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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-09-04

IN E.HUMPHREY Blacksmith, Mulbeiry.st.,
IT, opposite the Courthouse, Pomeroy, O.
Job Work, of all kinds, horse shoeing, &C., ex
ecuted with neatness and dispatch. Jan 80
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-09-04

III yTHAi INSURANCE COMPANY, q, Hart
lAA tqgd, Connecticut. O.BRANCH, Agent,
1out street, Pomeroy. Jan 30 1
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-09-04

En- LYMAN, Painter and Glazier, west side
T. Court street, fourth door above Front,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-09-04

4 sGATCHEL, Cabinet t-rnaker and Dealer
"A. mall kinds Of Furniture, Front st. above
ourt, Pomeroy, o ~ dec12tf.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20

The earth IN the course Of year. From
your roofs you can always ill Ecisterns if
you have them, and they lay up store
house of water for a dry time.
1t is estimated that barn thirty by
forty feet supplies annually from its roof
864 barrels, or enough for more than two
barrels day for every day in the year.
Many farmers have in all five times this
amount of root, or enough for twelve bar
rels day, yearly. II, however, this
water was collected, and kept for the dry
season only, twenty or thirty barrels daily
might then be used.
How to build a cistern. Dig your
hole about four inches larger than the
determined size. If the earth is COM
pact You need no brick work. If it is
loose, allow foot increase of excavation
for the wall. When you are ready, mix
water lime with twice its bulk of coarse,
clean sand, and plaster two or three coats
over bottom and sides. Use the mortar
as fast as mixed. Finish the top from
eighteen inches below the surface with a
double row of bricks as lsheaders," !" to
support four-inch plank covering, and
over that earth, to prevent freezing. Ev-
cry such cistem is worth its cost every
year.-Life Illustrated.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
osage Orange Hedges.

Messrs. EDIroRs in answer to some
questions by gentleman in Kansas,
jackson county, Mo-, relating to the cul-
ture of the Usage orange hedge, and
as the facts in answer to those questions
may be of some utility to the public,
have thought it best to avail myself of
the columns of the Reyeilie to make the
communication.
1st. When the plant is taken from
the nursery and set in the spring-is it
cut before, or at the time of setting. or
the cutting deferred until the plant takes
root and begins its growth ?''
Cd. "Will it do to set the Young
hedge exposed to stock, or must it be
inclosed 90
LIN answer to the first questionable
plant may be cut at any time previous
to being set in the hedge, and should
be so cut that not over six inches of the
top will be above ground this is import
ant, as the top generally becomes dry and
hard, and should it project much above
the surface of the earth, is in the way of
the first cutting of the young shoots
This cutting should not be over eight or
ten inches above the ground, and may be
done with sharp scythe.
l cut my year old hedge on the eth
June, ult., and the hedge set out this
spring, | cut on the 18th instant: It
might have been cut few days earlier.
say about the 10th of July. The Young
shoots were then from two to three feet
high.
In answer to the second question:
would state that in Boone county, one
year ago, was to be seen a young hedge
out in the open prairie, unprotected
lnclosing a quarter section of land. 1t
had no appearance of having been mo-
Iested by stock of any kind.
A gentleman in this county, who lives
on the Saint Charles Western Plank
Road, states to me thathe set out hedge,
asst spring, along the side of the road,
open and exposed, in front of his stock
ot. where his cattle are turned out daily,
md the hedge is unmolested, and looks
% be in fiourishing condition.
Another gentleman of our county, in
he Point Prairie, has small pasture lot,
'urrounded by hedge inside of the
ence, in which are confined his COWS
md horses; during the summer he has
discovered that his hedge is slightly nip
ped, and upon close observation of his
stock, found it to be the work of one cow
in the aOck-so it would seem to be sat
proven that hedge of the
Usage orange may be planted and raised
in any exposed situation-proyided that
cattle and hogs are not confined and COM
PEELED to trample on and ABOUT it.
My old hedge. which was cut on the
9th of June, is now almost sufficiently
advanced to be cut down again. Re-
that, to raise hedge, you must
cultivate well, and cut down as often as il
will bear the knife.
A. B. ANDERSON.
ST.. CHARLES, July 29th, 1854.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Sowing Turnip Seed.

