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AGRICULTURAL.
From the American Agriculturist.
Poisoned Flour—Caution to Mil-
LBB.S.— -A whole community in Orange Cos.,
N.., have been poisoned, some fatally and
•most of them seriously, by means of lead
which was introduced iuto their flour
through the almost criminal carelessness of
miller. The lead was used to fill cavities
in .aw old mail stone, and in the process of
grinding was of course rubbed to powder
«nd mixed with the flour. In this way,
*ome 300 persons have been subjected to
•mere or less severe lead poisoning. If oth
«er millers are in the habit of repairing •their
stones with lead, let them take warning.
The lead in this case was so finely divided
mato be invisible, and its presence was only
■suspected from the cases presenting the
•symptoms of lead poisoning.
Mullein Leaves to Drive Away
Rats. —At the suggestion of a friend, the
writer, with little faith in»the measure, once
tired laying Mullien leaves around the rat
holes in his cellar, to drive the rats away.
In & short time, the leaves were mainly gone.
More were laid down, hut were not taken
away. The rats were gone. These are the
facts in that case. Why the rats went, is
not known, unless the leaves gave pain
or alarm.—Other like experiments will be
easy where Mullien grows.
Not Too Late to Plant and Sow.—
If there be any land in the garden from
which early cropk have been removed, it
should not lie idle, for it is not too late
to get another crop than weeds, from,it.
If a crop has failed from bad seeds, late
frost, insects, or “ bad luck,” which is usual
ly another name for neglect, it is not too
late to put in another. There are yet three
months at least of “growing weather,” and it
is not too late to do a good amount of gar
dening. The whole class of salad stuffs can
be kept going—cress, radishes, lettuce, and
endive, the best of all salads. Pickles are
to be looked out for, and cucumbers the sta
ple pickle, may be, planted with, good
results; melons will make fruit large enough
for mangoes, gherkins, the little prickly
West India fellows, may be grown if one
likes them, and Nasturtiums will grow fa
mously iu the hot months. Bush beans, for
Kuaps and pickles, and a patch of Early Sweet
Corn nlay be put in for a late supply.
Young-beets and carrots may be had for the
sowing, as may Kolil-rubi and spinach.
Now is as good a time as any other for sow
ing rutabaga and French turnips. There
are probably other things which may be
sown. Better plant every spare space and
get only a partial return, than to allow it to
run to weeds, or to keep it clean and get
nothing.
Sponge for Rats. —“ Piper* of Hamlin,
Jr.,” sends us an old prescription for get
ting rid of rats and mice that may be new
to some. He soaks bits of sponge iamelted
tajlow, and when cold, places them where
. the vermin will find thdta. They eat, get
<he dyspepsia, and either die, or go where
they are not “ sponged upon.”
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From the Southern Cultivator.
TURNIPS.
We wintered last season two cows, from
jtbo time grass failed until the 20th of Feb
ruary, upon turnips. These turnips did
not occ-upy one half acre, and soms 25
bushels bad been used for other purposes.
The roots being large and sweet, communica
ted no ill taste to butter and milk except at
one time for a day or two, when some par
•tially deoayed ones were intermixed with
others. The yield of milk was- better than
we have ever been able to obtain by any
other mode of feeding. We gave them all
they would consume of tops so
they used but little syraw.
The soilJm which the crop was grown,
was a light sandy loam, moderately eurich
ed in the spring for Irish Potatoes, and oth
er garden crops, a£ter repeated plowings and
harrowings, a good top dressing was applied
of lot manure, made by cow penning stock
upon woods earth through the summer.
This was harrowed in, and the seed sown
broadcast, very thinly, upon the surface,
when the grouud was perfectly dry, and
brushed io. We generally prefer sowing
THE ELBEKTON GAZETTE.
in drills, but iutendiagto be absent through
the autumn, we peferred broadcasting to
leaving them for the newly freed negroes to
thin, in our absence. While iu New York,
a letter from home informed us that very
few had come up, and the crop was a fail
ure; but on our return, the first of Novem
ber, we found the finest prospect of a crop
we had ever witnessed at that season.
A light sandy loam is best for turnips, if
made rich, because the small seed in such
soils germinate better, the young plants grow
off more rapidly, and are at maturity more
smooth, regular and uniform in size, and of
better quality for table use. They succeed
admirably on such lands newly cleared, with
proper preparation—the ashes and mould
answering iu place of manure. A good
light soil plowed up in spring, and then cow
penned and plowed over and harrowed re
peatedly in May, June and July, so as to
germinate and kill all the seeds of weeds,
leaving the ground clean and mellow at the
proper season, will make an excellent crop.
If the soil is-not thus made rich enough,
composted manure from the stable lot, Pe
ruvian and Pacific guano, and bone flour,
will be found valuable applications. Above
all others, genuine Super-phosphate is like
ly to produce the best results, as it has more
visible effects upon the turnip crop than
any other whatever.
