Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-24

80 MONOA44SMORN1NS 5OOI.9 143 @1S09..=
a. Largest DAIIYs sTRIsWEEKEY, AND WEEKLY
o1RoUIATIoN.o or ANY PApRRIE WHEELING.
IHa cultivation Of the grape .hereabouts is
commanding atgEeat dealof attention as source
Of superior profit. Three or four years ago
there were not more than seven. or eight acres
of vines under cultivation in this vicinity
Nov there are not less tllnn sixty acres in the
neighborhood Of AIartinsville and on the Island.
Judging from. the large number Of young vines
growing up and the time and attention their
culture sisecommanding, we expect to see in a
year or two more, the manufacture of wine rep.
resenting avery important interest One vine=
yard that We know Of, will manufacture this sea
son not less than twenty Fl We hundred gallons Of
wine, and another seventy FIVE or q hundred
This5winc always commands good price for
lis known purity, and the taste ttnore divine
delicious and dreamy ascribed to thy thepo
We have just encountered, in Poyter's SSpirit,
communication ontthoasubject Of pruning,
from Prof. MNpes, whose many years experis
ence entitle his opinion to consideration. He
ays,that those who have pruned less severely,
have been equally successful, aud that whatever
ofpruning is done should be done in November
and in the latter part of themontb, for at this
time there is no fear Of bleeding the vines, and
before the cut ends will have assumed condi-
tton5that the rising ofthe sap in the spring will
notgcause themsto bleed.
Let US remind our readers Of our former
teachings, as to thesuse which should be made
of grape cuttings removed in November
These cuttings contain inorganic matter which
will be found in their ashes, if burncd=in close
vessel, and the same result will occur by their
decomposition in any other way; therefore pass
them through cutting box, such as is used for
the cutting Of hay or corn stalks as soon as they
are removed from the vine, compost thenawith
unleached wood ashes, and cover the heap with
soil. Duringth winter the ashesw partially
decompose the woody fiber, disintegrating the
cuttings, andsrcndering them Gt TO be used in
early spring as manure for the vines; then
they may be mixed with soluble phOSphateS,
and.applied with profit. All the inorganic mat
ter contained in the cuttings Of 1859, is sutfi.
GENTLY progressed to feed the fruit Of 1860, and
those who try the experiment, will increase their
profit thereby.
We cali attention to two articles in our paper
this morning, from the New York Courier and
from the Baltimore AuericGn-two commercial
papers, vol known for their reliable and con-
servatiyo characters. The Courier sets forth
with great clearness and force, as it seems u.s.
the position of the great Republican party on
the leading question of the day; while the
AmericGn's delineation Of the character of the
recent outbreak is not less accurately drawn.
How any one can intelligently dissent from
either article is mystery to us. We say,
truthtully, that we do not understand how any
intelligent man can. The attempts of certain
classsof reckless sensationists and partisans to
identity any political with the outbreak,
is q weak invention, indeed; and one that would
be aughab leif it didnot evidence so much thatis
degraded human nature. Webeliye thatwasa
true remark made BY the Missouri Democrat
the other whenEit said: that none but bad
menSwonld 3stoop so low as ,to!ihaame sectional
anmosities byslch reckless chis5rl3ge
z7-=z--So>s.
lN!thesl Zines of Saturday, there appeared an
anonymous communication, in which the writer,
under the garb Of reviewing our article of the
day before on tho Harpers Ferry riot, together
with our general political position, makes a
Bitter partisan attack upon US. He wholly and
grossly misrepresents our remarks-as any one
can SEQ by{comparing what ne said with what
he 5says5we said. Not less false are his other
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which, il we have res
4uAeus tuSlh ollCe3 VIC nave TeluteQ nifty tlmeSs
We will not commence "a warfare with an
enemy in the dark. If he will como TO the sur
face and show himself, or appear in tho eslitora
column of that paper, we will discuss all our.
principles with him. Not otherwise. Wehsve
never yet more than noticed, as. We dol this
instance, anonymous attacks, andwithout some
thing occurs to make obligatory uponus to do
so,swe do not intend to. We might take up our
whole time in that way if VIC did.
GonPRTESr judges estimate the corn crop Of
the United States the present year at nine hun
dred millions of bushels, which at an average
price Of 40 cents per boshcl would be worth
ssGo,ooo,ooo. As to the consumption of this
vast product which is quietly gathered and
passes into the general current of commerce,
the statistics Of single corn growing State may
bea matter5of interest to the reader In.1s58
thereawere 7oo,o 600 hogs killed. in Ohio, and in
some form exported. Itrequired eight million