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The Greoi^ia. _ Wee k~l y Telegraph. aD-d Journal fOVEesseiigei*#
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, OCTOBER 10 1871.
News Items.
Repudiation.—The Richmond State Journal,
the organ of the Virginia Radicals, comes out
sqaarely in favor of repudiating the interest on
the State debt for the two years now next en
suing. It says that the revenueswill not suffice
to pay the $2,000,000 of interest due and also
maintain the school system; that the people
cannot bear any farther taxation, and that the
school should be preferred to the public cred
itors.
Spasmodic Otstees.—The Wilmington Jour
nal complains that J|m oyster season has open
ed spasmodically. Do they open the oysters
during the spasms, and if so, can it be done
without a knifo?
TTrr-p Cool.—The Journal is incensed at the
Charlestonians who had previously taken um
brage at the Wilmington non-intercourso ordi
nance. The Courier calls Wilmington “a little
fever hole,” and says people dislike to go to
these little fresh water river places, like Wil
mington and Savannah, they are so apt to be
sickly. Upon that the Journal goes for the Cou
rier with a handful of statistics. Sixteen foreign
ships have loaded at that port in the last two
months, besides any number of coasters and
steamers, and during that time cotton, 1,637
bales; crude turpentine, 4,804 bbls; spirits,
37,437 bbls; rosin, 93,692 bbls; tar, 3,869 bbls;
lumber, 3,965,000 feet have been shipped from
Wilmington, which, says the Journal, does not
include the enormous quantity taken away by
the railroads, and by smaller crafts. Thousands
of barrels of naval stores have been carried on
to Northern and Western markets by rail, and
nearly all the cotton goes that way. The Jour
nal says Wilmington is acknowledged to be the
best corn market in the South, and we supply the
world with naval stores. The actual statistics
show that the health of the city will compare
favorably with that of any seaboard or inland
Southern city, and, notwithstanding the disas
trous effects of the war, our population has in
creased more than 50 per cent, during the last
decade. Let Wilmington proceed. We like to
hear a good account of her. She is a famous
place for mosquitoes and poor hotels.
Books of the Day.—The deil is among the
booksellers, for surely such a mass of trash a3 is
now ponred out in the way of light literature
from the pres3 was never before seen or heard
of. As a case in point, we cite the subjoined
from tho book notices of the New York Com
mercial Advertiser:
Carleton also publishes “Stolen Waters,” by
Celia E. Gardner. This is 326 pages of a jour
nal kept in what is called blank verse, and
blank it is sure enough, as a few lines taken at
random will show:
“ My eiatcr lias been wishing mother to come
And eeo her, for some time, and when she went
homo
Mamma promised to do so. She Wednesday re
ceived
A summons to come immediately
As my sister was ill,”
and so on through the whole 326 pages of what
was once good white paper.
Proposed Experiments in Exploding Boil-
els.—According to tho Commercial Advertiser,
Mr. F. Stevens, of Hoboken, is about to exper
iment on four condemned boilers, in a manner
never before attempted. He has, at bis own
expense, (says the National Gazette) transported
two boilers, which were in use thirteen yoars
on board tho steamer Joseph Belknap; one
which was in use twenty-three years on board
the steamer John Nelson; and one which was
in use twenty-nine years on the steamer Tren
ton, to Sandy Hook, where they will be exploded
by 8loazn pressure. They will be filled with tho
regular quantity of water, the fires lighted
under them, tho steam raised upon them until
they explode. Every means will be taken to
secure reliable data in reference to each boiler,
the quantity of water in the boiler, the pressure
of steam, condition of fires, and- the condition
of the boiler after the explosion.
A temporary house is being erected, 45 feet
in length and 25 feet in width, for tho accom
modation of the experts who will be invited to
witness these valuable and interesting experi
ments. Mr. Slovens is carrying on these exper
iments at a large cost, and entirely at his own
expense.
“Does Grant get Drunk?”—Under this ir
reverent caption the New York Sun prints a
column to prove that Gen. Grant, so far from
having overcome tho bibnlou3 habits of earlier
days, notunfrequentlyget3 more whisky aboard
than he can carry with discretion. The Sun’s
cases in point, show, however, that the Presi
dent is cautious, and always has prudent friends
about him. It is worthy of note that the Radi
cals when they quarrelled with Andrew Johnson,
used to insist that Andy was rarely sober, and
they never fail to represent every Southern
Conservative or Democrat with a whisky jug in
one hand and a plug of tobacco in the other.
They cannot comprehend how any man in po
litical life should intermit, for a moment, the
sharp and eager pursuit for pecuniary as
sets, unless he is so convivial in his habits
as to neglect “the main chance.” It will
be bad business if they prove the administra
tion drunk and sharp too, because that, unfor
tunately, is the case with too many of them.
One of the charges made by tho Sun, should
bo challenged by Mr. Greeley. The Sun says
that at Senator Chandler’s great entertainment
in Washington last winter, Mr. Greeley entered
a drinking room and there saw the President
and his military ring surrounding a huge punch
bowl, and all under an extremely high pressuro.
What is worse, the President had the ladle in his
hand and was very active in pressing the pois
onous compound on the merry throng about
him. Mr. Greeley looked on with consternation
and horror, but alas, alas, what soon befell that
great philosopher is thus rather delicately in
sinuated:
“Being a cold water man himself, and realiz
ing the evil effects from a lifo-time oi observa
tion of the deadly poison that flows from the
bowl, he at first stood in much amazement and
then remained to satisfy himself.” This is an
extraordinary statement, which should demand
the nolioo of Mr. Greeley and his friends. The
philosopher of the Tribune should have made a
stouter resistance than all this comes to, to the
“bad example of tho President.” What renders
this confession still more significant is the fact
stated by the newspaper correspondents, at the
time, that Mr. Greeley lost his hat that night
and never was able to tell what became of it.
Frosts in South Carolina.—Light frosts
were reported in various parts of South Caro
lina last week and the week before.
The Yellow Fever at Cedar Keys has died
out for want of material. Ten persons have
fallen victims to it, and only about a dozen of
the population remain—the rest having fled.
The Charleston Courier, of Friday, mention
ing the death of Mr. O. D. Conner, says he re
ceived every attention that could be shown him
by his frionds and the officers of the Atlantic
Telegraph Company.
The Grand Jury of Newberry county, South
Carolina, say it costs three to five hundred dol
lars in each county to collect the taxes.
Col. Downing, chief of the Cherokee nation,
has married Miss Ayers, a wealthy and culti
vated spinster of Philadelphia. The lady met
the chief some years since, and immediately
determined to devote her life to the pursuit of
Cherokees and their advancement in civiliza
tion.
