About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1869)
The GS-eorgia 'W r eekly Telegraph. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, APRIL 0, 1869. Death of Simri Rose. We are ‘sitting alone in the Telegraph of- • fipo—the solo representative of business or let- 4ees in its ample domain—for every other per- «n connected 'with the office has gone to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of our oldeonf ere, Sami Rose, of the JonmalA Mes senger. The streets of Macon are in pretty mmeh the same. condition. The stores are dosed, and the pavements deserted. The peo- \ pie have thronged to the honse of the deceased and to the church. The Masonic Fraternity, 'the Printers’ Union, the Macon Volunteers, and almost every other organization in the city have tamed out to honor the departed, and a long, solemn and imposing procession will follow our deceased brother to tho narrow house appoint ed for all the living. We will be held excused if; following the dic tate* of personal convenience, os well as of feel- ing, -we apply these solemn moments to the ex pression of a few thoughts snggested by this melancholy event. Air. Rose was one of the old landmarks of Macon. . Although not a very old man—for he was bom with this century—yet he has been identified with almost every public interest of the city since it first took the shape of a small frontier settlement. Hero he has spent sum med: and winter—seed-time and harvest, for nearly half a century, and patiently watched ,!he slow growth jpf the town—known by and acquainted with everybody, and frankly partici pating in almost every public and social move ment. Monuments of his fine natural taste abound in tho city, and are still more strikingly presented in onr beautiful cemetery which alwnys attracts Gm admiration of strangers. The site and the improvements of Rose Hill, named in honor of W Rose, and where his remains this day will • their final resting place, were duo to the judgment and enterprise of our deceased cotem- •porary, and will cany his name and fame down to the latest generation of onr people. This beautiful resting-place of the dead—horticulture 'in. all its branches, and last, not least, the inter ests of Masonry, were the triad on which tho .more public life of Mr. Roso seemed to centre, and upon which he perhaps bestowed as much ’ thought nnd labor as he did upon his professional business. Everybody in Georgia knew him quite as well as Grand Secretary of tho Grand lodge of tho State as they did as publisher of . one of the oldest newspapers in Middle Geoigia. 'Mr. Rose was a man of kindly and genial na ture—cT very active habits of mind and body —of a highly nervous temperament, although of extraordinary coolness and courage in mo ments of danger. He was perfectly fearless, yet entirely without swagger or pretension. He wan by birth a New Englander—born, we think, {in. New Haven, Connecticut, but, as wo have remarked, has been a Georgian from early man hood. • He leaves a widow and four daughters— aH highly accomplished women, and three of the latter are residents of New York and Penn sylvania. They have the heartfelt sympathies of our people in this sudden bereavement, news ..of which came like a thunder-clap to all of ns. Wet learn that Mr. Rose returned from a visit to Houston county last Friday night, complained of feeling unwell, and continued in the same condition till Sunday morning, when he was still well enough to eat, and no apprehensions were felt; but he died before noon on that-day. ■.Thus do wo survivors have again an impress- " ive practical monition that in the midst of life we are in death, lie two seniors of the Central Georgia Press have died within three months of Atbar. nnd the strneele of life most soon be over with the yonngest of ns. “Legal Technicalities.” According to the Chronicle’s account of the interview between Gov. Bnllock and the Presi dent upon the Georgia question, all is right be- / tween those functionaries. The President threw ■ tha responsibility of deciding the constitutional lights involved in the matter upon Congress, who he said were better lawyers than he could • claim to be ; and, besides, there was a “neces sity” in tho matter which would override all “legal technicalities.” This easy-going interpretation of his official -responsibilities will at once resolve all donbts, and put the President upon the best possible footing with the Supreme Congress. The day • of vetoes,-founded upon constitutional law, is •over. £The President, wo are to understand, -will shelter himself in respect to them under a plea of personal modesty—a line of policy which might bo something safer if die Supremo Con gress would show a little of that fame quality in its assumptions of power in defiance of the Con stitution. But where Congress is wholly with out modesty or scruple in their own unwarrant able usurpations, and the President is too mod- •est to oppose his crude conclusions against their ^better knowledge, the Constitution stands no' dbance at all. > i i And finally, to clinch the matter, and resolve .all doubts, the President brings forward again 'fhat.same old tyrant’s plea of “necessity" which im over-ruled all law for the last ten yoars, and m in fact tho only rule of action now in existence. ■Partizan “necessity" is the Moloch to which every substantial interest of the people, has been and will be remorselessly sacrificed. Tho friends-of Grant should sue out an injunction to stop Forney from- publishing such wretched .trash as this/to the discredit of Grant, whether true or not. ‘ Boston Post Building. — The Boston Post comes to us with a long and elaborate descrip tion of a new nnd splendid edifice for a publica tion office, which has recently been constructed .by the proprietors of that paper, Messrs. , Beals, • Greene & Co. From the description given by the Post, -that paper is behind none of the mag- .nates of American newspaperdom in tho regal •splendor of its surroundings, and must he especially happy in tho solid attribute of “as sets.” But the Post must bo still more happy 3n1he consciousness of having deserted success, It has pandered to nono of the isms and here sies which threaten the stability of republican .-government in America. It has never failed to •deal with political questions in a conscientious, intelligent, liberal and conservative spirit. It has never pandered to fanaticism, bigotry, sec tional hatred and sectional opposition. The Post has won its honors and its wealth by the manly service in the cause of good government, and so may it flourish to the end of time. The Pensacola West Florida Commercial an .nounces the commencement of operations on the railroad to Pensacola,' near Molina, nnd state that the parties ate at present engaged in gettii® out cross-ties, bridge timbers, etc. The editor says the operations are not' on a very large scale, it is trap, but give hope that the long and weary waiting will end some time, Wholes axe Slaughter.—Dayton waked up ■*» the 31 st ultimo to find that three suicides had been committed in that town and vicinity daring the night, and a fonrth man had killed himself accidentally. Basons.—The dates on our first and fourth pages seoald read “April 7,” sot “10.” • Gold Fish.