The great causes-of failure are two. The
soil is not generally made rich enough, and
is too generally left lumpy and ill-prepared,
and full of the seeds of weeds. Tn a turnip
patch, not a lump should be left unbroken,
and all the seed <sf weeds should have been
germinated before sowing. Says a recent
writer in the Country Gentlemen :
“ A few years ago a neighbor helped me
harvest turnips, and was so greatly pleased
with the appearance of the crop, that he
said he would surely raise some next year.
He prepared a piece of new ground for
them, and wished me to came and sow them
for him the next day iu thp afternoon. (
was hindered, so that it late in the
afternoon before I got there - . They had
sown the turnips. I saw plainly that they
would not have to get help kr harvest the’
crop. One day’s work with a good smart
team on that three quarters of an acre of
ground, would have put in condition to yield
from 400 to 600 bushels of turnips} as it
was, they got but few. If I were to give
any rule, I would say make the ground
what you Would call mellow enough for
wheat or barley, and then work over the
soil as many more times as the 'Seed of
the turnip is, smaller than a grain of
wheat.”
When the ground is th?fe thoroughly
soft and fine, apply your Super-phos
phate and other manures at the surface, and
harrow in. Three hundred pounds to the
acre, of the latter, will pay, but not as well as
five. We prefer applying Super-phosphate,
and sowing the seed in drills, for hand cul
ture, two feet apart; for the plow (a coulter
or other narrow plow must be used,) twenty
eight inches will do. If sown on a light
bed, it will be more convenient for cultiva
tion. We used a seed drill, which opens a
shallow mark, drops the seed just as thinly
as we like, and covers it with a roller. Be
fore we had the seed drill, a quart bottle,
with a quill in it, with an orifice, found by
experiment to be of the proper size,we used
for sowing in the drill.
Ruta Baga we prepare the ground for, as
we do for beets, parsnips and carrots. Af
ter plowing and maMngfine,a good coating
■of manure is applied, and the ground laid
off in beds, 30 inches apart. The middles
we fill up with fine, well broken compost
manure, and cover it by splitting the beds.
These are raked off so as to leave the bed
rather fiat, with a surface of fine soft earth,
which is allowed to dry well, unless the
ground has moisture enough within sobring
up the seed. We prefer perfectly dry soil
to partially moist'earth, us in the latter, the
seed trill barely sprout and die; while io
‘the dry earth it will wait until the nest
rain, and then is sure to come up. When j
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up nicely, bar oft' with a coulter, chop out, j
leading finally the plants 12 to 15 inches'
apart. In short, cultivate exactly like cot
ton. The result will be three, four, six eight'
hundred or even, iu extraordinary cases, a
thousand bushels to the acre, according to
the season, and to how well you have done ;
your duty. We sow Ruta Baga in July and j
August, and other turnips up to the .Ist of
October.
A word about varieties. We tried last
year, and succeeded with some eighteen
kinds, but of all these it is sufficient now to
say, that Red Top Leaf, Large White Globe,
Norfolk (White or lied,) Yellow Aberdeen, j
Yellow TStone, Yellbio Rata Baga and White
Rata Baga , (or Sweet German,) are all we
shall try again 6f those 18 kinds. Os these,,
those in italics are, perhaps, for family use,
as good as any. The first comes earlier
than any other sort, and the last is the j
sweetest and best keeper for late spring i
use.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY SEAR MEMPHIS.’
Memphis, June 15.
Lust Tuesday three men called at the
house of William Carmichael, about six
miles from the city, on the Valley Ford
lload, and took Joseph Paine ahd William
Carmichael from the house into the woods,
where they mortally wouuded the former,
while the latter barely escaped with his life.
A warrant for the arrest of the murderers
was issued the evening after the information
of the murder of Paine was received, and the
officers succeeded in capturing one of them,
named E. W. Banks, on Wednesday nhjht.
The next day (yesterday,) as no officers
could go conveniently in search of the oth
ers, Wm. J. Saint reluctantly consented to
be deputized to serve the warraut. Jlc rode
A>ut Pigeon lloost lload, taking Richard
Graves, A. J. Singleton and W. Carmichael
to assist him in the arrest of the murderers,
and Banks to identify his associates, he j
having confessed to the foul crime. On
their way over, Daniel Henderson, a velativo
of Paine, the murdered man, on learning
their business, mounted his horse and rode
with them. Some say that Singleton asked
Henderson to go out. It is move than
probable that he went with a purpose. They
found the other murderers, Wingate, or
Wingay, and Boyett, living at the John
Ilerson place, on the Pigeon Boost Road,
about eight miles from town. They had
been at work in the field, but one was just
then on his way to the house. Saint, by
himself, approached the latter, and told him
he bad a warrant to arrest or shoot him.—
The murderer at.once gave up his arms and
surrendered. The other, who was surprised
in the field at work,"did the same on sum
mons. The party then started back towards
the city. Henderson then rode in front of
Saint, and commenced cursing, as is said,
and declaring that the murderers’ blood
should be taken then and there. Saint told
him that he had disarmed them and re
ceived their surrender, and would shoot any
man who attempted to harm them while in
his keeping. He was acting as an officer ol
the law, and the law should have its courge.