The turnip is best adapted to a cooler
climate, like that of England or the east
ern States, than ours. There are none
but the quicker-growing varieties that
succeed well with US, owing to the short
period of the season in which the tenn
perature is adapted to their growth
The common or fiat Dutch varieties are
best adapted to our climate. To grow
them to profit, the soil should be moist
and rich, and should be made perfectly
mellow. Ground where peas, early po-
tatoes, and the like crops have been har-
vested, will usually bring good crops of
turnips, if rich and properly prepared.
From the 1st to the 10th of August is
the proper time for sowing. A thimble-
full of seed to each square rod of ground
is the quantity eur fathers used to sow.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Inaixiduai Responsibllity.

The moment man parts with moral
independence the moment he judges OF
duty, not from the inward voice, but
from the interests and win of a party ;
the moment be commits himself to q
leader or a body, and winks at evil be-
cause division would hurt the cause the
moment he shakes off his own individua!
responsibility, because he IS but one OF
. thousaad or q million by whom the
evil is done, that moment ne parts with
his moral power. He is shon of the
energy of single-hearted faith In the right
and true. He hopes from mans policy
what nothing but loyalty to God can se-
complish. He substitutes coarse wea-
pons. forged by mans wisdom, for ce-
lestial power. ss
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
ehcies Poetry.
The Light at Home.

ar
The Light at Home how bright il beaHis
When evening shades around Us fallf
And from the lattice far it glcams.
To love. to rest, and comfort call.
When tired with the tolls of day,
The strife for glory. gold. or fame,
: How sweet 20 seek the Quiet way
Where loving lips will lisp our HaIfle
Around the Light at Home.
whcr through the dark and stormy night,
The weary wandereT houseward hies,
How cheering is that twinkling light
Which through the forest gloom ne sfsics
1t is che Light at Home he feels
That loving hearts viii greet him there,
And softly through his bosom steals
The JOY and lave that vanish care,
Around the Light at Home!
The Light at Home! where'er at last
IL gTeets the seaman through the storm, A
He feels no more the chilling blast
That beats upon his manly form.
Long years upon the sea have ded,
Since Mary gave her parting kiss,
But the sad tears which then she shed,
VIII now be paid with rapturcus bliss,
Around the Light at Home
The Light at Home how still and sweet
It peeps from yonder cottage door
The weary laborer 70 greet
When the rough tolls Of day are o'eri
Sad is the soul that docs not know
The blessings that its beams impart,
The cheerful hopes and joys that bow,
And tighten up the heaviest heart,
Around the Light at Hcmei
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
More Proof.
The editor of the Richfeld, No., En-

The editor of the Richfeld, No., En-
terprise, of the 1lth of New. says:
eve were present during the closing
remarks of the Hon. D. Atchison, in a
speech delivered in Liberty, last Monday.
He pronounced high eneomium on
Senator Douglas, of Illinois. He said,
Since the death of Webster, Clay, and
Calhoun, he, Douglas, had no superior p
The Hon. Senator strongly urged the
importance. i'm order that Kansas be made
a slave State, that as many OF Ine eiti-
zens of Clay county be there at the first
election as can with propriety, remarking,
those of YOU who are too old to undergo
hardships, send your sons all that is
required to make Kansas slave State,
is for Missouri to do her duty. | am
no. here electioneering for your votes !;
nav fate was sealed by the votes last Au-
gust: will either be returned 10 the SEN
ate or be beaten; my object to-day is to
talk to you about the Institutions that
should be given to Kansas The court
house was crowded, and the speech well
received -
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Agricultural.