—Gold fish, three or four of which were introduced into .the Potomac from the foun tain in tod -Capitol grounds at Washington, a few years since, are rapidly populating the whole rive*, and many are sent here *n offal fish in the veaael loads of shad and herring.—Alexandria ■Oautte. ■ 4* a • .e An Essay on the Cnltivaition or Cora. BT DB. THOS. P. ATKINSON, OF DANVILLE, VA. The seed should be carefully selected and gathered in the fall Of the year, from those stalks only which have two or more good large ears on each of them. Let it be kept in the shuck in some dry place, until needed for plant ing. To protect the grain against the ravages of moles, crotra, and other depredators, and to insure its putting forth a vigorous hud, it should be soaked for twelve or eighteen hours, in a, solution of saltpetre, (one pound of the salt to a gallon of water) and well rolled in plaster of Paris immediately before planted. I prefer bedding even high land, for two the President in this movement, but other au- reasons : First, Hallows toe winter’s frost to permeate the land more thoroughly than when it is left fiat; and secondly, because the water The Caban Imbroglio. The telegrams ou Saturday night announced the passage of Bank’s Cuba resolutions in the House. It is a resolution of sympathy with tho people of Cuba, in their struggle for indepen dence, and pledges the support of Congress to the President whenever he may consider it ex pedient to recognize the independence of that island. Tho speculation among the Washington quidnuncs was that the Spanish monster would take affront and demand his passports so soon as Congress passed that resolution. It is said by some papers that the House is considerably in advance of the Senate, and of thorities assert that both the President and Con gress are bent upon lending such moral and other indirect support to the “rebellion," as to insure the success beyond a peradventure; and it is well understood that “the country means to have that island," in contempt of Spain, which is regarded os in a helpless condition. Meanwhile, for tha sake of. appearances, the Secretary of State refused an official interview to Lemus, the envoy of tho revolutionists, but saw him in the Secretary’s private rooms; and upon the application of the Spanish Minister, instructions have been sent to U. S. Marshals and District Attorneys on tho seaboard, to en force the neutrality laws against fillibustering expeditions from the American coast Numer ous cruisers have also been dispatched to exer cise a surveillance in tho Gulf and the Caribbean Sea, and, perhaps, they will permit the Spanish authorities to carry out tho recent orders, to hang as pirates the passengers and crews of all vessels found under circumstances to justify tho suspicion that they are expeditions in aid of the insurgents. It is clear enough that we are on the eve of a thorough complication in this Cuban business; and the course of the United States Government is destined to illustrate a beautiful sliding scale of morals on the neutrality question. The North ern politicians and patriots, who were exasper ated to fury that France and Great Britain should recognize eight millions of Sonthem peo ple, under a regular de facto government, as bel ligerents, have not a word to offer against a pro position in Congress to acknowledge the inde pendence of less than half a million Cubans, led by two revolutionary chieftains and with posi tively no civil government at all—for up to this time there has been no attempt, so far as we have seen, to organize even a provisional revo lutionary government in Cuba. But, leaving all questions of law and morals out of the account, wo presume there can he little reasonable doubt that tho American will, in effect, seize this favorable conjunction of circumstances to intervene and acquire Cnba. The attempt to cover onr tracks with a little of the dust of neutrality, will hardly conceal them, and Spain, if she can get nobody to back her quarrels, will have to submit quietly. • Af ter all, she has had that island long enough, and if a majority of the Cubans prefer a change, they are entitled to it. Bnt it is not easy to see the effects of such a change upon our own affairs. Much of the Northern immigration which otherwise would be tempted South, will transfer their destination to Cnba. That island will forthwith be the busy scene of Yankee adventurers, experiments and speculations of all sorts, which will astonish the Cubans who have invited their fate. Its political occupation will involve a heavy addi tional expense. It will demand a large addi tion to our military and revenue force, and this is bnt the beginning of acquisitions from the Antilles. The Dominicans in Hayti are already making overtures for annexation, and probably in a few years we may absorb isffind after island, until we get possession of all the group. It will be a troublesome acquisition—but one thing it frill accomplish, to wit:. It wil* the collection of high tariffs impossible, except at an expense which will consume tho pro ceeds. Conrt-Iion.se nnd Swamp Commis sioners. The following is the result of the canvass of the vote taken on Saturday: rklULBEBBY STREET TICKET.. L. N. Whittle....1,581 J. M. Boardman, 1,1507 G. B. Roberts....1,396 A. Tharpe 1,496 W. Stubbs.....!, 1529 J. T. BoifeuiDet, 1,629 W. P. Good all.... 1,1504 D. T. Driggers....1,611 W. F. Wilburn.... 1,476 D. Daley .....1,515 CITT HALT. TICKET. furrows thus formed afford a free passage for the surplus water that falls in winter, and the land is thereby left in a much better condition for cultivation in the spring. I know that many persons obj ect to this mode of cultivation, because they think that com dropped upon a ridge must suffer more from drought than if it were planted on a fiat surface. This is unquestionably true, but only a slight re flection will teach them that they are not driven to the necessity of planting on a ridge, because the land has been thrownintobeds. Theymay, as I do, plant in the water furrows and on the clay. About two Weeks before planting, say from tho 10 th to the 20th of March, I begin to reverse the beds with the plough, by which they had been formed; and if the ground be at all rough or cloddy, I run two furrows of a three- tooth coulter harrow over each bed. This puts the ground in first-rate order, and pays better than any two plonghings after planting. On re versing the beds, care should be taken to leave a ridge of one or two inches of the soil unturned. The dirt thus left will, when incorporated with the clay,by tho process presently to be described, form .^suitable matrix or bed for the reception, of the seed. The roots of com branching off laterally and never penetrating the oprto belpw where the grain is deposited, (there being no tap-root,) it is all-important that the land be broken very deep and that the seed be planted very low in the ground; otherwise it will wither and fire on the approach of droughts. It is im possible to break the land too or to pulverize it too well, although it maybe, and often it turned too deep. The turning plough should run just deep enough to penetrate a little distance below the soil, so as to throw up clay enough to glazo the surface. The great advantage of very deep ploughing is that it greatly increases the power of tho cap illary attraction of the earth, by which the moist ure is raised from below-to the roots of the plants. This power is augmented also by tho separation of the particles of tho earth which is effected by the plough, even as low as the bot tom of tho fnrrow. 