Texas Bnr.—Choice outs of fresh Texas beef
are now sold in the Philadelphia market at 8 to
10 cents per pound. This beef is slaughtered
in Texas nnd brought by the steamships in re
frigerated apartments, where It is perfectly
kept at a low temperature.
Conflagrations in the Northwest.—That is
a terrible story told in this edition abont the
great sweeping conflagrations in Michigan and
Ohio. To what natural causes can-be attributed
the excessive drouths of the last two or three
years in tho Northern portions of the United
States, and the corresponding excessive rains in
the South? What has deranged the equilibrium?
Here is a question for the philosophers.
* ‘Gobbling Mexico. A special telegram from
Washington, in the World, says a grand scheme
for gobbling up Mexico is on foot—the joint in
cubation of Radical and Democratic politicians
and Federal and Confederate soldiers. Gen
eral Joseph E. Johnston is spoken of as the mil
itary leader of tho enterprise, and Generals
Rosecrans and John A. Logan are in sympathy
with it. It is also claimed that trusted publio
men in Mexico—among them Juarez himself—
are in favor of it.
Missions.—The American Board of Commis
sioners for Foreign Missions met in Salem,
Massachusetts, last Tuesday. The secretary’s
report shows that $48,201 have been expended
in the Sandwich Islands, China, Syria, Persia,
and Gaboon. The work accomplished by Ihe
board in the Tarkish Empire, India, China,
Japan, Micronesia, and amoDg the North Amer
ican Indians Is recounted. The prospects are
considered as encouraging. The whole number
of missionaries and assistants is 1,214; number
of missions, 13; stations, 74; out-stations, 415:
number of pages printed, 12,538,432; number
of churches, 172; members, 8,486; added dur
ing the year, 978; pupils in schools, 15,467.
Rev. Dr. Post, of St. Louis, preached the annual
sermon.
The Mormon Trials—Herald reports state
that Brigham Young has been indicted on the
complaint of a Deputy United States Marshal,
who heard him, abont a year ago, in a speech
before a party of Bostonians, say that he had
sixteen wives and forty-five children. The Ter
ritory of Utah has never passed any law for the
regulation of marriage, bat has a statute against
“lewdness,” undor which Young is indicted.
In reference to Young’s alleged mnrders, a cor
respondent of the Son says:
“Bill” Hickman, a notorious Danite, a vile
murderer and a dirty scoundrel, has divulged to
to the United States Marshal and the United
States District Attorney the murders that he has
committed, and in which he implicates Brigham
as accessory, both before and after the fact.
Hickman, aware of the penalty of his crimes,
is trembling like a miserable coward, and says
ho will tell all if they will only spare his life,
that he does not want to die.
No one but a fanatic would have over con
sented to the murders that Hickman was privy
to, and the inevitable result ensues. The Uni
ted States judiciary have got “the dead wood”
upon the prophet, and there is nothing can save
him from tho penitentiary or the gallows.
Storm in Texas.—The Texas dispatches
chronicle a great storm and very high waters on
the 3d instant.
Putting on the Brakes.—The Bank of Eng
land yesterday raised its rate to five per cent,
in hope, no doubt, of putting the brakes on the
cotton market. Cotton was dall and lower in
New York yesterday.
Mexico is ail sflame again with revolution,
and foreign residents are in great alarm. What
can be more deplorable than the condition of
chronic civil war in which that country has ex
isted since 1821—just half a century? During
all this lime there have been more revolutions
and pronunciamentos than years, and the conn
try will never be quietnnder the control of such
a wretched population.
The Fires in the Woods.—The news yester
day from the great Western woods and prairie
fires is still more disastrous. They are raging
in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. The
whole country parched up with drouth catches
like tinder, and the very roots of the trees are
fired through the heated earth. The very soil
itself seem3 to be almost combustible. It re
minds ns of what has repeatedly happened
among those numerous little Keys or islands on
the Gulf coast of Florida. Formed entirely of
a vegetable mould resting on a coraline forma
tion, in dry times some of them have actually
burnt up, soil and all, down to the foundation—
from fires left by the hnnter or fisherman.
A negro who bad been in jail for eleven yearn
under sentence of death, died last Tuesday at
Philadelphia. The warrant for his execution
had never been signed.
TOE GEORGIA PRESS
New Books. —Messrs. Lee & Shephard, Boston
—Lee, Shephard & Dillingham, New York—
send us, through J. W. Burke & Co., of this
city, a package of new books, every one of which
will do to read and then put away in a library—
which is SBying a great deal in this age of
trashy publications. First on the list is Barns’
complete works, beautifully gotten np as to
binding, etc.—aperfectlittle typographical gem.
Then we have “Cassell’s Children’s Album,”
one of the most attractive books for very littlo
folks, filled with pretty pictures and short
stories. The pictures are admirable—far su
perior to any similar illustrations we have ever
seen. Next we have “Field and Forest, or the
Fortunes of a Farmer,” by “Oliver Optio”—
an illustrated story of the adventures of a pio
neer upon the waters of the Upper Missouri,
and fall of lively conflicts with the impediments
of nature, and the more dangerous opposition
of the savages. Next is “The Children’s Sunday-
school Album,” a book of 320 pages of short
tales and sketches, with upwards of 100 illus
trated engravings. This is a remarkably taste
ful volume.
Georgia Business Directory.—We had a call,
yesterday, from Dr. W. G. Phillips, the com
piler of this interesting and useful volume. It
contains a tolerably correct llstof the names of
persons and firms engaged in tho mercantile,
mechanical, manufacturing and professional
interests of Macon, Colnmbns, Augusta, Atlan
ta and Savannah; together with directories of
the State Legislature, and the municipal gov
ernments, Masonic and other societies, rail
roads, factories, eto., in each city. On the
whole, quite a useful manual for business and
professional men. Dr. P. is stopping at the
Brown House, and will take pleasure in supply
ing all demands for his work.
Death of Washington’s Nearest Living Re
lation.—Col. Lewis W. Washington, who was
the nearest living blood connection of George
Washington, and well known throughout the
District of Columbia and neighborhood, died at
his residence in West Virginia on the 1st inst.,
in the 59th year of his age. Colonel W. will be
remembered in connection with the memorable
Harper’s Ferry raid of that old horse thief and
murderer, John Brown, as having been made a
prisoner and kept in confinement several hours
by the latter.
Southwest Georgia Central Fair.—We are
indebted to Mr. H. G. Harris, Secretary, for a
polite invitation to attend this Fair, which will
be held at Fort Valley on the 17th inst., and
continuing three days. We are assured that it
will be a most interesting occasion, and that a
fine display will be made. We know that in the
matter of handsome women and good looking,
intelligent men, Honaton and the adjacent
counties will maintain their old reputation for
sweeping the board.
