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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
Human Slavery-Its Effects on the White
Man.

The following just remarks are from Rev. G
Battelle, Virginian and conservative" They
occur in calm, welI-eOnsidere,l address TO the
Constitutional Convention of Western Vir-
gina, of which Mr.. BatteIle is leading mem
ber They sustain proposition which we have
often uttered, that emancipation is a necessity
for the white man as well as for the black. Mr..
Battele says;
The injuries which slavery infict upon our
people are manifold and obvious 1t practical
lY aims to enslave, not merely another race.
but our own race. 1t inserts in its bill of rights
some very high-sounding phrases securing the
freedom OF speech, and then practically and in
detail, putsa lock on every mans month and
a seal on every mans lips who will not shout
for and swear by the divinity of the system
1t amusrs tie popular fancy with a few glitter
ing generalties in the fundamental law about
the liberty Of the press, and forthwith usurps
authority, even in times Of peace, to send out
its edct TO every postmaster, whether in The
village or at the crossroads, clothing him with
a despotic and absolute censorship over one of
the dearest rights Of the citizen, 1t degrades
labor BY giving it the badge of servelity, and il
impedes enterprise by Withholding its proper
rewards. It alone has clnimed exemption from
the rule of Uniform taxation, and then demand
ed and received the largest share of the pro-
ceeds Of that taxation. Is it any wonder in
such a state of facts, that there are, this day,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
Cultivation of POtatOss.

Ono would suppose that at this late
day, it would be difficult to saw any.
thing in regard to potatoe culture that
is new or worth reading. Well it is
so IN q great degree, yet we do not
appear to know any more in regard
to the best methods Of culture than
people did fifty years ago. 1t was a
prominent question then as now, Are
small potatoes as good for seed as
large one>?' We are also. undecided.
as We were in "old times" whether il
is best to plant in hills or drills. or
turrows, as is done in many Places
But farmers are quite as eager to learn
how to cultivate this crop, as they
would be, apparently, ifit were a new
vegetable just introduced to the rural.
One says, II am utterly discouraged
with potatoc culture: | frequently Tet
but little more than the seed / plant
cd, and half rotten at that" Another
remarks, / generally have dug my po-
tatoes late in the season, aud have
G eat many diseased ones; but this
year ! dug early, and lost nearly the
entire crops" while third cxclaims,
II duo enrlv. and seldom lost any by
disease; but was induced TO leave
my crop'in the ground last fall till
the middle of October, and when I
went to dig them, they were all gone
except a few not worth the expense of
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
W1rE.s powER.

The power orthe vile for good or evil, is
Irresistible. Home must be the scat Of hap
piness, or it must be forever unknown. A
good wife is 10 man, wisdom, and courage,
and strength and endurance. A bad one is
confusion, weakness, discontinue, and despair.
No condition is hopeless where the wife pos
sesses frmnesS, decision, and economy. There
Is no outward prosperity which can eounteract
Incidence, extravaganza, and folly at home
No spirit can long endure bad domestic infu-
ence. Man is strong, but his heart is not ad-
amant. He delights in enterprise and action;
but to sustain him lac reeds tranquil mind
and whole heart. lie needs his moral force
in the conflicts Of the world. To recover his
cquanimity and composure, home must be to
him place of repose, of peace, ofcheerfnlness
of comfort; and his soul renews its strength
again, and goes forth with fresh vigur to en-
counter the labor and troubles of life. But
if at home he finds no rest, and is there met
with bad temper, suIlenness or gloom, or is
assailed by discomfort or complaint, hope van
ishes, and be sinks into despair
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
Anothar Falller Er ,lcda

a belief prevalent with the Southern pol
iticians that the necessity for cotton would car
~ them successfully through rebellion. has
been very crnelly shaken by the events Of the
last few months. Those who bow down to
King Cotton, now previously admit that they
were paying homage to dcusion. In the rebel
cabal called a Senate, sitting at Richmond,
there was discussion, on the 18Th inst. ul,on
the l'ropricty Of ahs'aining from planting cot
ton and substituting grain. Some Of the fierc-
est of the rebels in that body admitted that
the notion that cotton was king was, in the ell
cgant language used, played out" The scar
city Of the article would only stimulate pro.
ductiOn I'D other countries, and the advantage
thus gained would enable those foreign cotton
regions TO compete successfully with the South,
which would deprive her Of her monopoly and
destroy her power. Mr.. WigElll spoke bitter
ly of England. She wished to see the South
destroyed, as cotton producers, so that she
could become raiser as well as spinner, and ihas
command the world. She abandoned her own
West Indies to abolition, ia order TO foster
cotton raising in India. After the debate. a
vote was taken. and the resolution TO abandon
the planting OF cotton was lost 1t is evident
from the whole tone of the debate, that the reb-
el statesmen" are being raridly cured of the
eXtraragant notions they had formed of them
sci yes, and their ability Of controlling the
world through The power they supposed they
Po.srsse1 eFvr the industrial interests Of other
Hatons-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
A BEAUTIFUL sEET1MENr.