LIRERTYvILLE, Ills, Dec. 81, 1854.
EDITOR HERALD OF FREEDOM Your
favor Of Dec. Is has come to hand. In
reply, as it regards the best mode of set
ting the Usage orange plant in hedge:
There are various opinions as to the dis
tance the plants should be set apart in
the row. Some prefer setting two rows,
plants l2 inches apart
IN each row, the same as one in six inches
IN single TOW others say 19 or Is
inches in single row. Either will make
good hedge; but, from experience,
think the single row preferable, the plants
seteight inches apart, al an angle of about
45 degrees, thus: -. In
setting with spade, it is easier to set
the plants slanting than to set them per-
pendicular. The ground should be plow-
ed deep and well cultivated the first
season after setting the plants. 1t re-
quires about the same labor to tend the
hedge for the first two seasons that it
would to tend or hoe row of corn. The
second season after set ing, the plants
should be cut within six inches of the
ground as soon as the buds start in the
spring, and then again, about the first
of July, to within inches of the last cut
ting. The third spring cut them or not
If shade for stock is wan.ed, and protec-
ton from cold winds, let them grow if
not, cut them back as often as you please.
The oftener they are cut the thicker the
hedge. We find that plants grow well on
new breaking. and require less hoeing
than on old land. We use the common
grass scythe for trimming field fences.
You can also contract to build fence
by the rod. / will furnish plants, and
set them in the hedge, for fifty cents per
rod, warranting all plants to grow-the
ground to be plowed and fitted by the
ewner-provided Lean have from FIVE to
one hundred miles to set Lands can be
plowed the coming spring in season for
setting the plants.
Yours, DC, E. II. MASON.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Kansas City.

Kansas City, place of which constant
mention is made in the letters of emigrants
to Kansas, is settlement on the western
border of Missouri, containing from 500
to 300 inhabitants. Ii is located On the
bluffs near the Missouri river, and will,
doubtless, become a place ofconsiderable
importance. 1t is the landing place Of
the emigrants 70 Kansas-the point
where they leave steamboats, and all pub.
lie conyeyanees behind, and taking COW
cred wagons. 60 on TO build homes on
the unbroken prairies beyond. At this
place, also, many of the Santa Fe traders
now fit out their expeditions in the spring
and fall of the year. A line Of telegraph
wire extends from Kansas City 20; St
Louis, and . railroad IS now under con-
tract between the same points. About
fifty miles Of the railroad extending west
from St. Louis is already completed, and
more carefully and thoroughly built than
the average Of railroads at the west.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Governor Reedsr.

A correspondent of the NY. Times
thus speaks of the Governor of Kansas:
The Governor is o man of agreeable
II might almost say--captivating sd
dress. 1t would be apparent that he
had mixed much among men, even If it
was not known that extensive practice
as lawyer would have involved such
experience. Though courteous 10 all,
and ready TO listen to suggestions frou1
every quarter, it is evident that he is his
own man, and abundantiy able TO form
opinions for himself The reason of his.
not being more widely known IN the
country Is that he has deseted himself
mainly to his profession. and therefore,.
like many able lawyers, has never gained
the notoriety of active politicians. We
have reason TO rejoice that the President
has deviated from the policy which has
been too general. of trsnsplaating TO
new Territories breken-doxn politicians
and members Of Congress, and has
given as a Governor whose qualifications
are his genuine merits.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
A Road to Lawrence.

The people of Parkville, in general,
and the merchants, mechanics, and far
mers, must be interested in every project
that will bring trade to the town. No
person can be resident in the place,
without directly or indirectly sharing in
its prosperity or being affected by its ad-
versity. Every project, therefore, that
has in view the positive benefit of the
community, should enlist the energies
and pecuniary aid of all and in bring
ing the "Road to Lawrence" before our
readers, let us remark that there is such
thing as sticking too closely to cents
and dimes, thereby losing dollars by
hundreds
AT an early day, the citizens of Park
vile incurred the expense of opening a
road into the Delaware and .ad djoining
country; and had they not done so, the
merchants and others might now have
been folding their arms in listless idle
ness, instead of trading to the amount of
thousands of dollars, as has been done
during the past week. The citizens to-
day are not less enterprising than they
were few years ago; neither do they
need us to read them lecture on their
duty in the matter now before US. They
can see their interest, and will most GER
tainly pursue it; and We feel certain that
there Is not a man among them so mean,
as to allow his neighbors to crack nuts
that he may swallow the kernels.
The town of Lawrence, on the Kansas
river, is destined to go ahead of perhaps
any other in the Territory already it has
a population of over 600. There is a
saw-mill in operation the foundations
are laid for extensive and permanent i'm
provements and the trade of lawrence
at present finds an outlet in Kansas CITY.
Now this latter city is said TO be from 40
to 50 miles distant from the new town !;
while from Parkyille the distance is only
about 80, or, at most, 35 miles, with
much leyeler ground to travel over
From this town there is already a road
by which teams can easily go TO within
three miles of Lawrence and it is pro-
posed Immediately TO open it for the
whole distance, and to improve and short
en- it.-ParEEiHe LaHiaary.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20

