scourge, on Saturday afternoon, and after lingering in great agony till seven o’clock yesterday morning, death came to his re lief, and his spirit returned to the God who gave it. The funeral w’il| take place from his late residence, No. 70 1-2 Pigeon Roost road, at nine o’clock this morning. The body will be deposited in the vault at Elmwood Cemetery, and in a few days the remains will interred with masonic honors, Dr. Taggart having been, while in life, a Knight Templar moat promt nil. I im "iWjrof the inasoaf^^plgfnity,.— t AGRICULTURAL. Fast Houses ox* tiik Farm. —A writer in the Mark Lane Express has the following on the expediency of farmers, undertaking to bioed horses for racing purposes : There are a few, and hut very few, far mers who pay .especial attention to breed ing race horses. This ia a more specula live business than breeding horses for lipnting. It may answer pretty well to procure a good entire blood horse, and travel him or let him stand as a stud horse ; but to breed horses lor racing pur poses requires a great knowledge of the turf, and a great expenditure of money in brood inures and covering fees and man agement. To make way as a race-horse breeder, the stock must be of first-class blood, and these aie very costly ; as, should produce fail to be of great use, or become unpopular, they generally turn out to be of little value, owing to the want of pow er as working animals. For the farmer to engage in racing speculations on his own account is a most dangerous course. If he can breed respectable animals, by all means sell them to “racing men.” All gambling should be avoided. Farmers liave no valid ground to rest upon in such a course. Keeping Bacon Hams—Make a num ber of cotton bags, a liltlo larger than your hams ; after your hams are well smoked, place them in the bags ; then get the best kind of sweet, well made hay, cut it with a knife, and with your hands press it well around the hams in the hags ; tie the hags with good strings, put on a card of tbe year to show their age, and hang them up in a garret or some dry room; and they will hang five years, and they will be better for boiling than on the day you hung them up. This method costs but little, and the bags will last forty years. No flies or bugs will trouble the hams if the hay is well pressed around them ; the sweating of the hams will be taken up by the hay, and the hay will impart a fine fla vor to the hams. Tbe hams should be treated this way before hot weather sets in. Tomato Wink. —lt may not be known to ail our readers that an excellent wine can be made from tomatoes We have drunk wine of this kind, which good jud ges, tinaw .re of its nature, pronounced still Catawba. Tbe following is ssid to be a good receipt for tomato wine, which is said to retain all the well known medici oinal properties of the fruit: Express the juice of ripe tomatoes, put one pound of sugar to each quart of the juice and bot- VOL. I.—NO. 26. tle. In a few weeks it will have the ap pearance and flavor of pure wine of tho best kind. No alcohol ia needed to pre serve it. Mixed with water, it is a de lightful leverage for tbe sick. Tomato Catsup.—Wash and boil one bushel of tomatoes. When soft, pass the whole through a bolander, mashing the mass until it has ceased to drip. There will be about eleven quarts of juice. Put this in a china-lined kettle, and add four tablespoonfuls of salt, one do. allspice; three do. ground mustard, 1 1-2 teaspoonfuls of ground black pepper, one do. Cayenne. Boil this two hours at lo»9t; if you wish it thick, three or four hours. Bottle, putting a little sweot oil on the top of each to ex clude air. Seal, and it is ready for use in two weeks—better in one year. Salt as Manure.—A correspondent of the Canada Farmer experimented with salt this season n9 manure. He sowed it on bai ley and oats at tbe rate of one hun dred and fifty pounds per acre, leaving strips of unsown grain in each field in or der to lest the efficacy of the salt. He is confident that it added one-third to” his crop. Sweet Gueen Tomato Pickle.—Peel and shoe two gallons of green tomatoes, five lablo9poonsful of ground mustard seed, two gills of mustard seed, two tablespoons ful of ground cinnamon, one tablespoon ful of cloves, one pound of brown sugar, three quarts of vinegar. Boil all together until quite doi e. If you choose you may use one spoonful of ground cinnamon and a portion of cinnamon bark. * Celery tops improve the flivor. They are excellent. Cleansinq llaib Brushes.—Soda,dis solved in cold water, is better than Boap and hot water. The latter Very soon soft ens tho hairs, aud the rubbing completes their destruction. Soda, having an affini ty for grease, cleanses the brush with very little friction. In England tho cows are not kept ip barns.aud clow stabjes, as in t.his ,cfptiVfy;' but in thuds built of stones,- and nicely 1,1 Us- Dillard, they taYeilieir places during summer, night and morning, for milking, and each milker is allotted seven cows. The last ballad conceit but one at the Crystal Palace was j attended by 15,- 000. persons. There was another last week. The position of an aeronaut must be a very painful one, from a constant tenden cy tliere is in it to mako him soar. There is a roan in Connecticut who has such a hatred to everything appertaining to a monarchy, that hs won’t wear a crown on his hat. ‘ You want a flogging, that’s what you do,” said a parent to his unruly -son. “I know it dad bnt I’ll try and get along without it,” replied the boy. A philosopher, who married a vulgar,' but amiable girl, used to call his wife brown sugar, because, he said, she was sweet, unrefined. A paper, giving an account of Toulouse says/ 1 It is a large town, containing up wards of sixty thousand .inhabitants, built entirely of brick. A “camp follower.” at a late regimental parade, excused the irregularity of his gait by saying that he was trying to march after two tunes. When you put on your stockings, why are you sure to make a mistake ? Be cause you are sura to put your foot in it. Why is a pair of skates like an ap ple ?—They have occasioned the fall of man' “Shoot folly as she flies—Pope,” was set up by a stupid printer, “Shoot Polly as she flies—Pop.” What is that which increases the effect by diminishing the cause I—A pair of snuffers. It was said of a riob miser tliathe died of great waul—tho want of more roou oy. Put the strongest minded woman in a bonnet shop, it will instantly turn her head. Nearly all the European power* are reor ganizing or preparing to re-organize their ar mies on the Prussian model. General Beauregard, who arrived iu New York from Paris by the steamer from Brent on Thursday, is stopping at the New York Ho tel. Government allows Bx-Preaident Davis S2O per week for the purchase of rations. An ambassador from Turkey will arrive in Washington in a few weeks. The report of Indian depredation* on the Plains are eaid to be gross* exaggeration*.