Shortly before the departure of the lamen-
ted Herber for India. he preached a sermon
which contained this beautiful illustration:
Life bears US on, like the stream Of mighty
river. Our boat glides at first down the mar
row channel-through the playful murmuring
OF the little brook and the wiading ofits gras
sy borders. The trees shed their blossoms
over our young heads; the flowers on the
brink seem to offer themselves to our voupr
hands; we are happy in hope and we grasp Ca
gery at the beauties around us-but the
stream hurries on, and still our hands are emr-
ty. Our course in youth and manhood is along
IA wilder, deeper food, amid objects more stri-
king and magnificent. We are animated at
the moving pictures and enjoyments and in
dustry passing us; we are excited at some
short lived disappointment. The stream bears
as on, and our joys and griefs are left alike be-
hind US. We may be shipWrecked, we can not
be delayed; whether rough or smooth. the riv-
er hastens to its home, till the roar of the O.
cean is on our ears, and the tossing of the
waves is beneath our feet, and the land Iessers
from our eyes and the foods are Ertad M
around us, and we take our leave of earth and
ats inhabitants until Of our further xovame
&here is no witness save the Infinite and Eier-
nal!
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
Selecting Seed Corn.

A correspondent Of the Boston Gull
tivator gives the following hints in
regard TO selecting seed corr:
1. Pick the cars that set nearest to
the ground.
2. Those ears that have q short
foot stalk.
8. From stalks having the most
ears. Generally but one ear on a
stalk is proper for seed. and that usu.
ally the second ear, If the first car
is as good take that.
4, Never take from a stalk having
but one car, if stalks can be found
having two or moro ears,
5. Always take ears that are filed
out full to the end, and that run be-
yond the husk, il such can be had.
6. Lay by four or five times as much
as will probably be wanted.
Z. When you como to plant, before
shclling, break every ear and see if
the rith of the cob is dried up and
hollow, for ifit is not, the corn is not
fully ripe. Then shell off the but and
tlp till you come to the long grains.
If farmers will follow this course
yearly, the crop may be greatly in
creased. Great crops can never be
raised from stalks having but ono ear.
The carelcssness of farmers in select
ing seed corn is one great cause why
corn crops are generally Of so little
profit. The general practice of farm
ers in selecting seed corn, is to take
the best and fairest cars in the pile,
without knowing if there were one or
more ears on the stalk and most like
ly there was but enc.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
UNsUCcEssFULL INrH1s L1FE.

] confess that increasing years bring with
them an increasing respect for those who do
not succeed in life, as those words are common
ly used. Heaven is said TO be place for
those who have not succeeded on earth; and il
is surely true that celestial graces do not best
thrive and bloom in The hot blaze of worIdlv
prosperity. Ill-success sometimes arise fron
superabunJance of qualities in tbemselv YES
good, from a coneience too sensitive. a taste too
iastidious, selfforgeifullness too romantic a
modesty too retiring. will not go so far as
to say, with living poet, THAT the world
knows Lothing of its greatest men," but there
are forms of greatness or-at least excellence.
that die and make no sign; there are martyrs
that miss the palm but not the stake; there are
heroes without the laurel, aud conquerors
without the triumph. ISIS
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
A WORD TO BOYS AND GIRLS.