1 The difference in tho degree of this power of attraction, where the land has been well broken and where it has been left hard and cloddy, may be estimated by holding in one hand a Inmp of brown sugar with one end in water, and in the other hand a lump of loaf sugar similarly sus pended. It will bo found that whilst the last will be slow to absorb the water, the first will hava become saturated and dissolved. Ibis will be owing to the difference in the compactness of the two samples. Nor is this the only advan tage of deep ploughing; for whilst it greatly in creases the moisture by raising it in dry weather, it decreases it in wet weather by facilitating its gravitation. And yet, with the importance of this method of cultivation set before them, how many are there who will prefer the old mode of sera piny the. surface, and setting it running down hill with every rain. Having thoroughly prepared the land as above described, I run three deep coulter furrows midway between the ridges. This forms a suit able bed, by the admixture of soil and clay, for the reception of the grain. The opening would bo deep, and this, together with the dropping and covering, may be beautifully effected at a single operation by the Sulky Com Planter, re cently introduced. If this cannot be procured, the opening should be made by a shovel plough, with a small mould board attached on each side. The gram should be dropped from the hand and covered with a hoe. Three grains of com should be dropped where you intend but one stalk to remain. I may be asked what distance I allow. On ordinary high land, I plant the grain 8 by 5 feet apart, which will give 2,900 plants to the acre. On better land, I plant it’closer—say 24 by 5 feet—and on very rich land, I would have it not more than 2 by o root apart, giving respectively 2,625 and 4,850 plants to the aere. I greatly prefer to maintain the full measure of five feet between the rows, because it will and lead to the inquiry, “What causes this great difference in the appearance of contigu ous crops I have thus far written of the cul tivation of com on high land only. On sandy low-grounds there need be but lit tle variation of the mode; hut in low-grounds with an impervious soil, or otherwise liable to be saturated with water, an opposite treatment is required. Whereas, the object in the first case is to solicit and retain moisture, we are to endeavor here to provide the most effectual means of getting it out of the land. _ In the preparation of land of this character,, the first step to be taken is to cut a sufficient number of ditches in the proper place, and of the proper size and depth, to attract and carry off the surplus water. If the soil be of an im pervious character, it will be necessary to con struct blind ditches of the required depth, lead ing into the open sewers, taking care to have their coffering so far below the surface, as not to be reached by the plough. _ These, together with surface trenches made with a plough and properly located, will«put the land in a proper state for cultivation. Here I would throw np the beds four feet apart, pointing them in the direction of the trenches. I adopt narrow beds on such land, for tho same reason that I would discard them on high land; namely, because they can be made higher, (and so aiyer,) and for tho further rea son that the water furrows are thereby multi plied, both of which circumstances tend to dry the soil. There is yet another reason for it. The high er and narrower the beds, the more effectually will they be penetrated by the frosts of winter, which exert a powerful influence in pulverizing and mellowing the land. In opening tho beds for planting, the depth of tho furrows should depend on tho charaoter of the soil, and the liability to injury from over- moisture. j .■■■ ■: In tho cultivating. I would bo careful to pre serve the convexity of the beds as much as pos sible. Careishould also bo taken to keep the trenches and water furrows well open during the winter.—Sou. Planter and Farmer. Au Elepban^ and Lion Loose. ONE ATTACKS A LOCOMOTIVE AND THE OTHEB THE NATIVES. [Cnrretponiltnr.e of the Brandon {Miss.) llennhUcan. Fobbest, Miss., March 24, 1869. Several days previous immense posters were posted on all the walls in town, announcing that Reynold’s great Mexican gymnasium and ine- sagerie would exhibit in Forrest on that day. Early in the morning all the roads leading to town were thronged with people of all ages, sexes and colors, and by 10 o’clock the whole town was alive with visiters awaiting the arrival of tho menagerie. At 11 o'clock the fine brass band announced the arrival of the show, and by 12 ii., the canvas was stretched and the cages of the animals arranged. The huge elephant, Hercules, the largest ever imported into this country,'was chained to a stake, and, by way of caution to those entering the canvas, Mr. John Alston, his keeper, stated that he had for several days manifested a dispo sition of insubordination, and begged that no one would approach sufficiently near to receive a blow from his trunk. Mr, Mark Kite, from the northern part of this county, coming in af ter Mr. Alston’s admonition, thoughtlessly handed him a piece of tobacco, which so en raged him that he struck at him with such vio lence as to dislocate his shonldor, although it was a glance blow. He plunged with such force that he broke his chain, and though his keeper used every effort to subdue him, he was entirely uncontrollable, and he would strike and kick at every object near him. By this time the scene was beyond description. The vast crowd flew for life. H'e flew at his keeper, and pursued him from under tho canvas. Tho eleven o’clock freight train being behind time, and not having any freight for Forrest, and the engineer not intending to stop, came rushing along at the rate of twenty miles an hour. When it had approached within two hundred yards he looked up the road and seemed doubly enraged. He immediately ran toward it with great speed, and met it witn such a shock that he broke one of his tusks and was immedi ately killed. The engine was detached from the train and thrown from the track, and Mr. Whar ton, the engineer, having failed to shut off steam, it unfortunately ran into the canvas and smashed the lion’s cage r killing the lioness and releasing the lion. The Son, finding himself uninjured and at liberty, and being frightened by the steam and whistle of the engine, started at full speed down the Homewood road, roaring terrifically. He bad gone bnt a short distance when he met Mr. George W. Sheppard and gave chase. Mr. Sheppard, finding that he was gaining on him BY TELEGRAPH. rapictiv and that fie would certainly be overta- makethebeds/when workedthe last time,“fl£t k *?’