Cassius M. Olay delivered a speech in St.
Louis on Tuesday in which he denounced the
administration of Grant as a complete failure,
and declared that “the rebellion itself was no*
such a blow at the life of the nation” as his re-
eleotion would be.
Take Simmons’ Liver Regulator; it will re
move all unpleasant feelings and make yon
welL Prepared only by J. EL Zeilin <b Co.,
Macon, Ga.
John Williams, a Columbus negro thief who
was caught stealing a can of lard on Wednesday,
elected to take 39 on his bare back instead of
going to jaiL The dose was administered eon
amove, by another colored brother, who thought
it fine fun.
We clip the following ftom the Colambus San,
of Thursday:
Rev. Dr. O. L. Smith.—Rev. Dr. O. L. Smith,
pastor of St. Luke’s church in this city, who
has just been elected to the Presidency of the
Wesleyan Female College, in Macon, and ac
cepted the position, tells ns he does not intend
leaving at once to assume the duties of his
charge. He will remain here probably until No
vember 1st, unless his chnrch secures a tempo
rary pastor before that time. The Trustees were
very anxions to have him at the head of the in
stitution immediately, bnt he waB unwilling to
leave his congregation withont a minister. He
has made an arrangement by which Prof. Wil
liams, who has control of the Academy for the
Blind, in Macon, will instruct his classes for a
few weeks. It will be indeed difficult for the
chnrch to fill his place, but she can obtain
temporary supply to occupy.the pnlpit until the
meeting of the Conference, which is to com
mence in this place about the middle of Decem
ber.
Reports from Cotton.—Well informed plant
ers state that in the excellent plantations in the
lower counties one bale to five acres will bo
good yield. They have heard of but few who
expect to make one to four acres; area 20 per
cent.' less than last year. Caterpillars are plen
tiful, bnt are not doing much damage, as there
is no second crop. They eat leaves, bnt ap
pear not to have entered bolls. Under the sun
shiny weather of last week, bolls opened rapid'
ly. May this not be a year like 1868-9. when
Colnmbns received 48,500 bales, and the United
States 2,200,000 bales? The receipts are run
ning very similarly.
We find the following in the Savannah Ad
vertiser, of Thursday:
The Sheriff of Camden County Arrested
and Reft in Custody Without Warrant or
Authority.—This portion of Georgia seems to
be bound hand and foot and delivered to a set
of lawless set of vagabonds, alias negroes, who
are the pampered pets of the government, per
mitted to do just as they please; at least one
would think so from the repeated outrages com'
mitted by them, and that with seeming immuni
ty from censure or punishment. A few days
ago the worthy sheriff of our county, Mr. Ham
ilton SimpsoD, was visited by a band of these
lawles ruffians at his own home, about 17 miles
from this place. There were at least 30 armed
negroes in the crowd, and without explanation
of any kind, they compelled him to leave home
and accompany them to a certain place, distant
abont ten miles. There they kept their prisoner
in custody for a considerable length of time
without giving him any satisfactory reason for
their conduct, and without exhibiting any war
rant or authority for hi3 arrest. They finally
released him, and he returned to his home.
A little boy named Edward Isaacs was run
over and seriously injured by a dray, at Sayan
nab, on Wednesday.
A young man named Patrick McGrath cat his
threat with a razor, at Savannah, on Wednes
day, and is not expected to recover. Ho was
insane, at the time.
A man named Mike Carpenter was seriously
stabbed on Tuesday night, near the Augusta
Factory, by some unknown person.
The vole on the question of enlarging .the
canal at Augusta resulted in a majority of 634
for enlargement Only 928 votes, in all, wore
cast.
A large mercantile establishment at Savannah,
is thus noticed by the News:
Its stock on hand consisted of a peck of ap
pies, two quarts of goobers, and three pints of
chinquepins. There were employed to run the
establishment, besides the proprietress, two ne
gro men as wholesale clerks, four colored boys
in the retail department, one collecting agent,
and two book-keepers. Business was rather
dull on yesterday, and some of the employees
of the establishment were engaged in catching
catfish, Borne capturing fleas, while a tremen
dous lot were reclining upon tho back of their
dignity, fast asleep.
The Americu3 Republican of Thursday has
tho following items:
The weather for the last two days has been
rainy and disagreeable. Thick clothing is quite
comfortable.
Who can Beat it?—Mr. Jasper J. Slappey
ginned and packed five bales of cotton weighing
500 pounds each, in onG day this week, on an
old Taylor gin, fifty saws, that has been in use
twelve years, with old-fashioned running-gear.
Mr. Jos. H. Maddox, living near Providence,
in this (Sumter) county, had his kitchon and
smokehouse—with their contents—destroyed by
fire, daring the latter part of last week.
Mr. David Dickson, the great Hancock county
farmer, was married last week to Miss Clara
Harris, of Sparta.
A Griffin lamp post came to great grief on
Wednesday,by a mule throwing anegroagainst it.
A hunting party in Gordon county killed ten
deer last week.
The Calhoun Times says the Ordinary of
Fannin is a murderer, and has run away and is
concealed in the mountains. He is a Radical.
There are just 99i candidates for Aldermen
In Atlanta. There will be 200, by this day week.
Mrs. Cathy, of Dalton, fell off a sidewalk in
that town a few nights since, and broke her left
arm and leg.
Of the prospects of the Griffin, Madison and.
Monticello railway the Indian Springs Mirror,
of yesterday, says:
Colonel J. S. Roynton, of Griffin, one of tho
most active members of the Directory, has,
since our last, by letter, informed MayorThom-
ason, of Madison, who i3 also of the Directory
of this road, that the contract with the “Geor
gia Railway Contracting Company,” for build
ing and completing the railroad from Griffin to
Madison, has been signed, and that the “Geor
gia Railway Contracting Company” have made
a contract with Lyon & McLendon for gradinj
the road. These able and experienced railroai
men are to have one thousand hands on the
road in ten days, and will rush it to completion.
Col. B., in his letter, advocates a rapid survey
of the entire line, and that work shall commence
as early as possible at both ends—say at Madi
son not later than the 1st of January next
Ground will be broken at tho western end cf
the road early next week; and while we do not
believe the most energetic construction possi
ble could fully satisfy publio anxiety along the
line, we do entertain an abiding faith that so
far as Bntts county is concerned her people will
be in the on joy men t of ample railroad facilities
before the holidays of the coming Christmas.
The same paper says: 1
The Cotton Crop.—The favorable weather
of the past week has enabled onr planting
friends to make good headway in cotton pick
ing, and also givo a reliable opinion as to the
extent of the crop. In saying that Butts
county will not place in market more than one-
half of a good crop, we have no purpose of
aiding either “Bulls” or “Bears.” It is an
unvarmshgd fact—the honest opinion of nine-
tentbs of onr planters.
