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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
The Force tie RahaIa.

Among the many estimates of the forces
which the rebel leaders have now under arms
aud actually in the field, the most detailed, and
at the same time the most preposterous, is one
which sets forth their grand total at $50 900
men, and gives to the separate States such quo.
tas as 6O,O00to Firgifia, 20, ,O0Oto South Car
olina 24,OO0 to Alabama. 4,0OO to Florida,
IS 900 to Tennessee, aud 2I 900 respectively
TO Arkansas and Texas.
Let US look little closely at some Of these
prodigsous 'eonligents. South Carolina, which
is reported &c. have sent 10000 TO the field, has,
by The. census of 1860, a white population OF
29l ,623. PIie State of New Y ork, by the same
census, has 3,859,544 white Inhabitants, and.
therefore, if it furnished troops in the same pro
portion as south Carolina, would raise about
265,05Og Does any mar in his senses suppose
that New York, with all her wealth and com.
HiereiaI resources, could put such an army as
th;it y the FIELD? Aud if not, bow can south
CuF0lin;l have raised and eosIippe6 fhe force
credited to her?
iaq The contingent OF 10000 men ascribe,l to
VirSuia is still nlorH icfedibic, if we consider
that at least ont.third of her white population
of ,5473000 is loyal to the Union. Andeoilal
ly astounding is ths tpiota of 1000 mem which
the petty aud remote State of Florida, with
only $1,000 white inhabitants, is said to have
semitic the war. But when We consider that
having out the loyal population of Western
Virginia, tile total white popeialien' Of the
seeded States is only J,OOO00O, the force
of 100000, men which they are said to have
in the field, assumes a proportion which is
really stupendouse France, on the same
scale, with her, population Of 36 ,Ooe. 200.
wealthy ard corsbact as Il Is, ought easily to,
raise an army Of 2, 2,5o0oOo; England, with still
greater case, 100000, aud Germany, with her
45,OOOiOee, Of population, not less than $780,.
600 soldiers. .--... ...,..... -s....,
~ Ws'have no desire to underrate the forces.
or thesexertions Of the rebel States Oonsid.'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
DELAWARE, OHIO, OCTOBER IS, 1851.

erIul the weakness of their numbers and tbeir
comparative poverty, they have exhibited won
dering spirit and energy-but there are certain
limits of military supply which 10 nation Can
exceed, and whish the South will have reached
long before it has sent $4,000 men to the bat.
tle-felds Of Virginia and Missouri.
The National Republican, Washington,
contradicting one Of the Herald's bugaboo
stories about the vast rebel force in Virginia,
says:
"1hat tie total force Of the enemy in Vir-
ginia does cot exceed IO0, 900 men, is as certain
as it can be made BY any thing short of an
actual count
''If the administration would yield to the
policy which the contractors seek to dictate by
their continual panie1, We SHOULD have our ar
my here doubled, and then hsve it kept in idle
ness till deomsday. That is what the contrac-
tors want, and it is the real object of all the
pauics which they instigats through the press.
keeping themselves carefully concealed all the
while. But they will find their game blocked
10y the Administration, which is determined
TO bring the war 10 speedy closc.v-N. Y
Tribune
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
King cstten Rsthroned.

Whatever the issue of the present war may
be, the evidence is accommodating that we shall
no longer control the supply of cotton for The
world. A gentleman of large experience il
India has with him here in Washington sam.
pics of cotton goods, made from India cotton
that are unquestionably superior 10 the Amer
lean or English fabrics. from our cotton. he
shows the difference in the price OF labor here
and in India by cling the fact that he has hir-
ed native help in India, twenty-five men at q
time, for one dollar each per month, they board.
ing themselves, This would appear ineredibIe
If it were not supported by responsible and
highy.respcctable testimony. -----
@n Already England is making large shipments
from that country. From the 9th TO the 18th
of September, 1861, inclusivej tlscTe were Fe-
ceiyed at Liverpool, England, from Boston, Is
bales of cotton, Alexandria $50, st. Marcs
279, Gosina 326, Rotterdam l 8, Havre Mac
cid) 80, and from British india 33,25l bales
Tins the weeks receipts from British were
tbirty-three Thousand two hundred and fifty one
bales, while only twelve hundred and eighty
bales were received from all other places. ;i
The India cotton is daily growing in favor
and manufacturers say that it not only makes
a beautiful fabric, but it takes the dye much
better than the American. ThEs American
cotton cannot only no longer b5 saiu to- be the
arbiter Of Eugiand's destines, but the South by
her folly and madness has shut out forever her
best customerfor her great staple article Of pro
duce.- Wash. cor. PtiEa. Press.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
soFs5 sy,1Y3 san aaanl siyar. i :