. atte “P*?. d to cUmb a ter, thus cansing them more offectuallv to absorb | at kl , m his paw as he ascended, but fortu- and retain the water at a time when there is the I <ld n ? other damQ S 6 off kls greatest demand for moisture to sustain the || and cairy rAvay a part of his pants, stalk dnrincr tho maturing of the urain. Mr. John Smith, of Raleigh, while on his way to Forest; ndmg his fine pacing horse, with his little son behind him, met with him four miles from here. As soon as his horse saw him he stalk during the maturing of the grain. As soon as tho plant attains the proper size, I : run a deep coulter furrow (I desire to familiar-! ize tho reader with his term) on each side, andi . , ... , , ... . , follow it immediately with the hoe; having the:; weighed, whenthehcnrvLshed at him, seized weakest stalks pulled out where three are found.! *““ b f * e and tkre ,T npon the A suitable time should be selected, about two or! p oand - J * r ‘ S “ lUl . h . 18 esca P ed three weeks afterwards, when the ground is wet,'! woods and TuaJa their wa ? to Forest 011 to withdraw another plant leaving only one. : | M. S. Thomson....579 A. B. Ross 686 T. C. Nisbet. 607 G. H. Hnzlehurst, 604 J. C. McBumey, 520 E. Crocket 594 P. W. Doyle 417' V. Powers 619 J. Rnssell....,.........000 E. Isaacs...:.... j.594* foot. While he was devouring Mr. Smith’s horse, Mr. James J. Rich, who was on his way to Forest with a load cf chickens, drove np. As soon as he saw him-ho reared on his hind feet, lashed the ground with his tail, nnd sprang at him. Mr. Rich eluded him by jumping from : Good ron Athens and Better for Georgia. The editor of the Athens Watchman, Hon. J.. H. Christy, says that several Northern gentle men have been in that community looking for locations for settlement—that they have been well pleased and purchased lands. Let all such be welcomed among ns; and we hope our land holders will look to their own interests and the general interest of the community, and sell lands at fair prices. While on this subject, we take pleasure in stating what we know to bo true, and that is; that the people generally of the North are not a hundredth part as bitter towards us as are the vile trading politicians—most of whom ought to be hanged. During tho past winter wo were brought in frequent contact with Northern peo ple of every grade and calling—ministers, law yers, doctors, mechanics, farmers, merchants and manufacturers. They express kind feelings —even the more liberal of their preachers— than do their politicians. . j Another gratifying fact—and it was noticed by evoiybody, and as a Georgian we were proud of it—they all look upon Georgia as a “live State”—as truly, the “ Empire ‘ State of tlid South.” Everybody seemed anxious to come to Georgia, and,hundreds assured us they Would do so, if the politicians ever got done the mis chievous and never ending work of ieconstruc- tion. ' ^ * , ’ . Fiendish Murder.—Correspondence of the Augusta Chronicle A Sentinel from Washington, Wilkes county, gives the particulars of a most foul assassination. He informs that paper that a most fiendish and horrible murder was com mitted about twelve miles from Washington, on Wednesday night last, in the direction of Lex ington. As Mr. Thomas Thaxton, a member of the special jury, and detained as such by the court, was returning home in his buggy that night, about eight o'clock, when within a quar ter of a mile of his house, he was fired on, three balls taking effect in his neck and. head, and died immediately. Mr. Thaxton was a sober, qniet and peaceable citizen, without an enemy in the county, either among black or white. No cine to the perpetrators of this foul deed have been discovered, though suspicion rests upon two or three negro men, who had threatened, the life of another man, and, it is thought, killed Mr. Thaxton through mistake. Itisto be hoped ho diligence will be spaced in finding oht the parties guilty of this shocking affair. i ; . Axotheb Rumored Cabinet change.—It was rumored in Washington, last week, that Secre tary Fish intends to-give up the' State Depart ment and accept the mission to England. His friends declare, that, ,$f Grant;adheres to thVlist of foreign appointments which WaShWrne made out, Fish will at once resign, i i A Great Success.—Eighty-six thousand (86,- 000) of Appleton’s Journal,'No. I, mi disposed of op Saturday, the day of publication, A new edition will be printed at onoe. About this time tho land should receive a. thorough harrowing with a Coulter Tooth Har row, taking care to let tho teeth run very deep. This will tear down the beds which have been formed by the reversing process above recom mended, and leave a nearly level surface be- , . , - r . tween toe rows. his wagon, when he mounted and began to tear , If, from frequent rains, the grass be likely to ?P eB , tba boxe ? containing the chickens, and get ahead, akeea shovel plough may be substi- i t ’! med J b , e P out. He then seemed to lose sight tuted with advantage. Two weeks more will : °i eveTything in hia efforts to catch thoni bring us to too fifth or tenth of June, at which time toe com will bo in a condition to receive its last ploughing. This is effected by running one Dagon fnrrow on each side of tho ridge; taking care to run ns far from tho plants as is consistent with making toe dirt meet around them. The furrows thus formed should be filled by dirt thrown with a shovel-plough, hav ing a small mould board attached. I prefer this to a second furrow from the Dagon, because When toe excitement in town abated, about twenty mounted men, well armed, started in pursuit with all the dogs belonging in town, as well as many that had followed their owners. Mr. Reynolds, the owner of the lion, begged them not to kill him, and sent several men with toe crowd with instructions to capture him, if possible, but no doubt the citizens will kill him as soon as they overtake him. It is reported that he killed a freedman in it leaves a flatter bed, which fngudtt of great otmn* Mr. Thomas Husband’s and importance. In laying by com, I never plough every con secutive row, but leave every alternative one to be attended to when the first shall have been ploughed. This will bo in about six days,’ by ( which time toe roots which may have been sev ered, will have “taken hold” on too earth, and ; be able to sustain the plants, while toe last I broken shall remain disrupted. . 