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Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-06-01
In Chancery Court at Nashvi :

Robert Thompson, Executor, &C., of Henry Carow
dead. Is. Jno. d. Goss and others.-No. BIAS.
Bill for settlement of the estate of
Henry Carow, decd.
7 appearing from affidavit filed in this cause that
l. the defendant, William Simpson, of Annayilla
Ramiagh Dublin, Ireland, and who is alleged to be
legattee Of said Henry Carow, deceased, is nonres
dent Of the State of Tennessee It is ordered that be
do enter his appearance herein before within the
first three days of the next term Of said Court be
held on the first Monday in November, 1851. and
plead, answer demur TO COMPARTMENTS bill, the
same VIII be taken for confessed him. and set for
hearing parte, andthat copy of this order be pub
lished once week for four successive weeks in the
Nashville Patriot.
A copy-Attest. J. E. GLEAVES,
Clerk & Master.
FOSTERS & McEwKs, of Nashville. Tenn, Soils for
CompPt. June1-w4w.
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Proclamation
ELECTION NOTICE.

ELECTION NOTICE.
ON the Sth day of June, 1861, will open and hold
" election for the election of Senator and a
Representative in the General Assembly of Tennessee
for the District and County of Davidson, to fill the
cances occasioned by the designations of John Trim
BILE Senator, and Edward H. East Representative,
according the law in such made and provided
The Constabes in each Civil District will please open
and hold the above election.
J. K. EDMUNDSON,
may29-td Sheriff.
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INSTRUMENTS.
NOTICE.

A IL PERSONS having horses suitable for Cavalry
n service, will please offer them ON Wednesday next,
at the Fair Grounds, when the proper officer will
ceive end value the same, giving certificates of vaua-
tion. The parties receiving certificates will be allowed
forty cents day from date Of certificate.
F n. McNAIRY,
may26 Captain Tennessee Rangers.
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Major WIN. 81. Polk has raised a fine Com.
pany of Cavalry in Maury county
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TRAVEL T. B S

NX7HEN you 60 to New York, drive direct 20 me
w SMITHSONIAN HOUSE, Broadxay, corner o.
Good Fare FOOD Rooms prompt attendance, and
moderase charges Single rooms, 50 cents, 20 cents
ma 81 Der day. Double rooms and per1ors 0oe 70
a.. ,,r = ordered This Hofel has I'll the appoint
enf. a. he best hotc1s most central location, and
= heafed throughout By sfeam-
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-04-05

hard. The best sorts to begin with are ex-
ira Early, the Early Frame, and Tom Thumb
dwarf. As early in March as the ground
will admit of it, cabbage seed can be sowed
in sheltered borders; and the first crop Of
potatoes may be planted. We have planted
potatoes US early as the 9th March and had
a crop by the l4th June. Fox's Seeding
is undoubtedly the best variety grown but
they are " small and few in hill" We
have never thought garden potatoes when
they have to be put in with spade, profit
able. The Bermudas, which reach us earlier
than any we can produce, We think are pref
erable us the first crop, and are quite unex-
celled, except by Fox's Seeding.
AS soon US the garden can Se entered, and
the pruning is completed, which ought to be
the case by this time, there should be gen'l
and thorough clearing up of the premises.
Branches, sticks, stones, and roots and
trash Of every kind, should be gathered up
and disposed of; cutters opened, trees trans
planted last year should be straightened, the
earth pressed around them, and restalked.
Currant and gooseberry bushes can be trans
planted at any time now; in doing this the
wood OF last years growth only must be ia
ken; and If you want single stems to grow,
cut out all the eyes of that portion Of the
shoot in without making a hole, and press
the earth with the boot closely around it.
The protection to trees and plants should
not be removed before or near the first OF
April, otherwise serious injury might ensue.
Raspberries laid down should not be taken
up before that time, as they may then escape
any cheek to the wood made tender by their
winters sleep in the damp earth.
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Co,L.-Geological examinations Of coal
fields are believed TO have afforded evidence
Of the vegetable origin Of coal, although the
manner in which the carboniierous Strata
as the coal measures, or assemblage OF rocks
which include coal, are tgrmed-have been
deposited, Is by no means agreed upon. Some
geologlsts suppose that the coal measures
were originally peat bog. md that the sue.
c,ssi,e layers were occasioned by repeated
suh~idencss Of the land Others contend that
the vegetabl. matter originated from RATS,
like those Of the Mississippi, which aoated
,ut to sea and there became engulpbsd; .
third opinion Is, that they were formed In
vast inland ss.s or lakes, the successive beds
ofvecetable matter being supplied by peri.
odical land Aoods. All thess causes may
have been In operation In the formation OF
coal, hut, however deposited. the coal 10 al
ways accompanied by u thick bed OF clay boz
meath every layer. and Il 10. moreoser. ps,
culiar fact, that common plant OF the coal
strata, named stignar'a, invariably occurs,
moro or les abundantly, In this bed OF un-
der clay, although Il Is rarely TO be met with
in tho coal or shale above.
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Mlstrllaneous.
For the Union and Journal.
PRIDE CONQUERED.