The Rome Conrier prints the following from
a correspondent:
A little boy of Polk county, John 'William
Armstrong, only ten years of age, has recently
picked with his own hands 916 pounds of cot
ton in five days. Of this amount he picked 603
pounds in three days, and 211 pounds in one
day. He picked this amount five days succes
sively, beginning on Monday. On Friday night
it rained so that he did not piek on Saturday.
He excelled the best pickers in the field, lead
ing the other hands who competed with him.
I visited the family—found father and mother
and all side, and this brave little fellow cooking
for the family.
The Putnam County Fair.—The editors of
the Telegraph and Messenger are under obli-
lig&tions to the Secretary o! the Fatnam County
Agricultural Society for an invitation accompa
nied by complimentary cords, to attend their
fair on the 11th, 12th and 18th inst. It would
afford them great pleasure to attend, for they
know that whatever that sturdy, old county at
tempts she generally succeeds in. We believe
her Society is the pioneer ooonty association
since the war, and her example has largely con
tributed to stimulate the spirit of agricultural
progress that is now bo active in the State. The
Telegraph and Messzxoer will be represented
on the occasion, it possible.
Tlie Last “Ring” Combination.
In tile Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, of
Thursday, we find a letter from Atlanta which
contains some information that ought to be in
the possession of every honestDemocratio mem
ber of the Legislature. We have heretofore
alluded to the same subject, and warned the
Democrats in the Legislature against allowing
themselves to be influenced in advance of its
meeting, by reports and combinations which we
knew were being concocted for selfish—if not
woree-i-purpoBes. After alludiDg to the arrest
and prosecution of certain underling officials of
the State Road for cheating and swindling, and
which were, the correspondent avers, gotten np
by Blodgett to divert public attention and inves
tigation from the gigantio “irregularities” of
the big Radical developers, with whom he has
been associated, the writer sajs:
But there is another matter which is whisper
ed here in oircles of mnch greater importance
to the publio if true, because it is more likely
to overshadow those State Road frauds, and all
other corruption, and sacrifice tho State’s inter
est, and the cause of good morals and honesty
in pnblio administration, for personal advance
ment. It is this that I took my pen in hand to
communicate, for it comes to me with snch an
air of plausibility, and from such a source that
I am constrained to give it credence; and this
is Joe Brown’s new combination. This combi
nation is said to comprehend Joe Brown, mats-
tro; Bollock, Governor; Chief Justice Loch-
rane and Parrott as leaders, for the purpose of
electing Senator Trammell President of the Sen
ate. It is freely stated in Republican circles
that it is a matter cf necessity to the Radical
party to defeat the eleotion of such a man as
Wm. M. Reese to the Presidency, if only by the
election of some other Democrat—one who is
supposed to be moderate—and moderation hero
means only that formality which will prevent
the fall, open, publio exposure which inevitably
awaits tho great Radical plunderers. Reese is
unflinchingly honest, and, therefore, the defeat
of Reese is a Radical necessity. This defeat,
it is thought, can be easily attained by bringing
to the support of some Democrats—some so-
called moderate Democrats—the whole strength
of the Radical party in tho Senate. The elec
tion of Reese, it is alleged, foreshadows and
strengthens impeachment, points out the suc
cessor to the Executive chair, and determines
the character of every committee in the Senate.
In other words, fraud and corruption will have
no access to publio ear, and will be exposed
thoroughly and mercilessly, and its patrifaction
laid so bare that there will go np from it snch a
stench as will fill the whole land, and destroy
forever the Radical party in the State of Geor
gia.
Wore I to speculate upon the motives which
actnate these leaders, my speculations wonld be
just those as will naturally suggest themselves
to any unbiased thinker. Joe Brown struggles
to save the State Road lease, notwithstanding
Ben Hill’s generous offer of his interest; Bul
lock, to avoid disgrace and degradation by im
peachment; Bullock impeached, and the only
possible chanco for the present Chief Justice
holding office by Bullock’s favor and by appoint
ment to a vacancy, vanishes; and Parrott’s as
pirations are dissolved into thin air with the
dissolution of the Radical party in Georgia;
for this party, rotten as Tammany, now defeated
and exposed, and covered with ignominy, will
become a by-word of reproach and scorn and
loathsome contempt. Better the chances for
respectability of one of Alexander’s State con
victs than a leader of such a party.
There are many innendoe3 respecting a few
suspected Democrats. Some of these suspicions
are unjust I can speak personally as to one
whom I have been led to believe unworthy of
trust, for I know that he has stated openly that
in all matters he shonld abide by and aot under
all decisions of the party, when decision should
be made, and in all other matters should act
with the party according to the best of his dis
cretion. It is cheering also to note that there
are many honest Republicans who, in all mat
ters of fraud and corruption, will unflinchingly
stand by the right and vindicate their own fair
fame and good name.
The Chroniole comments, at length, upon
this letter, saying that the same faota in regard
to this schemo to get control of tbe Senate
organization, had been received from other
sources, and that it must regard them as relia-
able. It adds :
Tho truth is, Bullock’s and Brown’s rela
tions, for the last three years, have been of
such close and intimate connection that the
safety of one involves the security of the other.
Bullock will not be impeached if Brown can,
by any means, prevent such a result. Too
close an investigation will not be made into tho
conduct of Bollock, Brown, & Co., if tbe latter
can, by juggling or duplioity, prevent tho ap
pointment of a too honest or intelligent Legis
lative committee to examine into their joint
and several actions since reconstruction began.
These men know that with such a man as
Reese as President of the Senate, the commit
tees of that body will not bo packed in tho inter
est of a Brown or Bullock ring. They know
that they dare not tamper with such a man—
that they dare not approach him for such a pur
pose as their necessities demand. Hence they
combine against him. Hence the money of the
State and of tho State Road will flow freely to
defeat him. No stone will be left unturned by
these parties to prevent an honest investigation
of Executive action. The State Road lease
must be closely scrutinized. Tho legislative
committees must be neither too honest nor too
conscientious or trouble will befall the ring.
This is the key to tho new combination of Brown
and Bullock’s friends.
riCTUKKS OF SEW YORK.
Bat this new Brown-Bullock combination
brings strongly to light the necessity of strict
and thorough party organization on tbe part of
tho members of the House and of tho State.
Let the Democrats themselves determine who
shall be ran for President and for Spcakor, and
thus the plan of Bullock and Brown may be de
feated. Thorough organization is what wo want
and what we must have, otherwise we allow the
Radicals and Joe Brown to select all tho officers
and dictate all onr legislation. Our safety lies
in tbe adoption of the caucus system. This will
exclude Radical influence, and leave tho party
free to select its best men.