'The plants arie thus protected from tho effepts of .too groatRe pletion at any one time, and are'preservell in a green, and flourishing state, when neighboring crops are parched and yellow. Every one knows that, if two quarts of blood be taken that when last heard from ho was going down the Ocoha. The hews that a lion is at large spreads like wildfire, a nd the citizens are greatly ‘ excited. Hold Yonr Temper With the Field Hands. A correspondent of the Columbus Enquirer has these sensible words on too management of field hands. They are not only sound advice in the particular case bnt universally sound. It is good Bible practice'to loam to “possess your souls in patience.” j' The usnal complaints that too freedmen aijd from a patient at one operation, paleness and ! , women do not work well are rife; that they will fainting will be the consequence, whilst, if only j idle away time, and that, too, when toe employ- half toe quantity be drawn on one day, and as er. cannot afford to loose (iine. I would suggest mudb more six days thereafter, no such effect ] to planters not to let their feelings become will be produced. * It will tons be seen that toe | chafed; bear in mind that too negro is an ignb- mo(le of cultivation hero recommended ip sup ported by analogy, whilst it is founded on rea son and sound philosophy. . j I take occasion, just here, to impress upon the mind of the reader toe very great importance of allowing the loose dirt to remain where it is most' needed, namely, equally diffused over toe whole surface, between the rows of com. It Is the custom with many fanners to draw the dirt from toe middle rows, andtopilo if in large hills aro.und toe stalks. Nothing can bo more irrational and injurious to toe crop. The large roots coming out above the surface of the earth, afford no nourishment to the plant, bat servo only as braces to preserve it from falling. If is the small fibrous, thread-like roots only, which convey, the nourishment to the com, and they, as every observing individual knows, are found like net-work, extending entirely across toe rows. If toe soil which forms their bed be re moved from its proper position, they will be de prived of all power to convey nourishment to the plant, and it will, as a necessary result, sick en and fade and twist, and thus the cultivator will, by his own folly, be deprived of a remun erating return for his labor. Should a drought set in during tho process of earing and filling, he may boast of housing a few nubbins hut will gather no good com. I have known many farmers to suffer severely for thus' petting at defiance toe laws of Nature, toe teachings of Philosophy and the plainest dictates of common sense. From the tenth to the'fifteenth of 3uly I run two deep coulter furrows in the center between tho rows, thus forming a fresh anff deep bed ifortoe roots and retaining toe greatest amount of moisture at a time most needed. Let no one who shall try this mode of cultivating com be discouraged in the spring, when he shall see his neighbor’s crops, planted : rant being. We ought not to. expect of-him to know, feel, nnd understand toe value of timie. He, in his ignorance, does not comprehend toe results of idleness, nor can he realize what great advantages would result to him by steady and persistent efforts at the plow and the hoe. We inupt, therefore, possess ourselves with; a vast deal of pntience; deal firmly with them, but, at the same time, let our conduct towards, and treatment of them, be tempered with kind ness. Much of tho ill feeling and idleness that exhibits itself, upon some plantations is the re sult of improper conduct by the proprietor or toe person having charge of too plantation. Passion upon the part of the owner, and it vent ed in abuse and cursing toe laborer, will oper ate harshly upon his feelings, be he white or black. My plan is to keep temper in leading strings, and would you, he or sho, wish to get along smoothly with your laborers, I say control your temper; suppress abuse and swearing at them when with them; but if you must get mad and have a swearing spell, walk off to the woods, take hold of a stump, beat it with your fist, and curse it, if you will, to your Heart’s con tent If you are not then a sore and wiser mart, thenyou had better quit farming and .try some thing else. Sncoess in farming, under the present system of,labor, depends altogether upon a man’s man agement of that labor and a judicious expendi ture of time. If you can succeed in holding your laborers well in hand, control your temper, bring into play your whole stock of patience, act the part of a gentleman towards your hands 4t all times and upon all occasions, create within them a confidence that you will deal honestly with them, let them feel that you are an intelligent man* that yon ate their superior in )norals, feed them liberally (a liberal ration ’ creates a deep in the usual wav,- (on a ridge;) outstripping his j impression upon them, and induces grateful in growth. “Not having depth of earth, ’ it j feelings to spring up in their hearts towards you may be expected thus to go ahead for a time; j and for you,) systematize your work, never de but- he who shall follow toe directions above ; riato from regular work hours, be steady and given will have toe satisfaction of seeing his ■ legular in yonr habita (for the negro is an im- ’ "— : L ‘ ^ tive creature and will pattern after yon,) vet violate,'your wprd once pulsed to them, id pay them the last dime that you promised em—if any one can carry out the above policy, can run a plantation and manage hands suc- * 'ty- crop green'andj flourishing daring the summer, when all around .will be parched and withered. I am free to admit that there will not be this difference when rain shall fall in sufficient quan tities whenever needed; bnt in all ordinary sea sons, the contrast will strike every beholder, Washington, Aprils—Noon.—The iron-clad Mi- sntonimah has been ordered to'prepare for sea. It is supposed she is destined for the Cuban waters. Postmaster-General Cresswell contemplates a di vision of labor among the special PoBt Office agents into three classes: Superintendents of Railway ser vice ; Examiners of Postmasters’ accounts, and De tectives. Their duties are clearly divided, and it is supposed the new plan will require an increase of officials. , General Grant lias telegraphed to Admiral Hoff, in command of too Gulf fleet, enjoining him to pro tect American citizens, f This is in response to toe Spanish orders to treat filibusters as pirates.] Washington, April 5, p. m.—The Supreme Court has adjourned to toe 15th. The Committee of Ways and Means has resolved to visit all the Custom-houses during the recess. General Longstreet departs on Thursday. Tho Navy Department is taking measures to in- terupt too reported Cuban expeditions from New Orleans. Nominations: M. Ashley (of impeachment noto riety.) Governor of Montana; R. J. Rennet, Col lector of Customs at Beaufort, S. C.; Postmasters, E. J, Castella, Natchez, Miss.; Edwin Sears, Staun ton. Va. • •; The Senate confirmed 196- nominations, including Chattanooga, Now Orleans. Montgomery and Baton Rouge Postmasters. Residents and visitors from several States hold separate meetings to-night for tho purpose of or ganizing for a participation in-toe Cuban demonstra tion to-morrow. The following is a text of the hill reported by tho Judiciary Committee of toe Senate with the recom mendation that it pass. It covers Senators and Representatives in Congress: “ That when any per son, who is not rendered' ineligible to office by toe provisions of tho fourteenth amendment to toe Con stitution, shall bo elected or appointed to any office of honor or trust under toe Government of too United States, and shall not be able, on account of his participation in toe rebellion, jto take the oath prescribed- in tho act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, said person shall, in lieu of said oath, before entering upon tho duties said office, tako and sub scribe toe oatlr prescribed in toe act of Congress en titled ‘An act prescribing an oath of office to-be ta ken by persona from whom legal disabilities shall have been-removed,’ approved July 11, 1838.” The Alabama Senators, especially Spencer, were very active in securing Longstreet’s confirmation. Washixton, April 4.