When Aunt Ruth Simpson died we laid
her away tenderly, yet not with tears enough
to moisten the few pale snow-drops that Al
ice dropped against her white hair, just un-
der the muslin cap border. Then we went
sOlemnly into the dark, still parlor, which
had the smell of death in it yet, to hear tho
will read.
All of the silver to my sister Sarah. l
glanced furtively round to the laden side
boards, and remembered china closet IN
the dining room, then wondered il the silver
urn at the foot Of the front stair case could
be moved from its marble PEDESTAL. 1t came
over in the Mayiower, and Sarah had a pas
sion for the old pilgrims and that hoary sail
across the sea; thanked Holmes for the ten
der " rcquicscat" he sung over Cotton Ma
thcr, and blessed Long(ellow for his remcm-
brance of brave Miles Standish. So thought
Sarah must be at peace with herself and the
whole world this wonderful afternoon-more
especially at peace with the departed one
she had helped to robe in white, who had
gone to meet the robed in white.
Her purple velvet furniture that always
made me think of King Solomon's temple,
to nv sister Eliza. Eliza was tall and dark.
always wore her hair broad-plaited. and al.
ways wore sweeping skirts to her dresses,
which were invariably purple or gold color
purple in winter, gold-eolOr in summer.
1t was happy disposition Of the purple vel
vet. Eliza was born princess, as well as
Sarah an enthusiast. looked at her, but
her good breeding made her deaf, and she
was more regal than ever in her pale reposc,
her hand, quiet in her silken lap, but the
diamonded one outside.
Her books, and pictures, and the wonder
Of our young lives, her organ. .melodcon, with
its heavy case, lion-like feet and pedals, and
its double rows Of time-yellowed keys, to
Cousin Hortense. IIortensc sat near the in
strument. II was closed, Of course, and its
heavy purple covering seemed like pail in
the darkened room.
The rambling old mansion house-in
which Aunt Ruth, and Hortense's mother.
and my mother, and Alice's father, were all
bOrn-to Alice, but with a request that il
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II For the past ten years have annually
raised one or two acres OF carrots, and my
cnstom has been to dispose OF what could at
certain price, and what could not be sold
thus to feed to my stock. My price has
been usually twelve dollars ton, and Ihavo
sold the greater portion ofmy crop at that
rate.
For f,ttening purposes consider this per-
haps more than their intrinsic value; but
for feeding milch cows, store cattle, or sheep,
/ doubt not they are well worth that amount
as q substitute for hay, or indeed for any
other winter fodder. Two feeds of peck
each, fed daily to q COW, with plenty Of good
bright straw, will keep her in good condi-
ton, and under some circumstances, proba-
bly,, II is cheaper than giving the COW all tho
hay she can consume.
For horses that do not labor moro than
one-half the time, think they are equal by
measure to oats that Is. horse fed peck
of oats and peck Of carrots each, daily,
will do as well us II fed two poets Of oats
their action being slightly diurctic and lax.
ative, and just what the system seems to need
in the winter, when they are wholly depriv-
cd Of green fodder.
In our region the raisingoi carrots Is on
the increase, and farmers are beginning to
ascertain that stock Of cattle can be car
ried through winter with less expense, and
larger stock can bc kept on the same land
by a judicious growing and feeding OF roots;
and that instead Of the two or three tons OF
hay required to winter cow. one ton OF
hay and roots will do II as well. or better.
WIN. j. Pettee, Fairfield Co., Conn.
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Hints for Spring.