Little friends, put things right back in their
per places. Never leave things all about,
ter-skelter, topsy-turyy--n When you.
any article-hoe, shovel, rake, pitchiork
hammer, tongs, boots or shoes, books, slate,
hcils, writing apparatus, pins, thimbles. PIN
shions, needles, work-baskets, kitchen furni-
Re, every article Of ofhousewifery or husbandry,
matter what it is--the very moment you
I've done using. il, return Il to its proper place.
: sure you have special place for everything,
eTthing in its place. Order, perfect order, is
le watchword- heavens first law. How much
recious time is saved (aside from vexa4iou) by
deserving order. systematic regularity. And
tile folks should begin early TO preserve or
.er. These loose, slipsIlod, sIatternly habits
re formed in childhood, and habits once form
q cling for life. ]
Young friends, begin early to keep.iLings
lraighi in their proper place; study neatness,
rder, economy, sobriety, everything just, hon
rable, pure. lovely, aud Of good report.
Little things-ay little things
Make up the sum Or life;
Then let US watch these little things
And so respect each other,
That not word, or look, tone
May wound n friend brotler.'
: Golden Rule
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

IRON CLAD.-All Europe has been startled
by the feals of the Merrimac, and the extraor-
dinary passage at arms between her aud the
Monitor. Parliament is already considering
whether it is best to suspend all wo k no de-
fences, and apply the money to building iron
clad vessels. The London Times of April Ist,
says:
1t must have occurred to many people to
wonder why the new Federal iron ship should
have been called the Monitor-a name express
i've neither of speed, magnitude, force nur
prowess. The builder of the vessel has now
himself come forward to explain its title.
He called his invention the Monitor because
he calculated it would serve as warning to
Downing street, and admonish the British Ad-
miralty not to lavish millions of money on G,-
hrics which might be found utterly unservice-
able when matched with more ingenious de-
signs We are much obliged to Mr. Ericsson
for his hint We take The warning as it was
given, and acknowledge with all frankness that
this last Yankee notion merits all the atten-
tion that he claims for it.
The London Daily News of the same date,
says:
The more we reflect upon the condition of
modern naval warfare the more we beco me
impressed with the fact that nobility is the
great element oil success In this first lesson
we see how the Merrimac did just what she
pleased with ships that, even had they even
iron cased, would have only got into the very
same difficulties of position by their want Of
power and their great draft of water Aud
when the crucial experiment was tried between
The two iren-sides, victory fell TO the queer
looking maehine' that swamped round its victim
like duck, dealing fiery sabs into the vitals
Of her much bigger antagonist.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
Support your Home Papers.

Whatever patronage may be accorded to
city journals, whether on account of their
cheapness or the "general' news they contain,
the Importance of sustaining home papers
should not be overlooked. As the medium of
local transactions. and for furthering home in
terests, their value can hardly be over-cstima-
ted. The following article from Cleveland
(O1 "Herald" presents the question in the true
light:
1--WE know of nothing that is more dishear-
tening to the publishers of country news
paper, than to be told. as be too often is,
when soliciting subscribers, 81 feel too poor TO
take your pnper-I take the Tribune" Tor
some other huge foreign weekly and it only
costs me one dollar year, aud it contains
twice as much reading az yours does"-when
the receipts of one week of the office named
above would be double the yearly receipts of
his country paper, and when if the foreign pa
Pers were published seventy years, it would
not result in as much benefit to himself and
county in which he lives as would q single
weeks edition ofhis own paper
Recollect, if home paper is to be support
ed. home influence must do it. Every dollar
sent to the Eastern paper is at the expense of
the local paper. A county acquires promi-
nence through its papers more than any other
way, and TO every one who has county interests
at stake his home paper is a necessity. New
er will such man take a paper printed A.
way from home until he is able to take a sec
ond paper. His first will be his home sheet.
and he will so identify his own interests with
that of bis county as to consider the payment
of his subscription as matter of as early du-
ty as the payment OF his taxes"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
DELAWARE, OHIO, MAY 2, 1862

the black mans servitude bad been hung on
the highest corner Of the highest moon All
this We might wish and wish from the lowest
depth Of our hearts. But our thus wishing
does not affect cur present difficulty, and much
less remove it. This must be done by action,
wise, prompt and energetic. Action of some
kind must be had in the present crisis We
must look the evil in the face; grapple with it
with giant nerve and throttle it at once, or
leave it still to exist, and, like a masterdon
crab fasten upon US again, sap out or corrupt
our entire national blood, aud thus weaken,
blotch, curse, and dwarf our entire national ex-
istence. Which shall We do? Which viii we do?
COMMON SENSE.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

