Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-01-29

dry in spring, the land not well Worked,
and the planting flashed in May. The
braird was regular and the crop fine, al
though there was u general failure Of the
crop throughout the country,
In 1896, the seed potato was obtained
from the neighborhood Of Edinbiry. They
wero Bluffs, md treated in the stlIie man.
i,er as described above. The land, /, fine,
dry, light soil, was in oat ssnbb!e after old
grass, and full Of wirc-worm. The dung
was not very dry, the land well worked,
the braird regular, and tho ctop fine. There
was none planted without tho ling this
scasoi.
In 1887, tho seed. p otato was obtained
from Leader Water dons and blues. A
fine light loan wal well worked, and dung
cd with well made dung. She crop waa
planted in the second week in May, and
proved u fine ono. None planted without
the lime this season,
In 1898, the seed. potatoes came from
Gala Water dons and blues, which were
planted in the last week Of May, on land
not well worked, and the dang very dry;
bas iIS pIuita UHB WliiphL u pifJiGS una
the crop fine. Two hollis Of seed. potatoes
from Pteblcsshire were tried without limo
and proved u complete failure, the insects
having eaten the sets TO a shell. These
were planted in the last weGk in May.
In 1880, the seed potatoes we're from
Gala Water bHffs, aud which were planted
in tho last week ri April, In, strong clay
soil, not well worked, and tho dung very
dry; bat the braifd was very regular, and
tho crop fine. There were lone planted
without lime this season.
In 1910, again, the seed potatafo wcrc
from Gala Water, dons and blues, which
were planted in the end Of May in d fight
loan fall Of wire wofnis, but well worked,
and the dung very dry. The crop was
fine. A few drills was tried, as IN expo.
r,men', without the lime, and they were SC
| complete Il failure that they were ploughed
down.--Qnarterly Journal IF agriculture.
AMOS KEsDALL.--J1iis gentleman re.
Gently published in his Exposisor, a histor,
Of 80 mach Of bis life as embraces his pri
vate relations with tho Hon. Il. Clay anf
family. This narrative appeared on tbs
10th ult. at Washington, and hence came
out, us it were. at the very door Of Mr.. CIay
who might have exposed the errors, ha:
any been found III tho publication. Ken
dustry, who, Lie the great Chy himself, hat
won his way alone up the craggy hetght
Of Fame, out-stripping by the superior abiI
ity and enduring powers Of his intellect,
host Of competitors, and overcoming, singh
handed, the distractions that obscure brit
and strnitcned fortune threw in his way
lie belongs to that class Of iHteilects tina
do honor to the Genius Of The country; an
for one, we feel it Il matter of interest t
the nation that no unjust ~reproach shout
rest upon his name.
With his tct,atatio1, ~ with that uf Nj
Clay, party caiunny has been but too bu
sy; and not the least Of the calunnies Ia,
ished upon him, is the familiar charge {
ingratitndo to the great orator--who is sal
to have taken him up, Il cast-away, a BEE
gar, and all that was ritiful. fed and clotf
cd him, introduced him into society q.
business thus laying the stone ofhi
succeeding fortunes. This, MIR. kenda
declares, is a pure fabrication; the onl
thing ever done for bis advancement by Nj
Clay being to subscribe TO his newspaps
and, in his (KendalI's) middle age, to len
, him on ample security, 1880 in ban
notes, worth about Fifty cents on the dolla
out ofan estate Of which Clay was exec'
tor. The payment of this loan, with ii
interest, afterwards proved very cmbarra
sing to Kendall.
The charge against Kendall Of ingrat
tudc to Mr.. Clay, arises from the fact II
the former was once employed as priya
tutor in the family of the latter, and W;
once i'll at his house. But esen in givir
him this employment Mr.. Clay had !
hand, nor was he even aware Of the fact
the time. 1t happened in 1914, while NJ
Clay was commissioner to Client. Ke
dali had Just arrived in Kentucky, and, b
ing poor Though by no means pennies:
offered his services as a teacher, Mrs. Cli
sent for HIM without having ever seen hi
and employed him at the rate of $500 p
ann, with the privilege of hr. Gays
brary. At the time of accepting this {
fer, Kendall had the alternative Of teac
ing in two or three other families, at S5t
, per ann, without the am literary adya
tages. He resided in Mr.. Clay's fam
about eleven months, and left it and reno
ed to Scott county where he entered
the practice Of law, previous to the retu
of that gentleman from Europe. 1t "
some two months after his location
le Georgetown (scott county, that Kend
re visited Lexington, and was taken i'll at
Ii boarding-hous 0 biltious fever. Mrs. Cl
,g (who, it would appear, esteemed the CHI
acter and qualities of the young mani $:
in for him in her carriage, brought him to
house and treated him with so much XII
m pess as calls forth expressions Of gFatite
E. even at the present day.
OF Upon these very ordinary facts rests
IS. whole history of kendalF's deep gratitu
n, and vigorous treatment of Mr.. Clayi ]
is, d~enoucmcnt surprises liz, as it no doubt '
ur many others. And yet we take great pi
Ro sure in transcribing the facts, for Il
ef- chase from our mind an unfaEorab,e or
of ion Of one. in whose writings we have
his covered much information and much
ap tive goodness of heart, but or whom
Try have been taught to look with a SUSPECT
ng and prejtdieed eye. sTis true, u
III. ~quaintance with his writings is not Of !
ere standing; but, as far as it uns, We b
me found in his pen few ofthose traits for WI
his enemies distinguish it. His langa
is uniformly that Of a scholar, and his
guments such as we might expect fro
frank, honest-hearted man.
Ind We speak Of the writer as we read
ind without reference TO what he has been
md picture him as he is. Always a warm
eat tisan. he more frequently and more DO