At this season Of the year, when the trees,
and especially the fruit trees, are denuded OF
their summer foliage, the time is most pro-
pitious and OppOrtune to make those neccs-
sary examinations, us to the insect eggs,
which the health and prosperity of the tree
and its fruit crop during the coming season
demand. The tree being entirely diyested
of leaves, other objects concealed during the
summer are now exposed to view, and hang
out in bold relief, inviting our efforts for
their immediate removal. The pendant fol-
licles of the Z" drop worm," of the last sea-
son are not particularly conspicuous. True,
many of these are the deserted habitations of
the males, but all of those large plump ones
contain the pupa case, or the female filled
with eggs, in many instances numbering
from two to four, and sometimes five hun
dred, each of which contains in embryo a
young drop worm, that will be excluded
thereirom about the Goth of May next, or
as soon as there is heat and foliage sufficient
to hatch and sustain them. These follicles
should all be carefully clipped off with u
sharp pair Of pruning or other shears, fixed
to a pole long enough to reach them, and all
be burned.
But in addition to these, there are other
enemies to vegetation and the fruit crop,
that may in some measure be circumycnted
by little prevention at the proper time.
The eggs OF the American Tent Caterpillar,
the female of which deposits from three to
FIVE hundred in number, in girdle round
the smaller branches Of apple, pear and
cherry trees, are now also distinctly visible,
where they exist, ii close examination be
instituted. Ii is well known that these cat
erpillers appear sometimes in large numbers
very suddenly, and in an incredibly short
space of time spin and web over the leaves
and feed at their leisure, free from Interrupt
ton or injury by wind or rain. Where
these appear on tree, they ought to be i'm
mediately removed by clipping oilIthe branch
affected, with pruning shears, and burning
or singeing them in u smart fire but by Tar
the better plan is to remove the eggs. These
gird,cs of eggs can be seen as plainly, and
at almost US great distance us the bracelet
on lady's wrist. The eggs of plant lice OF
Z" aphids;" and those Of bark lice, or " coc-
eide" may also be seen on close inspection,
and those on small trees can be removed by
an application of soap suds applied with
stiff brush, thoroughly rubbed ON. Every
pleasant day during this and the coming
month should be devoted to this work.
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Sow GRASS SKID THIS MIoNru. - The
crasses have many enemies, and il is fire.
aucntly necessary TO re-sow fields where the
seed has not taken well. or where the roots
have been eaten badly by worms. When
ever the grass is deficient, whether in pas
ture or meadow, il is q good plan to SOW
seed ut this season. As rule, seed enough
is not used when meadows are laid down to
grass. After several years experimenting,
we have never found seed 20 take 50 well
rs when sown upon frozen ground, say in
the morning. the latter part OF March or the
beginning OF April.
The alternate freezing and thawing a.
this early season. open crevices in the soil,
and furnish the sod with that very slight
covering which il needs (; the heavy Spring
rains also help to bury it. The use Of the
bush harrow and the roller would make the
covering still more sure, but we have never
failed OF q good catch, without rcsorting to
them. In a Few weeks the young clover and
herdsgrass make their appearance, and yield
tolcrable crop the frst season. This is a
great deal better than bare patches in the
meadow, which will soon be grown over with
sorrel or with weeds, il not occupied with
grass.
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agricultural,
Hill Sides for Orchards.

A correspondent OF the Gardeners Month
ly says:
would always prefer a sheltered situa-
tion behind a hill or wood for my orchard.
Steep hillsidcs are generally objected to for
planting an apple orchard but l think a
steep hillside Is not the worst place by any
means. Ny hillside orchard is doing quite
as well as any have. Ii is in the form OF
a half circle with q southeast exposure. l
planted nv trees i'm half circle TO suit the
hill, in order 10 make il more pleasant to
work, and also 70 keep il from washing.
l think that trees can be placed much closer
TO advantage on steep hill than elsewhere.
NV method Of cultivation has been to plough
down from the upper side to within four or
five feet Of the next row. / plough the
first furrow close to the row with one horse;
then plough the balance with two horses.
In four or Eve ploughings il will form
terrace that will answer very good pur-
pose. had also planted row of nursery
trees with each row Of orchard trees, which
did very well. by merely working from the
upper side, the spaces are now level, or IA
ther inclining a little back, which causes IL
to retain moisture much longer than il did
before ii was ploughcd into terraces. The
spaces between the terraces use for straw
berries, blackberries, seed beds, etc. IL is
also a irst-ratc place to raise early veseta-
blcs.
This side-hill used TO be a regular eye
sore, but now il is the prctticst part OF the
farm. think We can make no better use oI
our steep hill-sides than to plant them with
trees, ifit were for nothing else than for th'
appearance. The grass growing on the ter
races We used, when the trees were young
for mulehing, drawing mellow ground OF
them from the upper side.
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~ Tba, diabolical sheet, the Richmout