—Tho nnmberof vessels cap tured or destroyed by the Confederates during too late war, was nearly three hundred; value, over $13,000,000. This morning's Chronicle has the following: “Gov. Bullock called upon President Grant yester day, in pursuance of a previous engagement, to as certain his opinion touching toe bill recently intro- dued in too House and Senate on toe Georgia ques tion. The President expressed himself as being, well satisfied with the bill and stated that he saw no objection to it. He remarked that toe only ques tion which over had suggested itself to his mind, in. connection with the Georgia matter, was-whether Congress had the-legal right to interpose at all: bnt that there were many abler lawyers in Congress than he, and they would doubtless dispose of that matter. This Georgia case,- he added, might bo considered one in wliiah necessity would probably be deemed superior to mere legal technicalities.” The Chronicle also has toe following: ‘ ‘The Sec retary of the Navy; Mr. Borio, assured a committee of Republicans, from toe navy yard, on Thursday last, that ho wordd-see to it toattbe employes of the yard should be known and deeided Grant Republi cans, and that toe day of Copperhead domination in these important .posts was over, for at least four years.” Senor Lemus. Envoy of Cuban insurgents, is to be honored with a procession and serenade on Thursday. The Retrenchment Committee’s report covers one hundred and fifty pages. It shows some startling irregularities—the most suspicions- being that there is no direct proof- that orders for the destruction of many millions of dollars’ worth of bonds were obeyed. The report gives a minute history of tho printing, issue and retirement of the bonds. The Committee have been investigating the subject for two years. The Committe says, after noticing the irregulari ties : "It is a fict; however worthy of notice, as ap plied to all these securities on this point, that there have been no over redemptions of these securities, and tho payments of semi-anualinterest have fallen considerably below the amount shown by the issue hooks to be actually due.'’ The Committee favors an early conversion of toe debt to registered bonds. '. . Congressional. Washington. April 5—House.—In the House, on tho regular call, toe report of toe Committee on Elections upon toe Myers casot was considered. ThO Sub-Reconstruction committee are framing a personal disability bill of a rather liberal character in relation to names affecting reconstruction in Vir ginia, Mississippi and Texas. Tho Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has denied a writ of error in the Twitched murder case. Tho following hills were introduced under the regular calf: A bill reducing too officers of- the army. A bill preserving tho purity of elections and freo discussion in the un-reconstmct-ed States. A bill re-granting lands to tho Nashville and Deca tur Railroad. • • , : r ! A bill appropriating' two- hundred thousand dol lars for too Memphis Custom-housei A bill construing the eight-hour law to give full wages. ■ 1 A'bilL allowing prize money for too destruction‘of the Confederate irori-elad, Merrimac. in, Hampton ,Roa<ls. ' A bill funding treasury notes and floating debt. A bill amending tho tax upon spirits and tobacco. • Tbe Committee on Appropriations was instructed to enquire into to the -propriety of applying a part of the coast surrey appropriations to ''the accurate geological survey' of tho Ohio and Mississippi rivers. ; | The Judiciary Committee was instructed to enquire into toe propriety of restoring relics taken from Ma ry Curtis Lee. Tho Judiciary Committeo. was also instructed to continue its investigation of tho charges against the ‘Alabama Federal - Judge, Richard Bus- teed.Tjrfto power to aet throngk a sub-committee.aud to spnd for persons and papers during (he recess.: By a vote of 67 to 47 tho bill carrying into effect the convention- of 1S6S, between toe United States and Mexico, passed, and goes to the President. Tho bill continuing the Freedmen's Hospitals; at Richmond, Vicksburg and toe District of Columbia passed and goes to the President. Tho Election Committee reported in favor : o£ seating A S. Wallace from the 4th South Carolina District. The minority reported adversely. A message from the President was received, an nouncing the signing of toe tenure-of-offiee bill., Recess to 7 o'clock for debate only. Senate—In the Senate, Mr. Sumner introduced a bill forbidding the District Courts of tho UnUed States to consider cases involving slave contracts. The Sonate Judiciary Committee has reported, with a recommendation that it pass, au oath for persons eligible Duder the Fourteenth Amendment, who may be elected to offices of trust and power.' They mbst take toe. oath, prescribed for those who have been relieved from political disabilities. The Banking Committee have voted down a pro position to report to toe Senate toe bill for the dis tribution of the national bank currency, and have proceeded to consider amendments. Tbe Senate adjourned without action. After the proceedings reported ’ at noon, the Sen ate was engaged all day on fixing the junction of the point between the Union and too Central Pacific Railroads. After Executive session, adjourned. New Orleans Hash. New Orleans. April 5.—On Saturday, indictments were found by the grand jury of the Criminal Court against Gov. Warmfitk, police commissioner, Mc- Duff and superintendent of too police commission er, for oppression in having forcibly ana causelessly .ejected Auditor WitkEffe from lfis office, and re- tained possession.' ‘ ‘ _ . • Gov. Wannoto this morning presented himself at toe First District Court, and announced his readi ness to enter into any bonds , which might be re quired for his {Presence when nasMaaiy, stating he hod learned through toe press of the city of his in dictment. Judge Abel informed the Governor that his own recognizance was sufficient. By an order from the U. S. Circuit Court in the Morgan suit, Marshal Herron this morning took possession of . the Opelousas Railroad. The road ; will continue operations as usual. An inventory is to be taken, and when completed, toe road will be assessed for sale. The counsel for the company this morning moved for a healing in toe Circuit Court, upon an application for an injunction. Tho Court fixed toe 10th inst. for argument on toe ap- - plication. The Turf Congress meets to-morrow at toe St. ! Charles Hotel. Delegates are already present from the Memphis Association; tho Magnolia Jockey Club, of Mobile; the Nashville Blood Horae Associ ation, of Nashville; toe Tadede Association, of St. Louis: Lexington Association, of Lexington, Ky.; Woodlawn Association, of Louisville; and Metairie Club. General News. Augusta, April 5.—There was a heavy frost this morning. It is feared tho fruit crop and early vege tation are injured. Several distinguished Northerners are at Aiken, South Carolina. Thurlow Weed is. improving. Sen ator Sprague, who has rented a furnished house, with Ids family arrives to-morrow. Ex-Secretary Seward Is expected next week. Jon E. Develin, of New York, and Stetson, of too Aator House, are also there, • . A great many Northerners are visiting various citiOB in Georgia and North Carolina. It is reported.that delegations from Atlanta, Co lumbus, Macon, Savannah and Augusta are to leave in toe morning for Washington, to appear before tho Reconstruction Committee in opposition to But ler’s bill. Heavy Frost in S. arolina and Georgia Charleston, April 5.