How THE FIRST NAPOLEON CONSOLIDATED
REBELs.- When. seventy years ago-says the
St. Louis Democra:-ihe Roman people, as
sisted by the French, threw off the yoke cf
their miserable government and proclaimed
the Republic great many malconteats, most
ly Of the aristocratic classes, sought refuge in
the mountain passes of the Apennines-gath-
cred around them bands Of armed outlaws and
bandits and commenced a predatory warfare
against the Republicans and their French
allies They committed for long time all
kinds of Outrages, arson, rapine and murder
The French troops sent against them were
waylaid aud shot down from behind bushes or
inaccessible mountain gOrges; travellers were
plundered and murdered, and the whole coun-
try devastated. At last the matter was laid
before Napoleon, at that time commander-in-
chief of the French troops in Italy, and he is
saed the following orders:
/. All outlaws, caught with arms in hand,
assauiting our troops or pcaccahIe citizens, are
Immediately TO be shot without trial.
2. All dwellings, from which our troops
have been fired on, to be burned down; of the
if they cannot prove their inno-
cence beyond doubt, the males over twenty
years of age to be sent TO the gallcys, the fe-
males to our hospitals as nurses washerwomen
etc, the children to the house of refuge.
3. For every civilian murdered, the district
in which the crime is committed pay 5000
francs; for every soldier, double the amount,
besides reimbursement for all that IS pundered.
The money to be taken firstly from the avow-
cd malcOntents; if not sufficient, then from the
so called neutrals and lastly, from the loyal cii-
izens, whose cowardice permits such outrages.
One short month after these orders were
passed, and in about dozen instances prompt
ly executed, order was restored, and the Ro-
man Republic soon became known as peace.
nble and safe country.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
The Loss.

A letter to the Cincinnati Times, from Pitts
burg, says:
The official reports of the loss are nearly
all in. 1t will amount, in killed, wounded aud
missing, TO nearly ten thousand or these a
large portion are prisoners or missing. The
regiments engaged on Sunday. suffered more
severely than those who did the fighting on
Monday. The panic-stricken regiments are
the largest sufferers in killed, showing that the
soldiers who stand sqparely up to the work
are in less danger Of being killed than those
who attempt to shirk their duty.
The rebel loss is fearful. So rapid were
they PreEsad back on Monday, that they were
unable TO carry with them their dead, and on
y aportion of their wounded. The fact that
they LEFT the body of their commander on the
field, shows how hotly they were pressed BY
our columns. We have large numbers of their
wounded. and have buried nearly two thou
sand Of their dead What their loss is can on
ly be conjectured from the number left on the
field, and il must be superior to ours.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

WIRE Cutters CAuGHT.-The. Nashville
Union learIs that three rebels we're detected
by party Of our soldiers, on Saturday, in
cutting the telegraph wires, tome thirteen
miles from the city on tie savannah H.e. One
received load Of kucksbot in the back and
Yas len behiha. The other two were brought
TO head quarters. Secretary Stanton, it will
be reoollected, has ordsred; that all such ras-
Gals should be ianmsrfsssly shot.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
AaBIC CULT RAJ.
From the Rural Americas
Experimsntswith Corn.

GAP<EAAdut1Wlbn Coru,
MEsSRs. EDIToRs:-There are n1anv
and conflicting opinions as regards the
prepa ration Of corn for planting, both
as regards soaking the seed in some
liquid preparation, and rolling (oF
drying) in lime or ashes, or whether
1t should be put in the ground dry,
and In its natural state.
In order to test thoroughly the
methods most generally practiced by
the farmers of the present day, | was
induced, the past season, to try few
experiments, the results Of which
wish to communicate through the col
umns of your valuable paper.
| took quantity of corn of the
white flint" variety, and, having di-
vided it into ten equal parts by count,
Ing the grains, [ then went to work
preparing each different parcel as per
statements annexed, numbering them
l, 2, 3, &C., respectively as l proceed
ed.
No. l, | soaked in tar water eight
hours until it was perfectly black,
then rolled in lime,
No. 2, was merely immersed in tar
water, and rolled in lime.
No. 3. soaked in clear water over
night, then immersed in tar water and
rolled in lime.
No. 4. immersed in tar water and
rolled in ashes.
No. 5. soaked in clear water over
night, then dipped in tar mot tar.wa-
r)sand rolled in ashes.
No. 6, soaked over night in clear
water, Immersed in tar water, and
then rolled in ashes.
No. I, soaked in tar water eight
hours, until perfectly black, and then
rolled in ashes.
No. 8, immersed dry in tar and then
rolled in lime. ~
No. 8. soaked in clear water over
night, and dipped in tar, and then
rolled in lime.
No. 10, immersed dry in tar, and
then rolled in ashes.
On the 23d of May I planted the
several prepared parcels in similar
soil, at an equal depth as nearly az
nearly as possible, and each parcel
received like treatment and culture
throughout the season.
Now mark the result
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