“Tbe Most Corrupt Body on Earth.”
That stannoh Radical organ of the West, the
Cincinnati Commercial, prints a letter from its
New Orloans correspondent, of date September
26th, whereof the following is sn extract. It
wonld bo a waste of words to add any comment
of our own. Says the writer:
The Louisiana Legislature is, perhaps, the
most corrupt body that ever assembled on the
face of the earth. It is no more tronble to bny
their votes than to bny spring chickens in the
Cincinnati market. Being a den of thieves,
they have not among them even the honor that
we are taught is customary among thieves.
They sell their votes for money or stock in seme
swindling contrivance, on as bnsiness-like
manner as a merobant wonld dispose of a bolt
of calico. A gang of negroes will get np a swin
dle, mid they go into the market and buy legis
lative votes enough to pass it. If the rogues
are left a fair margin after buyiDg all the
votes necessary, they go ahead with the
enterprisebut if the votes happen to range
higher than the prospective profit to be real
ized, they drop it and go at something else. In
the Capitol has been found a written agreement
of some seven member to sell their votes to the
slaughterhouse swindle for from fifty to three
thousand dollars each. One poor devil sold
out for thirty-five dollars; he had just been
elected, and was not np with the quotations.
Then there was the printing swindle, and the
levee swindle, and the Lake Borgne swindle,
and the “Backbone” railroad swindle, and the
city charter swindle, and the militia swindle,
and the Jackson railroad swindle, and the
Nicolson pavement swindle, and other swindles,
sb the auctioneers say, “too numerons to men
tion.” .
The Government and the Insurance Com
panies.—The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette under date of Ootober 3d,
writes as follows:
A new movement is likely to be inaugurated
in the Treasury Department to bring about a
sort of enforced sale of the new four and five
per cent. Government bonds. General Spianer
suggests, and will work out in his annual report,
which he is now preparing, the plan, which will
include some aotion of Congress looking to the
deposit by all insurance companies of their se
curities in the shape of these new Government
bonds. It is calculated that these securities of
insurance companies will, in the aggregate,
amount to a sum equal, if not greater than the
aggregate of the remainder of unsold Govern
ment bonds. By having this carried ont the
Secretary of the Treasury, will dispose of all
the new bonds. It is expected the President
will, in his annual report, recommend this pro
position to Congress for consideration.
Scmattonnl Curiosities—Yew York Oh
Wbeels—Homely Women In -Handsome
Carrlnjrcs—Jim Fisk as n CImrcb Member
—Hall.Tvrcedy and Connolly—Tbe Present
Taker.
Correspondence of the St. Bonis Republican.]
” ' , AS THBOUGH THE PARE I GO.
It is a strange provision which has pnt the
homeliest women into the handsomest carria
ges! When I walk on Fifth ayenne and
carriage comes along in grand state, the coach
man blazing in golden buttons, I look up and
expect to see a handsome woman. What shonld
the noble animal be put in harness for, what
fitter purpose indeed, than to carry beauty?
The object is praiseworthy. Facolet cannot be
too fast, Fat cannot be too handsomely covered
over with broadcloth and gold, when the object
is to carry beauty. But in nine times out of
ten I am disappointed. Yon see the most vulgar
looking, loudly-dressed women in elegant car
riages. Why ? Why shonld women in elegant
coaches be less good-looking on an average
than women in omnibuses or on the street ?
don’t know; I only state the fact.
The last time I was in Central Park, a gentle
man was with me who is an acknowledged de
votee of beauty. The park was full of car-
riages, and we counted them as they passed by
us, and the good looking ladies in them. Of
the first there were, on the way from 110th
street to 59>b street, about 200; of the latter,
four. They were not exaotly good looking, bnt
they wonld pass in a crowd. As regards beauty,
we did not see a handsome woman on the way.
We saw some nice old ladies in the carriages,
and some ugly, ill-dressed young ladies. We
were disgusted. There were a number of omni
buses passing by, and—how strange—the wo
men who rode in them were prettier than tbe
grand ladies in the fine carriages. The omni
buses carry you for twenty-five cents throngh
the whole park. They only hold about a dozen
people. Tho driver waits until the omnibus is
full, then he starts. The round trip takes abont
an hour and a quarter. I should advise those
of your readers who come here and go to see the
park, to take the omnibuses in preference to a
hack, for which they will bo charged five dollars
or more. The omnibuses go throngh the finest
part of tho park, and it is something to know.
“All these beauties of nature, all these sights
and scenes, and glories are viewed for twenty-
five cents.” The Central Park for twenty-five
cents, it is cheap.
FISK
Has not been, for a long time, at the park with
his four-in-hand. The Erie king has given np
much of his wild, extravagant royalty; he
keeps quiet and tries, it would seem, to become
what is called a “respectable member of socie
ty.” -1 saw him a week ago. He lives in a
small, pretty house, the seoond door from the
Erio office. As I pulled the bell, King Erie
came oat in shirt-sleeves. His majesty had the
same peddler-look which his presence, august
though it may be to the gallant officers of the
9th regiment, has always conveyed to me. His
face is round, red and raw; all soap, all per
fume, all towels have worked iu vain. No
champagno has infused its sparkle to the eyes
the face has received nothing of all the beaute
ousness that has passed before it in the colonel’s
happy hours of wine and love. It’s the face of
a very low, brutal fellow. I called it raw: there
is only a reddish mustache, long, thick and
smooth, to interrupt the desolate blank of the
red beef-face. That mustache has some little
expression; it speaks, and laughs, and moves
in place of the face, which remains dead as a
stone, cold ns charity. The man looks like a
hod-carrier, although ho dresses in the costliest
olothes, and wears a gold chain. His notoriety
is wearing away; no one speaks any more of
the gay king of Erie. Fast horses, gold con
spiracies, handsome womeD, liveried coachmen
iced champagne—they are all transient. The
Church only is enduring; and to go to church
is better than to be tbe colonel of the 9th regi
ment. Mr. Fisk will resign; his royal state
will pass from him; and, os he will not bo able
to shine any more as a brilliant rogue, he will
relapse into a pew and become a member of
church and society. Colonel Fisk in church—
what a thought! Indeed, indeed, sic transit
gloria mundi!
THE THREE SACHEMS.