—A heavy frost last night, that had a disastrous effect on the Sea Islands, where toe cotton had generally been planted early. Nearly all must be replanted, which will throw the crop back about ono month. Still Another Horrible Murder in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, March 30.—A horrible muder was committed here yesterday, under peculiar circumstances. Early yesterday morning a man threw himself into the Delaware river and was drowned. Subsequently a handkerchief was found in the water bearing the name of Black- stone. This afternoon toe body was recovered, and found to bo that of Blackstone, of the firm of Funston & Blackstone, picture-frame makers at 912 Market street. • i The body was sent to his house in toe extreme northwestern part of the city. On arriving there toe parties found- another party of police in possession, and that Blackstone’s wife and two small children were dead, chopped to pieces with an ax. It appears that previous to commit ting the murder yesterday, Blackstone wrote a letter to his wife’s father in Connecticut, saying that he had killed his wife and children and would kill himself. The party in Connecticut this afternoon telegraphed: to the police authori ties hero who went to the house and found too dead bodies as before related, and were investi gating toe case when toe dead body of toe father was brought in. On Blackstone’s body was found a paper stat ing that he had been robbed and was a ruined man, and giving this as a reason for the deed. His wife appears to have been kiUed while light ing a fire in toe stove on Monday morning, as tho neighbors heard a noise at that time. The children were killed in bed np stairs and carried down and laid at toe feet of their mother. Black stone was probably insane. Shovelling through North America. Tho New York Times has an interesting re port of the treats of a through trip on the Union Pacific Railroad, which commenced on the 13to day of last February. On toe 2ist, Mr. J. N. Campbell, superinten dent of the Laramie division, telegraphed from Laramie that two hnndred passengers going west had been supplied with “three locomotives and shovels, with the understanding that they should shovel through.” Ho adds: “They left here yesterday morning, nnd have only got about twenty miles. They frod'it is no play to shovel snowOne-fourth will not work at all. ” This was cool enough! No wonder that toe thermometer was on toe next day twenty-seven degreesb low zero! It seems these westward-bound'200 made little Roadway, and what became of them the corres pondent of the Times does not say. Tile east ward-bound passengers left Rawlings on toe 22d, with three locomotives and seven days’ rations. They proceeded forty-five miles, and ran pell- mell into a snow-bank, where they remained for forty-eight hours. This catastrophe, in toe opinion of ono of toe railroad conductors, was not out of older, since when they started he told them it would serve them right if they ran into a snow-bank !* Whan arrested by this deep bank of snow the passengers got ont and worked hard, shovelling the snow from toe track; bnt ns fast as they clear it away it was blown bade by toe winds, until about midnight, in despair, they gave np, and toe train and locomotives were still and mo tionless. That night toe thermometer fell to twenty-seven degrees below zero. Over seventy passengers were frozen, more os loss, including Judge Southard, of San Francisco, who had his nose frozen, nnd Mr. George E. Whitney, who had both of his ears nipped off. On Wednesday toe 24th. ninety passengers started on foot to .walk through to Laramie, a distance of ninety miles. Others afterwards followed, so that not more than twenty-five passengers stuck to the snowed-np train.' On the 25 instant they made seven miles, on the 26th they traveled twenty-six miles, eleven of them; by a part of the number of travelers, on a locomotive—to Miser. Thence again by foot toe wearied and suffering pedestrians journeyed on through wind and snow till they reached Laramie, on the 1st of March. Many were frost-bitten, and all were greatly distressed. This is but a brief sketch of toe horrors of this- journey on the Union Pacific Railroad, whieh, as a winter route, is full of perils to travelers—even in summer they are not safe front snow-storms. One occurred last Jnne in the Rocky Mountains which subjected the pass engers to intense suffering. Profits of “Going to the Legislator.” The Atlanta Constitution iHustrates this point very clearly in toe annexed advertisement: ; ’.j found! . On,ono of the street? leading from, the Opera House in this city, on Friday last, a'morocoo- covered memorandum book, which contains among other things the foilowingitoms of account In lead, pencil,' the publication of which may feed to‘toe recovery of tho property by toe legit imate owner, who Is requested t,o “prove pro perty, pay charges, and. take the' same away,” from the findyr. r G.‘ W. Andehsox, J •' . . Lieut., df Police, Atlanta, Ga( ’reseived'WAiges'for session..,,.$612 00 miledge 87 O'.) paiper envelopps.pensels Ac worth at leasrt »:;! voting for bullock in the Angier muss in Greenbax - .37 50 voting the 15th emendment 50 00 ' • $S49 75 expenses 9 week and a half bed room... 9 50 bord 47 apple Pise.... 1 4 62 in All 19 Minse Pise at 15 cense eech...’. 2 35 krackers and Cheese 2 24 ginger Kaiks 1 30 3 54 aplesl4 | hair Cut 26 other vitals 2 19 2 58 paiper colars 1 boXbolony sausage 40.... 65 sider 005 Canada 10 15 tobacco 1 53 pea, Nuts 60 ;..... 2 15 washing Close......... ...A 00 95 .4 postage stamps Used... 00 12 going to maskeraid ball 1 50 going to maskeraid Varieties 50 sun Drys and etc 17 50 mdid dear.,...:. A Colored Lectmerti Vkwa about a South and floathern People. A laige audience, oomposed of the better cl> of colored people, with a few whites, assemw*, last evening in the Hall of Representatives -AT ner Conti and Royal streets, to hear Martina' Delany’s views on “toe state of the countin' reference to the South. ” He was introduce!) ? the ao&enoe by C. S. Sauvinet, Esq. cash' : of the Freedman’s Savings Bank of this ritjT.!! after a few preliminary remarks, launched fnAi as follows: That, all tho colored people reqt^S were equal rights before toe law; andthelT litical disabilities of the whites were not owi to any love of the colored people, bnt as a ntn? ishment inflicted by toe conquerors, a result : the war; but on account of toe disfranchise® ° f of toe whites some few negroes had slid 1m . office in toe Southern States. ! This toe speaker dwelt upon, telling the e i j ored portion of his audience, among whom j saw several members of toe Legislature th? ■ toe same would not occur again. The Jrto • race were true to themselves. As much as th i protended to like negroes, yet the groat maa^'f j the Radical party North were unwilling to jA the colored man rule the white. He warned^ colored friends against a class of adventured tho miserable, pnny, mercenary Yankee, came only for toe spoils. That