Aggregate,


Now. 90 Der cent. on this amount is
ffty-six millions of bushels, for the loss
in these FIVE States. In our opinion, the
real loss was more than double, as none
of the estimates make the loss per acre
less than one third, while the number OF
acres planted is certainly one third more
than it was in that year. If the failure
of the corn crop be as large as we sup
pose, there will be reduction of / ,OOO,-
900 in the number of fatted hogs in the
United States, and of cattle in proportion.
The number of hogs fatted in the West,
according to the Cincinnati Price Cur
rent, is nearly or quite 100000. In
the United States 5000, 600 at least.
One effect Of this reduction will be,
that there win be little or no export
There can not be any considerable ex-
port without at once raising the price
beyond what meat can be exported at
pro6tably.
The number of cattle and hogs brought
to market depends so much on the corn
crop, that the diminution of the crop by
a partial failure is likely to produce very
important results on the trade in domestic
produce.
Though the scarcity of cor, may not
raise the price of pork correspondingiy
with the increased price of the grain. it
will lessen the quantity sent to market.
As the manufacture of whisky never
ceases, the consumption Of corn will go
on increasing the price of food, without
producing one single corresponding ben
eft to the laborer.
Hundreds, yes. thousands of farmers,
have suffered great loss for the want OF
water, for family use and for stock, be-
cause wells, springs, brooks, and ponds
have dried up all of which could have
been avoided. -
Do you wish to knew how?
By building capacious eisserns. From
two to three feet in depth Of water fa:.s
in rain and snow all over the surface OF
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
Facts for Farmers.

1t is fact that during the late drouth,
which was the most serious ever expert
enced in America, that upon all deeply
plowed land crops suffered the least
On all subsoil plowed land they suffered
but little. Upon land undrained, sub
soiled, deep plowed, and frequently stir
red upon the surface, the growing plants
kept as green and vigorous as in wet
season. As
1t is fact, then, that all clay lands OF
lands with stiff subsoil, would be vast
ly improved by deep surface plowing,
subsoil blowing and understanding, in
drouth as well as wet seasons.
1t is fact that one of the most neg
lected agricultural improvements in this
country is irrigation. If all the running
streams that might easily be used fol
that purpose were turned upon the cult
waited fields, to add moisture and fertility
to the soil, it would increase the products
of this country at least five hundred
millions of dollars annually.
The actual bona fde loss to farmers
from the drouth of 1854, by lessening
the products of the soil, is more than two
hundred millions of dollars, besides the
loss of property destroyed by fire.
The corn crop of 1849, according to
tha earS,fS raTortad was in
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20

al am glad, !" said the Rev. Dr.. Y to
the chief Of the Little Ottawas. athat you
do not drink whisky: but It gr:eyes me
to find that yoar people use 30 much Of |.
it, .Ah. yes, 2 replied the chief as he
fixed his penetrating and expressive eye
upon the Doctor, which communicated
lie reprcof before he uttered It. eve In
dians ase great deal Of whisky. but ne
do not make eay." ass 8 ass.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
I,ife ulustrated.

Such is the title of new weekly jour
nal Just commenced in New York by
FowLERs L Wells, at two dollars q year.
1t is beautifully printed. and is just such
A publicsfion as is bound to succeed.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20
ssisct Poetry.

,--a...sss sScseSe oeHy.
"a ssa' iEsss 81 Eras he 7Ss Fiao.
Wsstward Hot or, Tne Song Of the
---.hsEre<yi '1s - -. 1.-11 ant 7Gs
- ,z3:f N, h atfBo.sse cIoYEs.
.9l Nsw Ezeixnd fare thee we'll.
We are tssning 70 the West- 80.
Wnefe the bozndiess pfairies swell,
Soon must be our place Of rest. ss !.
wsrs sEayl ys're away. o'er the prairie ride,
Vel shake the dark vreaths ofthe raisEiesoe.
with cur thrilling watch-woTd, Westward ho -
Farewell the hillside green, n,...s -s-si,
We 30 of in childhood trod- II
Our footsteps ne'er again
May pres that serdant sod. =
yer mountain, ravinc. aud the dark rolling tide.
Ear away lar away o'cr the prairie wide.
Where bright Wild flowers in the sunbeams GLOW
And the sparkling waters of Kansas flow.
Friends, tried and true. farewell,
Yet think Of rs, when light
sounds evenings vesper bell,
When falleth the dim night.
Far away far away VIC then shall be,
WI here the tall grass waves ike stormy sea.
w here the red deer bounds BY the living riIIs.
Lake the wild gazelle upon Judah's hills.
Soon shall VIC proudly stand,
Where all is vet rcpose-
Not fairer was the land
Where Trans altar rose
In those boundless solitudes, dim and dark.
mere no sound is heard. save the grey VOLTS bark
w here curis the blue smoke of the council fires,
snail giean to the sunset n thousand spires.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20