we clip rthe following from The editori,a
corrtspoNthnce Of ths. Cleveland Herald, as
worthy 'pf Iatgentipr alpls lalE ofintercst. IVe
IEelieyeaHioft people ,Willfbe surprised as we
were, at the eaieRts to wh6ciI, the culture OF
Sorghum is eaFriel- on. iis OiioS The .lctter
was writer lroln tts lpts' sa~tei Fair nt bay
ten: i-''" isfa.ssorr.4 i'ruHi7ar f- s7-r.
"Frorf4 the generaI sieYee Of tie FoYaI press
and RgricufGUra joryrnaIs-of of the West or the
subject OF S0fgii i'm, w Feared that domestic
sugar cane and nidhuEiett+e had h;,p It's day.
NOwi is the time that every gnllOn' OF lhionc
made molasSes is needed, and we are gratifed
to learn from rclhabIe statistics and estimates,
thai the SaTgIiain crop will go far towa-fi
Hsweetehing diBs AVust aud Northwest the
present season. aEt is estimated by those who
are iRterestetln1t have given attention TO the
SUBJECT that A5vVO00 gallons of Sorgho mo
asses were manufactured in Ohio last year,
bringing an average of fifty eeuts pey gallon
and that the crop isof cane this year exceeds
that Of last ilr iae ratio Of FIVE acres to one.
1t is knownlthrt, in round numbers 900 CAM
mills were sold in Cincinnati, 100 in t;oitnrr4
bus, 200 in ZtEesviile, 2OU in Mount TcrnU,t,
and 100 IN Pitsla, last year, l00to 200 must
'h1ve been sold at other points in the State
'hhe vane of thesSorghum AMI Imphce crop
last yearin the States of Ohio, Indiana Iii
nois Iowa ami w iSconsin, is estimated at S5,-
000,00O! SnrrIy, the sugar fields of free hlbor
have nfIde egioA progress in the very few
years since tiey bcgautorgro-F cane. Th7 ca
laeity ofsOdr corn regions far growing Sor-
ghurp aud lmplec Is unlimited, and the demand
for syrup grows rapidly with its use. Through
separation Of gthe vegetable matter from the
inice BY improvements in manufacture haSE
been Obtained aud the Sorgho, with many,
nos ranks with'the best GOlden Syrup OF the
tropical climate. Like the use of the Tomato,
taste grows for it with the eating; and every
gslon made meets with ready sale at fair
Priscs.s ss4r siAi= eo oas Ea a7
Vi the extent Of profits Of Sorghtm cul-
ture about Dayton, few facts and figures
may be Of interest Mi, George Hepner
twelve miles from Dayton, last year nanulac
tured 1000 gallons Of molasses, viii ich be sold
at wholesale at As cents: He kept an n'aecount
of cost and culture manufacture, interest Of
land, &c,,F c,,Falnonntins to 937 per aero. The
was 800 gallons per acre,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
JOIN B. Fry, Esq.
Decisive .aattles sf sic word. %