white labor could not work the soil; cited to Brazil aJ , other South American countries where it wl j been tried and failed. The colored peonr, 1 should be true to themselves; that theym^ • work till toe soil, and raise the crops; that the I could not expect to laydown the hoe andbecon/ legislators—they wore not fitted for such bn? ness; that toe white people must accept th- situation, the colored people work and let p 0 i/ i tics alone, and everything would right itselfV ; The lecturer has created some little notoriej. ; for himself among those who believe in Ms ! of toe question. He is a short, thick set, f? blooded negro, was bom in Charlestown,’Va. is abont 55 or 56 years old, was educated at burg, Pa., afterwards receiving a medicaled? cation at Harvard College, Mass. He has tr„^ eled considerable in Europe and Africa, jjj was toe only colored member of tee Intem’atioi. al Statistical Congress, held at toe Somerset House,-London, in July, 1860, and fromwhi^ on account of his having been admitted totTe floor, Judge Longstreet, (uncle of the General who represented toe United States, and tl? Hon. Mr. Dallas, (then our minister to the Coat of St. James) withdrew. During toe late war he was - commission^ Major of toe 128th United States Col. Infanta, and served in South Carolina, on toe staffs § Generals Saxton and Sickles, where he has a'™ been tendered toe nomination to CongTess 1, toe Radical party, but has declined toe honor, because Ire did not consider himself a reside of toe State, and that Congress was not pt ready for colored members, or that tho coloxi people were ready to go to Congress.—JV. ft Crescent. Kepotism. Gen. Grant’s extraordinary fondness for pro. viding for his family and friends, at toe eiptia of toe public crib, has caused great eommotiot in both Radical and Democratic circles. Tho kes view we have ever seen taken of toe subject i> contained in this letter of Thomas Jefferson’ik a kinsman searching for place: “Deal. Sin: The public will never be made t believe that an appointment of a relative isnuh on too ground of merit alone, uninfluenced b family views; nor can they ever see with appri.' bation offices, the disposal of which they intnE to their Presidents for public purposes^ divide: out as family property. Mr. Actants degrades himself infinitely by his conduct on this subject as Washington had done himself the greates honor. With two such examples to proceed bt I should be doubly inexcusable to err. It i true that this places the relations of the Pres dent in a worse situation than if he were* stranger, but the public good, which can notb effected if its confidence be lost, requires tk sacrifice. Perhaps, too, it is compensated' sharing in the public esteem. Thos. Jeffebsox.” Ratifting bt Telegraph.—The Secretary i the State of Missouri has received a commie I cation from toe Department of State at ’Wi.dl ington, statiBg that toe ratification of toe For J teenth Amendment by the Missouri Legist toi ls incomplete, as toe thing ratified is not a cor- J rect copy, the second section being omiifcij It will be remembered that the Legislature ra:-1 ified a telegraph report, which, for econoaics!! reasons, omitted the second section, be<anw[ that remained in ita nL»po. There w£5| no need of this expedition, bnt it was tooegL‘1 better to show alacrity. The worst speed ftl made by this haste, as the Legislature has d joumed. and will not meet till next winter, hi the haste there were also some verbal omissMDj and some orthographical errors in toe rriifrhj resolution. “Ail Owdashus Cat.” What Simon Suggs used to call an ou catfish was- caught near Nashville Wednesa'I He weighed'seventy-two'pounds, and pn the following table of contents: A large 1 key, a steamboat spike, nnd a dollar, fifty ten cent piece wrapped np in a piece of «& lin. Farming- in North Georgia.—The- Citizen of the I st instant, says: Larger crops of oats were sown this ms* than ever before. Wheat fields are beauS and a rich harvest is anticipated. Large eaj of com win be planted- The fruit we thialb been slightly affected, and we predict a 1 did, if not a Large yield. Depression in the Cotton ManutscttbI England.—The Fall River News says r “ft«| private letter received by one of the < in this city from his father, now residing cashire, England, we ieam that the-deps in cotton manufactures there is even j than at any period during the rebellion." Rectorship of St. James Church, J The Rev- -W. E. Eppes, of Jacksonville s' has accepted tho Rectorship of St. James C of Marietta, Ga., and is expected to coo his ministry' early in the month. He W ' reputation of being a very earnest, zeak tiP able minister.. > t • Reconstruction.—The Washington cor:*-' dent of toe Augusta Daily Press says: A compromise billkasbeen presentedo_ Houses in relation to Georgia, made np °1 Carpenter’s, Edmonds’ and Butler’s bils^ jl ler says it will become a law just as so 0 -I c:in be reached, and I have fhe same for saying that it meets the appro™ “ President. So make way for the locoiuoa* I A Little Girl Crushed bt a Log.— county, Ga., on toe 10th inst., as Mr. her two daughters ware clearing up a Py j j ground, they had occasion to move a some twenty-five feet long, and of corresf«n thickness. Being upon a hill-side J started it down toe hill, nnd one of tbft< aged ten or eleven, followed after il__; pushing it along, she fell over and the 1°5 ' over her, crushing her to death inst&nhj- ‘ 45 61 ....: $801 U ‘‘The Imperialist."--The jNew York corre spondent pt the Hartford Times says: The publication of Tha Imperialist here is a fixed fact, and the first number or two will sell “like hot cakes.” I am also credibly informed to-day, that a similar sheet, to be called The Empire, is to be issued immediately in Philadel phia, under toe auspices of toe Loyal League of that pity, and that tins journal, at the start, will advise Grant to assume the rank of Dictator. Queen Olga, of Greece, is an uncommon smart woman. She attends all her husband's Cabinet meetings'—doubtless with the baby along, as she. feels very proud, of that young scion. . {> ,11 rejfitstf-:'- cl i iV inti '■ .■ Taot American Agriculturist says wherever tiles can be delivered on tbe farm at three cents per foot, they are .cheaper for drains than atones, although the t&pr wens damped ready for use at the bask of tu'dSdtra without cost' • ’ • . .. . . • > I-. ‘ .! • it ! Grant and the Independent.—The st ^i that Bowen took a copy of toe Indep £ ‘- n ^l ! Washington as an endorsement of i and that Grant carefully examined I sheet. In conclusion,' “Is it possible, ! “that Beecher is responsible for such » F*jjJ | this? Mother” (he always calls Mrs- . j ! “mother,”) “never let me see that pap 1 | ; house." i See notice of Isaac Hart os to title oi P r ^ : advertised for sale to-day by United shot in this city. The Floods.—The Northern and [ ers are booming, and much destruction 1 i and property is noted. I Mrs. Stanton tells Tilton that wheu ^i to the Senate, “some wifce woman ww, I right and some black man on his lo“- The Municipal Election in Coin®!’ Saturday resulted in the success emtio ticket, without opposition. j he city was 866. Two ladies in Lancaster, Maas., Wjjt, ont with petitions,' one for t Legislature to give women tb* fe'