Conolly and Tweed and Hall—the threenames
must be well known now in St. Louis. In New
York we have heard nothing else for the past
three weeks. They have been written down,
they have beon interviewed, they have been ex
tolled and execrated. Tho Times has sent them
to Sing Sing; the Herald has assigned Hall a
place among the saints of heaven. Tweed has
been threatened with the rope; and a rousing
multitude has loudly proclaimed its allegiance
to tho boss, and made him again candidate for
for senator. Yes, men are viewed very differ
ently, and ho who is a saint to me may be the
deuce to you. The three men—Sweeny has pru
dently kept in the back gronnd: he likes the
position behind the scenes—are very different
in point of appearance and character. Tweed
is a large, broad-shonldered man, whose beard
has already become gray; whose eyes are bright
and blue; whose manner is quick and nervous
and qnite straightforward. He speaks very
qnickly, as if he were in a hurry to finish. Con
nolly looks like a pastor, in his best moments
like a bishop. His voice is low and sweet: and
his eyes, that ere encircled by spectacles, beam
mildly and kindly upon you. He smiles; he likes
to smile, now saintly he looks' then. His face
is large and smooth, not a hirsute spec breaks
the calm evenness of that holy face. Then he
speaks with snch a nice, unctron3 tone; surely
yon must believe that this is one of those an-
gelio men with the presence of which the world
is but rarely, but very rarely, blessed. He is
large, broad-shouldered. Ho must be passed
middle age; but bis heart, as it shines out in
the snowy vest, in tho splendid shirt glittering
in studs of gold, in the bright, beautiful em
bellishment of his comely person, is virgin. His
face is plump, rosy, sweet. May others believe
that ho stole tho half a dozen millions of which
he and Mrs. Connolly, that smart woman, are
•'he fortunate possessors, I shall believe, in the
innocence of a man whoso voice sounds holy,
whose face wears ever a saintly smile.
HALL, THE MAYOR,
Is very different from both these men. He is
the chevalier of the “ring." He is rather small;
has a black beard, a somewhat crooked nose,
large eyes that change their color often and are
ever endeavoring to look innocent, although
they are quite knowing, and a gallant, dashing
manner that seems to say: “ I am but 22 (he is
44); look at me and see how youthful and ar
dent I am.” If you touch his official position,
his office, he becomes dignified, speaks slowly
and gravely, and tries to enact the chief magis
trate of the American metropdlis. He is very
affable: not the least snobbish; when he wants
his orrand-boy to go and take a letter to the
post-office he asks him to “ do him a favor;”
and when a reporter converses with him, he
talks Latin like Cato, quotes Horace, and cracks
abominable jokes. Learned, affable and jovial
—that is what he wants to be. Some say he is
deep; I don’t know. Now that tho Times and
Tribune declare him to be in fall view of Sing
Sing, he is gny to ribaldry; laugbs and jokes,
and throws the door of the mayor’s office open,
so that every one shonld see: “Here I am, the
innocentest man of America.” The happy man!
ho has reason to be gay. He has eight daugh
ters; ought that not make any man happy?
V- j PRESIDENT GRANT
Is very unpopular here. The Snn has so long
and so constantly called him the present-taker
and Useless S. Grant in opposition to Useful
H. Greeley, and the World and Tribune have
waged so bitter a warfare against him, that it is
no wonder he has become unpopular. If New
York shonld decide tbe presidential oontest,
President Grant wonld be a dead man. It would
be difficult for any one who does not live here
to imagine the hatred with which the President
is looked upon. It is a hatred qnite superior
to party enmity; it is personal hatred. He has
offended so many here that the most influential
men have become enemies of his; that there
are hundreds here to whom the simple fact of
his being President is a continual oause of rage
and excitement; and I donbt not some would
like to see him lynched. I trust this willnot be
the fate of the Chief Magistrate of the American
Republic ; but, as a good New Yorker, I heart
ily hope that he will be defeated at the next
eleotion. I cannot bat wish it; it is the wish of
all New York.
Showing Fight.—The Mormons convened in
their great tabernacle on Wednesday to the
number of eight thousand. Brigham Young led
•off by invoking curses on the heads of the Fed
eral officials, and then exhorted the faithful to
“trust in God and keep their powder dry,”
and be sure to keep plenty of it on hand in the
shape of fixed ammunition. What can Young
accomplish by these menaoes ? He ‘will sesre
nobody, and it ia certain he can gain nothing
by armed resistance to the United States. That
is wild folly. Young must learn that railroads
are death to minorities.
ENGLISH AGRICULTURE-
History of a Clay Farm—Plowing by t team
-Anglo-American Ideas—A Farm Chem
ist-How it all was Made t-o Fay.
A late letter from Charles Barnard, the well
known practical minded literateur in the New
York Evening Post, gives the following inter
esting' account of one' of the most original as
well as characteristic and practically successful
farming experiments of onr time. The letter
dated London, June 26th:
The old fashioned'farming of England does
not differ greatly from tho common farming of
the northern United States. The crops are
slightly different, the buildings very different,
but the various farm processes are nearly iden
tical. Plow and sow and reap—they mean the
same in both countries. When we oome to the
yonng farmers everything is changed. Science
and brains are ooming to the aid of the toiling
hands, and farming is about to enter upon a
new, more honorable and, if possible, a more
useful stage. It is becoming an art, and yonng
men of cnlture and capital are preparing to win
the golden: rewards that rightfully belong to
that first of all professions—agriculture.
As to which leads in high fanning, my opin
ion is that Amerioa, if not leading, is destined
to lead. As this is not of tho slightest conse
quence to us we will drop it. Let ns, for onr
own benefit, examine what onr cousins in the
front rank of modem farmers are doing.
.7 city farmers.
These gentlemen farmers, with their cbem'
ists and steam plows, are making a deal of
stir in England. The sturdy old toilers, born
and brought up on the soil, gaze with scorn
upon their snorting engines and bags of phos
phate. “Oh! he’ll fail soon. He does not do
as hi3 grand-father did, and he’ll soon see the
end of the land and his money.
Waits bit. Seems to me the crops on the
city man’s farm appear very respectable. Let’s
have a good look at th9 place and its prodace.
Taking the railway let ns ran into the county of
Hertford and visit a remarkable farm in the
town of Sawbridgeworth. On leaving the cars
we pass throngh a fine farming district. Of the
exquisite beauty of the landscape, and of the
picturesque old farmhouses, we have nothing to
say. Photographs have made both familiar. We
will only remark, in passing, upon the excess
ively disagreeable surroundings of all the rural
dwellings, and upon the pretty but absurd Eng
lish hedges. How the farmer’s wife can allow
her visitors to approach the door through such
a slough of bam-yard offenses is past findng
out. In America we at least thrust the -barn,
with its sights, sounds and smell, out of sight,
and do not leave it before the parlor window.
As for tbe hedges abont which so much poetry
has been wasted, they are a blunder—a nest for
vermin, the home of the weeds and a bar to
good culture.
AN ENGLISH FARM.