] Tine decisive battles OF the world, those o
which, to use Halams words, contrary re-
| suit whould havs essentially varied the drama
OF the word in all its subsequent scenes, are
numbered at fifteen by Prof Uresay, who fills
the chair of Ancient and Modern History in
the University of London. They are the grand
subject of two volumes, by him, lately from
Bentley press, and ara:
l. The battle of Marathon 400 3
| c., in which the Greeks, under Thsmistoclcs,
defeated the Pcrsians, under Darius, thsrebJ
turning back the tide of Asiatic invasion,
which else would have swept over Europe.
2. The battle of syracuse, 416 B. C., in
which the Athonian power was broken, and
the west of Europe saved from Greek domin-
! ion.
3. The battie of Arabella, 33I b. c.; in
which Alexander, by defeat Of Darius, es-
tablished bis power in Asia, and by the intro
duction of European civilization, produced an
effect which may yet be traced there.
4. The battle of NEetauruS, fought 208 B.
| c., the Romans, under Consul Nero, defeating
the Carthagenians, under Hasdrubal, and by
which the supremacy Of the great Bepublic
was established
5. The victory of l4rmenius, g. D., 8, over.
! the Roman legions, under Verus, which Sc
cured Gaul from the Roman dominion.
3. The battlo Of Chalona, A. D., 45I, in
which Acius defeated AttiIIa, the Hun, the
selfstyled "Scourge of GJd," and saved Eu-
rope from entire devastation.
Z. The battle of rorrs, A. D., 735, in
which Charles AEartel, by the defeat of The
Saracars, averled the Nahonl din yoke from
Europe. sa"'
8. The battle of Hastings, A d.. 1908, in
which William OF Normandy was victoriux
eyer the Auglo Saxon Harold, and the result
Of which was the furaation Of the Anglo Nor
man hation; whcls is now dominant in the
world. r3 :esG e1'1
8. The b;F.'ele of Orleans, 4. H., 1929, in
which the L lglish were defeated and the I'M
dlpcnl.nt existence of France seearetf
10. The defeat Of the Spanish Armada,
a. D., 1853, which crushed the hopes Of papa
cy in England: e -ir7F 100.
IL. The battle OF B,chhein4, A. D., 1901,
in which Marlborough, by defeat of 1alhrrd,
broke the power ami crushed the ambitious
schemc Of Louis XIV. ' sf
II: The defeat Of Charles XII, by Peter
the Great at Pnltowa, A. d., 700, which Sc
cured the stability Of the AIuscoyite Empire.
l3. The battle ofSaratogn. A: d., l77t7., in
which General Gates defeated Burgoyne, and
which decided the contest in favor Of the A..
merican rcvolutionists, by making France
their ally, and other European powers friend-
ly to Them 81 h.F
l4 The battle of vnlnIy, e. D., 1872, in
which tie Con :inental allies, under the Dike
,of Brunswick, were defeated by the French
under Dumorez, without which tie French
revolution would have been stayed.
rs. The battle of Waterloo, A. D., 1918,
10 which the Duke of Wellington utterly de-
feated Napoleon, and saved Europe from his
grosping
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
w9EN no say AMEN. !.

Some people never know when to
say ssiamenN not in their prayers, par
ticulariy, we do notmean, but in 9th
er things; that is, they don't stop when
they get through. The celebrated DIR.
Emmons had a parishoner who was
rather Aplain hearted" and equally
impatient. On one occasion, he be-
eaibe somewhat Yexed with the Doc
tor for something he had said or done,
andssubsequentlya he took occasion to
expfess. his mind to the Doctor him
self, nd closed his lecture by saying,
There is. one thing | will give you
credit Tor, Doctor, you always know
when to say amen" This was very
just remark to be passed to the Do :
tors credit It swas his popularity
to say amen" in the right place, both
in praying and preaching. We have
heard prayers In which the amen
did not come in soon enough by three
or four minutes; and so Of SERMONS
Sometimes the speaker seems to be
coming a conclusion a long time
before he does. He gets by the sta
tion before he can stophis train. The
listeners sit anticipating period, but
are disappointed for a season; but it
comosat length, when this, that, and
the other person SAYS within himself,
how jaueh more effective the sermon
would ltaxe been If it bad closed at
such a point, instead Of where it did
y great preacher, like DIR. Emmons,
always has a beginning, middle and
end, both toitiis prayers and sermons,
and the amen. always comes at the
end, and nowhere else. He must be
logical concise. and right to the point,
in order TO doAthfs. 531
But it is worth While to remember
the lesson WHICH this incident teach
cs. 1t has practical bearing upon
much that YesdQ. JLbriss a GREAT thing
to know just when to stop, La CON
versatioh, It is often the most pcrplex-
ing pait All to know when we have
said eaeugh. eyNothing is more com
mon than lor people in. company to
talk mum lHor9 than they .saould.-
The sentences which they string out
beyond the place where the period
should hare Come, sp9il the Wiiolc Of
their eonvcrsaroJn.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18

leaving nett profit Of S93, more profitable
than tobacco, aud not eXhausting the SOIL
Mr.. HePner took the first premium on 20 lbs.
OF Sorghum Sugar, fair we'll crystalized ar
ticle, and pleasant to the taste, He finds no
difficulty in milking sugar from the cane, with.
Cooks EVaporatOf. Mr.. A. Olemmer, near i
Dayton, manufactured 1000 gallons Of syrup
last year which brought 60 cents Last year
lac raised but one acre Of Sorghum on hla !
farm-this year he has sir, which he stated to
he about the rate of increase Of Sorghum cul-
iure IN Montgomery county. Mr. Hedges, the
former noted Sugar Cane Mill mauafactuhror
in. Cincinnati. after. trying Pixies Peak, is go
ing into the Sorghum business at Dayton on
quite an extensive scale. He has invested
$4,000 in sugar machinery, engaged the cane
on Une hundred acres to 6orE up this fall, and
says he expects to live and die by Sorghum4
belmont stands at the head Of Sorghum coun-
ties in Ohio .......,.. ,.....
In 1858, the Sorghum experiment vas gen-
orally considered q failure. The invention OF
Cook, 3vaporator turned the tide. Two @r1
mrs near Mansfield sent opt some 500 pounds
Of sugar made upon it. Hopes of Agriculture,
isis were rckindled Many planted, and in g
1859 tn use OF 700 Cooks Eyaporators de-
monstrated the success Of the Sorgho export
mant. Eraporators yielded about Z,0lOs000 q
gallons Of syrup, thus saving the North mil =
lion Of dollars on single article Of household &
necessity. Is not Sorghum one Of tbs .Far-s o. =
Insr's true friends III War aud Hard TimesY s7
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
Fall OK Spring.