Ipgratitude is crime SO shameful, that the
man was never yet found who would acknowI-
edge himself guilty of it.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

Soon after the corn came up, No. 6
appeared to be the most thrifty and
promising; No. 8 looked nearly as
well, but No. s soon shot ahead of No.
& and remained so through the season.
Nos land S were the most back
ward Of any
On July 26th,. Nos. 3, 6 and 8, I
Judged to be from two to three weeks
in advance of Nos. A, 5 and 10; the
former Nos. being silkcd and tasseIed,
while none of the others were. No.
. was the most forward ears best set
and largest.
No: finally produced the best corn
and the most of it. So of all the a.
oovc preparations, l give that mode
Of preparing the preference.
There is an evil, think, however,
attending the application of tar in any
shape to corn previous to planting; it
retards the germ, while at the same
time | know of no benefit / have re-
ccived from its use. ADELPHA.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

No more Rheumatism after using WATSON s
NEURALGIA KING,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

0ONb oth' JUNE 18th.
10 I. oniy -hout qr.oi AbOtt laii OF tho
weakly.
40 ? All the grains uPi Somewhat baet,r,rl i,,
--losklng mitidHDg we'll promises better thap No 4
No. g. Every grain up aRd Growing aney-prom-
locking nicely. iscs well.
M. 4 All up-looks toll Backward vsakfv and
orablY well-lIot 50 well as isoindliuR
number three.
No. s. Tardy-jrst up Very backward.
very weakly.
No O. Every gram up Thrifty-promiss. well.
looks first rate
No. 7. Only one- -haH the A,iddling- -rs,bcr 49,.
A'1ins e'rMih@te-Neakly than Nos and g.
No 40. 8 Every grain up Looking exceeding we'll
lookins wen and Gfowngl--ths best OF the ten par,
hneiy- icels.
10 80. 70 = pny ABOUT l.Iotb Remained long in the
u lS grams nI-S eakfy ground before II germinaLed
very backward-aboat
I ha a aunaa aa Ma A A.,HE
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

Remained long in the
ground before II germinale d
backward-aboat
he same as NUs 4 and 5.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02

a.
nv
~ y,
'''O I
%
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-05-02
Very backward.
Thrlfty-prOmises wen.

Middling-ra.hcr better
than Nos. 1 and 8.
Looking exceeding we'll
-ths best Of the ten par-
'cels.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-10-08

9g Ills related Of Gen. Sigsl that
during shs bsstls of Friday be aaddenly
withdrew the whole Of his right wing,
oambinsd that with his left, and with
wonderful CELEBRITY hurled both 90 the
ensmy's righs, driving him back with
arsas loss. Hers ID m evidence Of fns
gsnsralship, Promotion and rssponsi-
bic command cannot be too quickly be.
slowed On ofScara wha give evidence oi
/. she possession Of ability like that sbowr
by Franz Sigel.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-10-08

TIE aoAplRA's HorK!-Ou Mbhdsy
| when the bill to enable soldiers to vote
vas under confederation, the coafdenee
of the Republican parry in our soldlery
was fsssly sxls stadlf dha abili - sassss
cd by the committee appointed three 40
perior officers of each regiment to act as
Judges of the election. Dsniinger Of
Du6sgus, (Dsm.l mosed 10 amend the
ball 90 a. 10 permit the soldiers 20 seisCs
she Judges Of the election. This met
With q severe and bitter opposition from
the Republicans, aad 90 = tsak vote every
Democrat wensfor II, and sixseen Wool
lies against it-they were Bowdoin, Bur
Ten. CLARK Of Tama, CLARK of johnson,
Chase, Curtiss, jackson, Loomis, Mercer,
.aleyar. Milburn, Mitchell Of Polk, Por-
tar Rothrock and White.-Stats JoHTn-