g Persons who have capital can en-
gage, without any hindranee, IN the dairy
business during the ensuing season IN
Kansas. = ssa
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20

--l q. 1s'''s z = = Eas tie TSps Fig.
westward Hot or. Tne Song Of the
fser~a< Kansas 6migrsnt- 80
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-05-26
F. g. HAYWOOD. ESQ.

This gentleman, by his reply to Mr.. Shepard on
Monday last-though suddenly called on, and hav-
ing notes and time for preparation acquitted
himself in a very handsome manner, and added much
to a reputation which is destined in the course of
years to rival that of ablest jursts and states
men.
Mr.. Haywood's style of speaking is animated and
impressive and he argues his points with connec-
ton and closeness not common with those of his
age and experience. His friends have reason to
regret that he responded to their call to reply to
so much his senior in years. and who was of course,
fully posted upon the topics discussed. On the
trary, their prolonged and hearty applause evnced
both their devoted attachment to their principles,
and their qualification in hnving able and gallant
a champion. We will rot do him the injustice to
attempt to report his speech. Mr.. Shepard rose to
reply but contented himself with few general re-
marks, and with anecdote so, which did not
strike US at all applicable-and then took his seat
Those sterling Democrats, Chas. F. Fisher, Esq,
of Rowan, and Col John F. Hoke, of Lincoln, have
contradiced publicly, in the most decided terms, the
rumor that they would be run or would consent to
run for Congress against the Hon. Burton Craige.
It is a favorite feature in Know Nothing tactics to
endeavor to distract and nure the Democratic party,
by making and circulating false reports in relation
to the positions of its prominent men.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-05-26

tonsof the United States :" Massachusetts disdans
all intention of obstructing or evading any constu-
tlonal law of Congress - and Does this look
like multiplying this constitution? Abolitonists will
ask Is this denying it's obligations? Is this an
indication of any design to dissolve the Union Such
is the way in which fanaticsm now proceeds.
What this loyalty means in practice is interpret
ed in this very report explaining and enforcing this
stringent act. This report is Wild struggling, in
coherent and inconclusive document but it is clear
enough as toits purposes Now it avowedly deals with
the fugitive slave law the law which Governor Gard
ner has just said to the legislature the highest ju
dical tribunals, national and State, and the large
majority OF the jurists and statesmen of the Repub
llc have pronounced constitutional; and which is in
tended to enforce obligation which nobody doubts
is in the Constitution. The report avows the pur.
pose, this legislature have declared it uncon-
sttutona and unchristan," to prevent the execution
of this law of Congress in the limits of this State
The loyalty of these abolitonists to the constitution
consists in open opposition to law pronounced con-
stltutona by everybody whose legal opinion worth
a sixpence. q
The details of the bill show alike the enormity of
the hypocrisy and the extent of the treason. Its
tWenty-three sections go infinitely into the proven
tive process. Attorneys who serve counsel for
claimants of fugitves from service or M60r'-the
words OF the constitutionare prohibited from serv
ing In the State courts any police officer or NUM-
ciPal, or members of the volunteer militia, who shall
a,d IN returning any person for the reason that he
labor" is to punished by years imprisonment
in the State prison, and not less than thousand
dollars fine; the volunteer militia shall not act Sin
any manner" in the rendition of fugtives from
serOice or labor ;" State jas can be used to
persons claimed for ''Seroice labor ~ SO it
goes on through the act. 1t is not enough to say
that is leveed at the laao of 1850 1t is levelled
at the CONSTITUTION. It is substantially denial of
obligation of the constitutional it is rank treason
to the supreme law of the land Those who have
voted for such Infamous bill this have violated
the solemn oaths they took at the commencement of
their legislative duties to support the constitution of
the United States !"