As a rule ws have preferred spring tTdisi
Planting Of small trees of nearly every kiirds
especially fruit trees. Bat where the ground
is light and porous, with rather n northern ex,
pDsure, autumn answers very we'll especially
whom the trauAplanting lakes place as soon 81
the leaves have lalieh from the trees, no matter
how carly, When the ground is a heavy clay
loan and inelined to, be wet in winter, spring
plfatinK is uldoubttdiy the best. Large treea
NC think always DO batter If removed in au-s
tumn, anil it should be done as soon as adyisa-,
fae.. BY carly transplsnting, the roots begin
so feel lhcif way about their new quarters aud
{ t'frh strengthen the tree for the approaching
lrsclelhences of the weather, at the Same
timo preparing for an carly start in the
spri,g. ....,..,.....-, ,sol-.ss.
? s.rn,Sbsrries, take rhcn altogether, We pro
fer to plant out in the spring Very hardy va
rietiea, such as our White Pine Apple, WIZ,
sous Albany. Longworth's Prolific, etc, ara
we'll adapted to fall planting, and will coma,
oat fresh AMI fine in the spring, aud give fuf
h,tf crop the first season. All such new
strawberry BEDS should have a good covering
of old long horse manure There Is no danger
of snlothcrir,g the PLANTS, as some spprehend,
We have always done so, and never lost plant
from this oaase. BY the first OF March the.
spl.as, viii have worked their way Though the
ma lure, 10 king green AMI vigorous; the ma,
lmre will afterwards act as a mulchng and
keep down the weeds Strawberry beds, should
no, be rorIacd after the middle OF September
anl n month earlier is much better Gsrmda-
torn Telegraph.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
-
THE DAWN OF LOVE.

It is said if-a grapevine be planted
lin the neighborhood of well, its
roots, running silently Under the
ground, Rreathe themselves in net
work around the. cold, clear waters.
and the vines, putting, on outer green
ness and unwonted clusters and fruit,
is all that tells where every root and
fibre of its being has BEEN silently
stealing. So those loves are most IA
tai, most absorbing, IN which, with
unheeded quietness, every thought
and fibre of our lives twine gradually
around some human soul, to us the
unsuspecting well-spring Of our being.
Fearful it is. because so often the vine
must be uprootcd,r and all its fbres
wrenched away J. but till the hour of
discovery come ;, how it is transfigur-
ed by a new and;beaufifHl lifey There
is nothing IN life more beautiful than
that tranGelike, quiet dawn which pre-
cedes the rising of love in tie soul.
When the sxholes being ,isypervaded
imperceptibly by another being, and
we are happy, we know not and ask
not why; the soul is then receiving all
{ and askinl not 6tKIn6l At later day,
. it becomes ssEelf conscious, and then
: come craving exaetions, endless ques.
caens- the whole world Of the mate
aial comes M With its counsels and
consultation, and the beautiful trance
fades forever Harriet B. Stowe.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
MANsy1ELp. OCT. g. 196I.