Ah, now we reach something different. Com-
ing out of the close and narrow lanes we enter
a new country. The high hedge that entirely
shuts out the’view gives place to a sensible two
feet high railing, or stone wall, and the country
spreads out wide and Bmooth on every hand.
We are now approaching the centre of a farm
of four hundred and fifty aere3. Yonder is the
dwelling house, with its group of barns. Evi
dently the owner of this place is in advance of
his neighbors. We reach the picturesque old
house, with its red tile roof and lattice windows,
and ask permission to sec the place.
The owner, Mr. John Front, of London, is
not at home. The foreman, a very intelligent
young man, appears.
“Like to see tho place? So you may with
pleasure. From America, I suppose? Glad to
hear it. Mr. Front lived in Canada six years.
He was a farmer there,”
That acconnts for thiDgs. The bams and
outbuildings are upon . American plans, and
much better than the thatched absurdities of
England. Though they do stand unpleasantly
near the house, yet they have evidently been
remodeled upon new ideas. Crossing the yard
we enter a stone house, and tho yonng man
show3 a huge pile of crushed bones and a cam
ber of bags of superphosphates and other chem
icals.
We go out upon the farm. Next the entrance
gate is a field of wheat; fifty-five acres—one
smooth square of growing wheat. The heads,
just appearing, glisten in the warm sunlight,
and tho plants stand tall, thick and even, a tri
umph of agricultural science. Never in America
or England have I seen snch wheat. I do not
dare to say much about it, for fear you will
think me indulging in traveler’s tales.” The
color of the foliage was something remarkable,
and the size of the straw marvelous... From the
wheat we pass through all the six fields into
which the pi* -so is divided. With the exception
of about forty aores of clover, (injured by last
summer’s drouths) the appearance of the land
and its growing crops was something almost
past description. Success had crowned this
farm, if no other.
Stand near the farm honse, tbe entire place
can bo soen at a glance. Not a hedge marred
the estate. The only division was by the road
where tho steam engine traveled, and the open
drains where the nnderdrains discharged them
selves. “ - -
history of the farm.
The character and history of the farm wa3
given me, in part by the foreman and in part by
Mr. Thomas Rivera, the well known nursery
man, who lives in the same town. The farm is
what is called by the local geologists a “boulder
clay.” It contains chalk, and was probably at
ono time tho bed of an old lake. This, I think,
is correct. It is a real clay farm. It has been
occupied for a long time. Fifty years ago it
was cultivated upon the “crop and fallow” sys
tem. Little manure was used, and when its
present owner came in possession it was consid-
dred a womout, valueless clay bed.
The new owner's first operation was to re
move all the hedges. Eighteen acres of land
were at once added to the estate. Beyond this
fact comment on Englishhedges is unnecessary.
Next, every rod of gronnd was nndergrained.
These tile drains were put in much thicker and
steeper than usual. Roads were laid out radia
ting from tho buildings in the centre. These
divided the place into six fields. Upon these
roads the traction engine travels when at work
plowing or cultivating.
the steam flow
used is of the Fowler pattern, and works upon
the “single engine” plan.” This steamplowing
business is one that deserves careful examina
tion. Gonoerning the various methods of steam
plowing I cannot now speak. At present we
will content ourselves with the actual work
done on this farm, and leave the rival Howard
and Fowler systems to another time. Traction
engines, for farm work, must also be discussed
hereafter.
At present it is enough to know that this en
gine is a traction engine, that it moves itself
ike a locomotive. 'When plowing or harrowing
is to be done, steam is started, the engine rolls
ont of the barn and proceeds leisurely to the
field, dragging after it a train of wagons con
taining the plows, ropes, eto. The working
force consists of three men and three boys. The
engine takes np its station on the road, at one
end of the field. The plow with its fonr shares
is ran on to the land, beside the engine, and
facing away irom it at right angles. The wire
passed throngh a block on a movable anohor,
having disc wheels that cat into the ground at
tbe headband. Tho rope is connected with the
plow and with the dram under the engine. The
engineer monnls his locomotive. The man at
the anchor stands ready to move it as the plow
cuts its wide path through the soil. The as
sistants take their places along the ropes with
iron frames, over which it runs to prevent fric
tion, and the plowman mounts his strange ma
chine. This is a pair of wheels, having two
huge iron arms, eaeh containing- fonr plows,
each set faoing the other. The plowman, the
foreman of the gang, waves a white flag to start.
The engine pnffs easily. The ropes tighten and
groan. One ann, containing fonr plows, sinks
into the gronnd, while the other, slightly ele*
vated in the air, goes backward in front. The
dost flies, and with tremendous force the soil is
plowed up and turned completely over to a depth
of 16 inches, and at a speed of sn sere an hour.
As the plow goes tearing through the land, the
boys remove the “porters” over which the rope
runs, and replace them as the plow passes.
A wave of the flag and the engine slows down.
Another signal and it stops with the plow at the
opposite of the field. The plowman changes
his seat, the anohor is moved slightly, and the
engine starts forward a few feet. The flag
waves, the ropes tighten, and the plow starts
on its return journey, making fonr new fur
rows.
ADVANTAGES OF MACHINERY.
With these two splendid means the land is
plowed, subsoiled or harrowed at a very rapid
rate. Harrowing is performed at the rate of
twenty acres or more a day. The exact figures
in regard to plowing I will give in dne time.
For depth, cheapness and thoroughness of
culture machinery leads everything. Its ad
vantages on large forms are too great to need
disonssion. For the prairie farmer, and especi
ally the man who can command a water-power,
this system, or' something like it, presents -
many features worthy of imitation. ShoutT’
happen that a farmer has a water power ina
centre of his place, a slight modification of tv
rope and blocks, ro that the motive power s
not move, would enable him to.cnltivat*
large farm with a single water-wheel. I n *
of its high first cost, steam or other power
side horses is destined to do all onr heavy h
work. Bteam is being rapidly introduced i7?
English farms, and not alone for plowing
crops can be handled, thrashed, stored
prepared in various ways for market h
steam. The same engine that plows the’w
can drive drive the root cutter, saw thewo&i'
pump water, hoist the hay to the lofts, tun tK
grain elevators, or drag a dozen loads to
at once along the country roads. *
V A. CHEMICAL EXAMINATION. '
To return to onr clay farm. After the
thorough tearing and clearing up of the pi^J
had been accomplished, the next thing waste
have a careful • chemical examination made of
each field. In fact, the chemist is retained, a J
makes regular reports upon the soil. — a
these reports the manurial practice is founded
This, I was told, excited at first the greatest
amusement among.tho neighboring farmers*
Now they rub their sleepy eyes and admit th»l
the chemist is one of the best men of the farm'
The crops were pnt iu entirely by machinery
As far as possible steam was employed, sit
their horses have followed the engines. N one
of the tiresome hand labor employed about Loj.
don was allowed. The first four crops were
comparatively small, end did not pay. g O0 ^
they began to improve,and continued improvinp
until last summer, when the largest crops ever
known to he gathered in the county were cm
from these unmanured fields; thafis, fields not
supplied with bam manure. • The only manure
used was from the bone mill and chemical
works.