II That diabolical sheet, the Richmond
Examiner, Is doing its utmost TO provoke
tho murder Of any man in Virginia who
takes Office under the United States Govern
ment. Here is specimen
We have heretofore commented upon
tho obvious intention ofthc President Of the
Abolition Republic to complete the work OF
dishonoring and degrading the slavsholding
provinces as speedily n possible BY sendins
Wide-Awake Black Republican satnps 70
rule over them. This course was pursued oy
Rome whenever she conquered and added
crushed nationality to her vast .' oomln'o.s. ~.
Turkey, England. and France. pursue the
same course now in Greece, India. and Al.
veria. Lincoln is already s,nding his Wide.
awake Pro-consuls 10 complete the work Of
suljueaiion in this State which the convcn-
tion has commencen. lie has appointed, we
learn, a rabid and venemous Black Republi-
can 10 an important post as Mail Agent up
on railroad which posses through one "
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Adelaide - Adelaide Conant; ! have
prayed for this hour. o Adelaide-my darl.
ing-God is goods goods good, ,"aDd he
laid his face in the bed clothes and sobbed
again.
Hortensc, am older by ten years than I
was when badc you good by. You will
find me changed very much when I como
home. am afraid have grown hard, cal
Tossed like my aching hands. bnt you will
love mo still.
I am very lonely, and am looking forward
impatiently to the time when summer comes,
and shall bc at your side again.
o, Hortensc. when think Of exchanging
this hot, stialing, noisy place for our dear
old homo-ior my books and music, and
flowers and birds-exchanging thcsc cold
strangers for my darling sister iortensa,l
cannot wait.
You wanted me to tell you all about Ade-
laidc, but knew no more, only that sho
went home with her father, clinging to him
with love as strong as her pride.
Her father pressed my hand tenderly when
he went, saying in husky voice. he should
ever remember his daughters friend, and
Addio kissed me with wrung heart st
parting.
She slipped little note into my hand the
last thing. It contained, a hundred dollar
bill, and she had written hastily and with
tears, knew by the blotted paper.
"Go home, dear Ruth, go home. You
must not stay another day in l..
Father wanted me to tell you all-so you
need think no worse Of me than deserved,
but could not. will write 1t all, and
soon.
am too weak to tell Of my great love Tor
you. Yours
ADELAIDE"
And so. dear Iortense, am expecting to
hear soon from her. hope her letter will
come with your next. A letter from each Of
my sisters would make me % happy.
Yours ever,
RuTu SIMPSON.
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DEEr PLorGnING.-ln the July Agricul-
turist, last year, was published statement
from a Texas subscriber TO the effect that
corn planted by him on ground plowed 10
to 20 inches deep, was looking badly, while
that on land merely scratched over, appear
ed thrifty, and an opinion was asked It the
surface work were not better for that Sec
ton. We replied, that though the plough
might have been put in too deep at one time,
vet, should drouth occur, the benefit OF
thorough working would be seen; and re-
ouested TO hear the testimony OF the corn
crib in the fall. We have just received a
letter from the same gentleman, stating that
he is thorough convert to deep plonshing:
A severe drouth came on, shrivelllnS and
destroying his corn and that OF his neigh
bors, on land which had only shallow work.
inc. while that on the deeply plowed field
stood up bravely, came to maturity, and
gave fne yield. Ii is well here to repeat
the caution. that the soil should generally
be deepened gradually. say an inch or 80 at
each plowing, particularly where the sub
soil is unfit for growing plants {; in time 1t
will be ameliorated by the atmosphere.
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and l gave them to her. She thanked me
swectly, with tears in her beautiful eyes
and she carried them about with her all day.
I did not know how to tell her of my SYM
pathy in words, but VIC both understood the
flowers.
would sometimes read her your
loving, cheering letters, but am afraid she
has sister from whom she may not hear,
whose heart is sealed towards her and 1t would
remind her so painfully-you know. They
say she has never spoken ofhome, father nor
mother since she has been here.
l need not say remember me, but like to
write It. Remember is sweet word to
write or think when one is away from home.
And you know that no one loves you better
than SISTER RuTu.
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Agriculture and Architecture.

