Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-04-16

BONES FOR MANURE-How PREPARED.-Get join
to put together rough bOX-something like cooler
for steamed food but lighter the sdessay eight feet
long by three two feet six inches high and three feet
wde dovetailed and joined with white lead The box
prepared put in the water of the preparation first then
the suphurc acid allowing onehalf bulk of water
than acid, and Oneha less weight OF acid than bones
that is, to gallon of acid allow gallon and half Of
water, and to hundred pounds of bones allow fifty
pounds of acid To the water and acid the bones must
be added, Finely broken up into half inch fragments
or less, mixing the whole intimately and equally This
DONE cover up the box tank with straw old Sacks
laid on pieces of wood, have rough wooden lid to
the box, and then allow the whole to stand untouched
ortyeight hours. The process of manufacture will then
be complete In anticipation of its necessity would
recommend the careful accumulation Of house ashes dur
ing the year, kept in some dry place When the opera
ton above detailed is completed put the ashes in heap
in convenient position for the tank make there ba
sin at the top of the heap and lift the dissolved bones
out of the tank, placing them in the basin turn
the entire heap with shovels two three times till the
whole is well Mixed and the preparation will then be
perfectly fit to be handled at least spread with shov
els from cart the SOIL This process may be aten
ded with little trouble at first but twice done,
the difficulty is past, and giving his attention to
the matter will afterwards regret his perseverance.
Another method requiring patience and attention, but
which is good when immediate application is not desired,
is to watertght hogshead or cask, put in layer
of bones at the bottom four inches thick like layer of
until the cask is full Keep this compost wet constantly
with water from nine to twelve months occasionally adj
ding small quantity of suphurc acid to the water used
to fix the ammonia. and you will find the bones decom
posed and available a manure. We know no better
method available to the farmer and practical small
scale. Another time we shall say more of the value of
superphosphates, and of their application. Let pre-
mise however that of readers need shudder at
the idea of becoming too scientific In consequence Our
aim shall be to make our articles the medium of practical
practice.-Emory's Jour. Of agriculture.
The United States Senate.
We copy from the Richmond South, the following
vindcation of the United States Senate 1t elicit
ed by the showers of opprobrum the Black Republicans
are now heaping upon this conservative body:
There may be exceptional instances of ignorance in
efficiency and corruption in the American Senate. Its
dignity may be impaired by the but1Oonery of Hale
its character suled by the inamy of Sumner and its
intellectual excellence marred by the vulgar stupidity of
Wilson; but taken all in ALL the virtue, genius and
department of its members level with their ex
allied station and grave responsibilities.
Survey the Senate Chamber in the American Con
gress and the mind is elevated by the impression of So
cia refinement, intellectual power and personal dignity
which the appearance of its members conveys to the
spectator. If descend to the details of Individual
history, in that group will find Of virtue, wis
dom and celebrity than in any other representative body
on EARTH There sits one aclle princeps SenatuS-
whose craftsmanship and elOquence impar fresh lusre
to the reputation of commonwealth already preemi
nent in the annals of the Republic There is another
who has acted the hero in battle and the sage in the
affairs of civil administration. That Senator of erect
and imposing stature after life of romantic adventure
in peace and war, sgnazed his in history by bring
ing empire into the embrace of the Union. This
one is equally distinguished for executive ability as man
ifes in the Government of his native State, and for
power of thought and speech displayed in the essays
of the political philosopher and the uterances of the
accomplished orator Here is another who led the van
of civilization in the conflict with the wild Indian and
the rugged obstacles of the primeval forest
But why attempt to discriminate when all are dstn-
guished by special gift signal service? 1t
no hyperboe of ambitious rhetoric, it is extrava
gance of national vanity to affirm this of the American
Senate. Cynical scribbers may essay to dsparage its
character as they indulge fashionable lament over the
degeneracy of the times but no man of observation
and Judgment will admit that it exhibits any decline
from the highest point of its former glory II there be
not three such its floor as Calhoun Clay and
Webster all will allow that it presents an average of
ability and reputation far above the contemporaries OF
the ilustrious orators. Hunter Davis Benjamin. Dou.
gas, Seward, Fessenden, Toomhs and Hammond would
be hardly matched by the men Of any period We Sc
ect them examples rather because longer service has
made their familiar to the public than for any de-
cisve superiority over their associates.