Henderson continued to curse for a time,
but at length became silent. The prisoners
were coming along peaceably. About dusk
Henderson dropped behind the cavalcade.
After dark, or about eight o’clock iu the
evening, while Saint was still at the head of
the party, Henderson rode up alongside, and
as they were riding together on the same
mule (E. W. Banks was resting one hip by
reclining upon the other,) Henderson at
once shot him in the back, the hall taking j
effect in the spine. He rolled off dead, on
the side on which he was leaning, drawing
Wingate with him. While he was falling,
Henderson shot at Wingate, shattering his
arm near the elbow, and immediately turned
upon Boyett, who was starting to get out of
the'Way, andshot him twice, wounding him
so seriously tha4 he can scarcely recover.—
As soon as Saint heard the firing, he turned
and rode towards Henderson, telling him to
desist or he would shoot him. His horse
wa* restive under the pistol reports, and gal
loped up near to Headcrson. The latter at
ones fired upon him, but misjed. tbeu
shot- Henderson, and he 101 l from his hor 3 e,
and died in ten minutes. All this shooting
occurred in fifteen seconds. Henderson
fired as first as he could cock his pistol and
draw the trigger. He was so near the pris
oners that every shot took effect.
Before Henderson died he told a man liv
ing near the tragedy that he was satisfied—
he had had his revenge.
Sheriff Williams, of Jackson Cotmty, Mo.,
on his own responsibility, has released ex-
Chaplain Dean from the jail at Independ
ence. He had been committed for preach
ing the Gospel without first taking the oath,
and consigned to jail along with thieves and
malefactors of the worst kind. Mr! Dean
had served with gallantry during the war.
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A Pennsylvania man lately drove a pair
of horses 100 miles in nine and a half hours,
and then refused SIO,OOO for them.
LOG A L.
THE COUNTY COURT
Was in session last Monday, Judge Treu
chard presiding, Judge Loftou being absent
on account of sicknes. There was but one
case of importance before the Court, being
the case of Perryman vs King , suit for
damages. It appeared from the testimony
that defendant rode his horse in plaintiff's
house, breaking her sideboard and smashing
her crockery. The jury awarded damages
to the amount of fifty odd dollars, with costa
of suit.
THE ELBEItTON BRASS BAND.
Perhaps no organization of the day is better
calculated to afford pleasure and gratification to
the citizens of this community, than the one
named in the heading of this article. Professor
Brenner, its leuder, is a liberal, Qnterprising gen
tleman, who firmly believes in. the doctrine of
letting his light shine, and although he has been
in this vicinity but a few months, he has won
the respect and esteem of all who have made his
acquaintance. Under his able leadership, the
band has progressed with great rapidity. No
picnic, celebration, or procession, is completo
without its assistance, which has always been
extended with the most generous magnanimity;
while their frequent serenades load the air with
strains of mugie that “ has charm3 to soothe the
savage breast,” and afford exquisite pleasure to
every one who has a soul to appreciate it.
Os course, the band is not perfect. Perfection
in music has never yet been attained—hut it has
made sufficient progress in the art to establish
itself as an institution-*-an institution which we
trust will be permanent. Wo wish all its mem
bers well, and they have our sincere wishes for
their success and permanency.
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD.
On and after Sunday, July 8, 1866, the Traina
on the Atheris Branch R. R., will run as follows:
Arrive at Lexington from Athens at 8.53
p. m. Leave Lexington for Augusta and Atlanta
at 9.07 p. m. Arrive at Lexington from Augusta
aud Atlanta at 2.29 a. ra.
With pleasure wc announce that
Prof. James 11. Carlisle, of Wofford Col
ledge, S. C\, will deliver a Literary Address
before the young ladies of the Elbcrton Fe
male Collegiate Institute, on Friday , the
20th of July, inst. We congratulate the
people of Elberton and vicinity. A great
gratification awaits them —a rich feast of fat
things—an opportunity not to be neglected
or misimprored, under a less penalty than
months of unmitigated remorse.
AUGUSTA
Commercial Report.
COTTON, 28 to 30 in currency.
GOLD, 1.45 to 150.
SILVER 130 to 135
'elberton
Commercial Report.
COTTON, none selling.
BACON, 20 to 25c.
CORN, 82.25
FLOUR, Bc.
BUTTER, 25 cents. “ 4
I CHICKENS, 20 large size—SmalF frying
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