When one Is about to build house, the
first thing to DO done Is. no. to resort to
books solely for the purpose Of learning
what styles Of architecture were perfected in
Greece, or what is the prevailing fashion Of
villas in Italy. or Of cottages in Switzerland;
but Is Is Of primary importance TO under
stand thoroughly the climate Of the region in
which the building is 10 be located. The
architecture Of Greece, Of Switzerland, and
of Italy, was determined by the climate Of
thoss countries, and 80 must our aIchitec-
turs be governed by our climate, unless we
are willing TO sacrifice harmony and utility
and are content with being mere copyists.
We will give few Of the applications oi
this idea. and thcn commit the subject to
tho reflections Of our reader.
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GRAFrNG.-l -lIorticulturists will bc soon
busily engaged in trimming up their ground
and as among their earliest operations is that
Of grating. we present the following meth
od, which is represented as of French origin.
II is said to be practised with perfect success
inasmuch us il nav be performed at any
season Of the year when sound buds may be
obtained, whether the sap is flowing or not I:
I" Remove asmall piece OF bark and wood,
leayinga smooth and Cat surface, TO which
aslmilar piece, containing the bud which Is
to form the future tree, is fitted, which is
sealed over Immediately with collodion. This
forms strong. imperyious euticle, which Sc
cures free circulation OF the sap on the ap-
proach warm weather and periec. union
OF the parts"
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JANUARY 3.

JANUARY 3.
DEAR HoRTESsE.-I have much to tell
you of Adelaide. Poor, dear Adelaide We
have grown fricnds-dcar friends since that
night that we clasped hands in the darkness.
She has put aside all the chill and reserve
she wears to Others. still we are not conii-
Dental, and know no better what sent her
o.tinto the world now, than did when |
first saw her.
went to her room ono night last week
and we sat like school girls oil the evening.
There were two pictures, both Bible faces,
framed in ebony and gold. Books hand
somcly bound, girlish books Of poetry and
romance. A guitar hung up bya blue rib
bon. Blue is purity-is it not-dear Hor-
tense? And blue is Adelaide's color. Ishould
have asked her to play, bnt q string was
broken. 1t was beautifully cased instru-
ment, but somehow it looked hopeless with
its broken string-hopeless as Adelaide's
face always looks. The one little window
seat was full of plants, all in bloom. II
the guitar had hung silent, and books laid
unopened, those flowers had been carefully
nurturcd.
thought Of the Bastilc prisoner and his
'picciola.'
They whisper cruel things about her, and
heard one woman speak OF shame in con-
nection with Adelaide. o! Hortense, Hor-
tense, l felt wicked then. I wanted to tell
the miserable old thing to go to her howell
and lie down and die in its filth and wretch
cdness and shame.
ADKLAIpE CoSASr Is PuRE, pure rs tho
snow that shroudcd the old year and herald
cd the new. know II. feel IL.
She docs not seem we'll although she never
complains. Poor Adelaide think she
longs to die. Father would say that waa
cowardly. Mother would give 1t gcntlcr
name, still she would blame her. Tell me,
Hortcnsc, is suicide neuer justifablof 7 Shame
comes, and the world points the finger oil
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RuTu SIMPSON.
FEBRuARY, 49,

DEAR TIoRrrssE.-l am sorry you have
been so scik. If had only been to homo to
tend you Who could smooth your pillows.
bathc your aching head, bind back your
heavy hair but sister Ruth
But qn'a.t-l Us wo used tosay to Monsieur
Radaux, what matters it, darling, II como
home to tend the roses in your checks next
summer.
want you to practise ns soon as you get
strong enough, our dear old organ-melodeon
1t could only have como from Germany.
could it, Hortensc? Who do You suppose
will play when we are grown old. Perhaps
another Hortense.