The New York Platform,
So far as it relates to the constitutional amend
ments and to the municipal frauds is as follows:
Resolved, That the Democraoy of New York
arraign before the people of the Union the ad
ministration at 'Washington a3 false to its
pledges and faithless to constitutional law. It
has prolonged the dissensions that followed the
civil war, kept alive sectional animosities, re
fused amnesty to submissive citizens, and has-
denied peace to the restored Union: It has set
np privileged classes, and initiated a system
of exemption from taxation to the protec
tion of the monied interest, the tendency
of which is to make the rich richer and the poor
poorer. It has squandered upon mammoth cor
porations the lands which were the pledged her
itage of settlers, and it now attempts to perpet
uate its power by recourse to the grossest cor
ruption, by direct interference of Federal office
holders in popular elections, aud by a resort to
military forco to repress the civil tribunals of
the country, and to control popular assemblages
and elections—acts and usurpations which all
history shows are strides towards despotism,
and which, if not averted, most prove fatal to
onr republican institutions.
Resolved, That we recognize the emancipa
tion cf the freedr en of tbe South, and their
enfranchisement and perfect equality before
the law, as the inevitable sequence of the civil
war and of the overthrow of the rebellion
against the Union; and we hold it to be the
duty of all to sustain them in the enjoyment of
their established rights, to aid them in promot
ing their own welfare and the general prosper
ity of tli9 country.
Resolved, That we view with indignation the
corruption and extravagance recently brought
to light in the management of the municipal af
fairs of New York, and denounce as unworthy
of our countenance or toleration all who are re
sponsible therefor. We pledge our best efforts
to prevent the repetition of such abuses, and will
look with satisfaction upon the punishment of
all upon whom guilt can be’fixed. We appeal
to the record and the facts to prove that the
deplorable condition of affairs existing in New
Yotk was inaugurated and foisted upon the city
by a system of irresponsible government, insti
tuted by tho Republican party and continued
by them through many years, under which
the growth of extravagance, peculation and
fraud, was inevitable ; and we demand on the
part of out next Legislatere such reforms in
the city charter as shall secure, among other
things, first, an early opportunity for the peo
ple of the city to choose new mnnieipal officers;
second, on the part of the Mayor, more com
plete responsibibitv for the subordinate de-
uartments of the ’administration; third, the
iability of the Mayor of New York, with all
the Mayor’s orders to be removed by the Gov
ernor, in the same manner as sheriffs of the
counties are now removable, upon proof before
him of malfeasance in office or negleot of duty.
Resolved, That experienco has shown the ne
cessity of restraining and defining, by constitu
tional enactments the power of towns, coun
ties and municipalities to create a debt and tax
the property of citizens.
Illinois Democracy on the Amendments.—
The Illinois Democraoy at their State Conven
tion, which met in Springfield, last Wednesday,
had the following to say abont tbe amendments:
Resolved, We regard the Oonstitation, with
its amendments, as the supreme law of th®
Union, to be respected and observed in all its
parts, and political distinction founded on race
and oolor being now abolished, we pledg*
ourselves in the future, as in the past, to main
tain at all times the constitutional rights ana
franchises of all men, without regard to previ
ous condition.
An alimentary old gentleman, residing near
Harlem, has for three months past been experi
menting upon a turkey, with the view of deter
mining the weight to whioh be eon bring it by
Thanksgiving Day, throngh s process of pom-
>ering with seleoted farinaoeoas feod. Tbe
' d already polls the scale at forty pounds, and
manufacturer confidently expects to bring “
* sixty before he places himself outside its
DISPOSING OF THE CROPS
is peculiar. Just as the various fields are in their
best condition, they are divided into lots of ten
acres each, and then offered at auction as thev
stand. A large company assemble, and after’a
liberal free lunch, the auctioneer proceeds to
sell every available thing on'the place without
reserve. Every crop must go if a decent pace
can be touched. Bidding is active, and in one
day the harvesting and marketing are over.
Each purchaser pays down twenty per cent and
has credit for ninefy days for 1 tho rest if he
wishes it. The crops may be removed at the
buyer’s convenience, provided he doe3 hot in
terfere with the farm work. By this means a!]
expense and risk of harvesting, storing and mar.
keting are saved to the owner: r Whether this
pays the following must show. This statement
(reduced to dollars) from the books of the fares,
was kindly given me by Mr. Prout himself, at
his city residence:
For labor $4,650; for seed $1,350; manures
$5,750; interest on land, improvements and
building and taxes, $5,600. This is the cost fot
one year. The sales each year averaged in the
last four years the sum of $23j000. Taking the
yearly cost from this we have an annual profit
of $5,750. Mr. Proutis well known in London.
Theso facts and figures havo been published
again and again, and ate beyond question cor
rect.
Fonr years since the Royal Agricultural So-
ciety, hearing of this farm sent a grand com
mittee to examine it They did so, and solemnly
reported that snch a farm wonld certainly fail.
The entire removal of the crops each year, and
no return in the usual way, would sink anything.
The proprietor was destined to fail. Ruin would
visit tha place shortly. The above statement
looks like it—very.
This place is certainly a most remarkable one.
Ten years ago it was estimated to have a rent
value of 27 shillings to the acre. In four years
its rental valno had risen to forty shillings per
acre. At present it is higher still. The cost of
clearing the hedges paid for itself in eighteen
acres of new land, and several hundred dollars’
worth of lumber beside. The present oo3t, with
clear fields and steam power of the sixteenth
inch cnltnre, is the same as the five-inch cul
ture of ten years ago. j
DOES FARMING FAY ?
It may be well to add the first four crops had
no manure of any kind. The increased culture
consequent upon steam power brought up from
disused soil below snffioient materials to to sus
tain the crops. Weeds were a serious tronble
at first, and “fallowing” was resorted to in a
measure. Within the last live years the land
has been free of weeds, and, having at great ex
pense been really cleared, is kept so easily.
In conclusion, I may remark that the propri
etor carries on this farm partly as an experi
ment to solve tbe vexed question, does farming
pay. Furthermore, being a man of liberal in-
streets and culture, he publishes freely what he
has done, that the perpelnal cheap food ques
tion may havo one more solution. His aim is
to show that capital, science and skill when ap
plied to farming not only benefit the farmer,
but indirectly aid and comfort every man, wo
man and child in the United Kingdom.
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