MANSFIELD, Oct. 3, 1861.
My DEAR SIR our favor of the 25th
ultimo reached me only on yesterday, having
been absent from home at the time Of its ar
rival.
You write that almost daily you are asked by
some ones How docs Thomas H Clay stand
Does he still adhere with zeal aud devotion to
the undying Union sentiments of his illustri-
Gus father?" You were right in your answers
to those enquiries: There is no abatement in
my love Of the Union and detestation of trea-
son, and l shall carry them with me to the
grave. In the words Of MY father on another
occasionj The power, the authority and digni'
ty OF the government ought to be maintained,
and resistance put down at every hazard
Our neutrality has been violated by the Qene-
rails of the Confederate armies; our soil has
been invaded. and We are in for the war. Ohio
and Indiana are coming up noby to our res
cue. Our position of neutrality would have
left US an easy prey to the robber bands of re-
belion, which are being thrown upon US BY
J.ff Davis an his n1yrini,lon., but for their
generous aid all and assistance and all this
may perhaps lie ullvailing, unless the General
Government shall order large army into cur
borders, without delay. ,r...s1 t.-..s- IL
The emmy has determined to winter in Ken,
tuelly. The Governor of Tennessee has issued
his proclamalio ion for &c, 600 more volunteers
It is said many OF the regiments heretofore on
the Potomac arc ordered TO the assistance of
the renogad. BucIlner and IJiIicof.r. Sllonld
Gen. Anderson be sustained, in the words of
Tom Corwin, .'we will welcome them with
bloody hands TO hospitable graves" --.
The dark and bloody ground" will again be
the theatre Of war; war more bloody aud re-
lent!ess than any recorded in history. ggsy.,s-
We have all confidence in our noble, Ander-.,
son and his staff ~, ..-..-.f'.-s ,,.,.,s. sti
The fiery cross is cleaning everywhere the
friends of the Southern Confederacy are fleeing
from our borders, and wh at will be LEFT will be
pure gold with a little reasonable alloy. Bea,
ten back from Kentucky. the war must be car
ried into their own territories, their leaders
must be surrendered, and The Constitutions and
Laws must be vindicated. .sy. s-s-ai-l..--s
.#. l renain, truly your friend,
...... Ii THOS. B. CLAY.
TouS r. FRy ESO .. -.-t. s.rs. t-f ~ ID UE-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18

On Sunday last Gruff. was roaming near the,
Oak Grove House OH the Heights, and a slurfi-
bering, indefinite, dreamy memory was excited,
as if offormer familiarity with the location
Phe name of Trouska came to his brain, why
and how. be could not tell, but fash of home
and of parents came up and instigated an in
qnirY for family of the name Of Trouska and
helf0und one which had lived there for some
years, but neither man nor woman could speak
English, and GruF could speak no German.
An interpreter, however was found, and the
long and short of the matter was the old peo
pie found in GruR soE lost or stolen when
ten years of age. The imagination can give
the .seene of recognition, but the parents had
menFped their child as dead, and yet be had for
all that 4ime been within thirty miles of them.
How John Gruf got his name, and where, he
does not know.-CIsveiand Herald.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-10-18
Or t7ra -iH..H IfHL A
Increas:nz fhS size Of Frsita:.t

Among nurserymen and Others u great nia-
nia has existed for q few years past for rmulti-
plying almost indefinitely the varieties of their
Erpiis; vith pt sufficiently bearing in mind tisa 2
Importance Of improving iSe vnrieiics whichi
they already possess. Professor Dubrcuil calls s
attention to this subject in a French horticul-
tuHSl journal. Ne condcnse some of the op-
cruioils which bc suggests whereby the size Of
fruits niay be rcrecsedr !. Grating the trctsE
on weak species of stoctj for hxtsnce, tho,
pear on thegrHnec. ?. Pruning, 10 - TO de-
prive the tree of certain portion Gifts slioois.'
lIsv this means the sap which would have been
absorbed by the parts cut of goes TO increase 81
the size Of GtuiI. Summer pruning wlicS.s
has for its ohi.ct the r,lHOval Of a large mum
ly-r of sr,nts by uisbuidiug and pinching, inSH 9
VIC sam. eject. , Let the bearing shoots be- d
as short as possible, and in immediate connec-' ''
ton with the main branches. Fruit growing
onsthe stem, is always larger tnfy tiAft situatetf
at the cxtrcniiie5s Of long slender branches. -
1. 'Fhihning out tive fruit when too nameronss
5. Shortening the principal bFsseshes at the
winter pruning. and checking IN the summOr
Tie vigorous shoots. g. Supporting the fruits ''
so that their weight may not become strain
upon the Guonsiall 2 Moccrathg the amount
of evaporation from the fruit. Fruits covered
by leaves are larger than those on the SANE
tree not shadcd II is necessary, however, ihf
orde.' that shading may not affect the quality
ofthc fruit, to expose il when fun grown to
the direct Get ioh Of the sun. (ro dimmishede-
vaporalion must be attributed the coosidcFa-
bIe iuerease ofsize Which always takcs place
in fruit Introduced into bottles soon after il is
ssS, tbs fsouth.of the bottle being closed over
the portion of the branch, frou the dry action
Of Tire air, and constantly surrounded with
moist, wqrrm atmosphere which keeps the cpl.
dermis pliabe, aud stimulates the growth or
the tissues.l