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Drake, of the Sycamore, administered
the oath Of allegiance to a few of the in-
habitants, and preparations are being
made to take formal possession of the
town.
The greatest distress prevails at Apa-
lachicola. One of the enemy captured
by our men represents that there is not
pound of -four in the place or in the
country near; no sugar, or scarcely pro-
visions enough to keep the inhabitants
from starvation. The blockade has been
SO effectual as to deprive the inhabitants
almost entirely of the means of subsist-
ence, with the exception of what food
they can get from the back country
Apalachicola was the largest CONNER
cial town in Florida, but at present, with
no commerce, the town has desoate
appearance. The stores aud warehouses
and depots for receiving and exporting
cotton goods are all closed, and no busi-
ness whatever has been done apparently
for the last six months.
The entire number of people at Apa-
aehicola was 542 of population over
$500 originally. This number includes
men, women, and children-back and
white.
The contrabands who guided the ex-
pedilion, acting as pilots in ApalacLicola
River, were very uselul as they had
minute knowledge of all the defenses and
position of the vessels. Some Of them
had been employed on the fort, and some
in building a rebel gunboat. The ne
groes state the gunboat to be sixty miles
up the river. 1t Is 120 feet long and 80
feet wide has been a long time on the
stocks, and as yet only the hull is near
completion.
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The CROPS IN THE WEsT.-Accord-
ing 10 the Chicago Tribune of the 18th
inst, much alarm begins TO be manifest
ed throughout Northern and Central H.
linois with regard to the coming crops of
spring grain. During four or FIVE weeks
it has rained almost daily, till the soil is
so thoroughly saturated with water as to
preclude the possibility for some time. of
either blowing, sowing or planting. The
danger of this shortening of the season
is felt doubly at this time, in consequence
of about $4,000 Illinois farmers being
Withdrawn from the State to fight tor the
Union. In ordinary times, even when
the spring work is forced close upon
summer, by the employment OF extra
help, much of the danger is averted;
but at present the prospect is gloomy
enough.
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ming commentary on the inhumanities
and mmoralities Of slavery. We know
too much about it, and the man who
now has soft words for slavery, and
studies to do it honor, and looks forward
to an opportunity of yoking himself with
its political power, is a traitor, and de-
serves the halter. There is no excuse
for ignorance now. The system stands
unmasked as foe 10 national unity, an
enemy Of good government, and the con-
temner everywhere Of common rights OF
men. 1t is thing TO be hated, despised'
and at the earliest practicable moment
destroyed.
The eyents'of the war, as they rapidly
transpire, point to not far distant tri-
umph of the national arms over the
forces which slavery has .marshalled for
the national destruction. The time is
speedily approaching when representa-
tives from the southern states will again
make their appearance in Washington,
and when it will be attempted again to
institute the old game of insolent supe.
liJriiy. They will find different state
OF things in Washington from that which
they left. They will find city fall OF
northern blood and northern life. They
will lind slavery abolished in the district
They will find the power of their pet in
stituilon gone. They will find free spo.
ken lecturers at the Smithsonian, Yam.
KEGS in possession at Wizards, and free
dom popular. 1t is possible that a few
she-secessionists and traitors in faded
brocade and useless laces, will receive
them and condole with them over the
lost prestige of barbarism and the de.
parted sceptre of King Cotton; but the
society of Washington will and must be
in sympathy with the free spirit of the
age. Power comes henceforth into the
hands of freedom and of free men. and
society will yoke itself to power, to the
prescription of all those who cling to the
accursed institution.-SprfnqfeH Re
publican.
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GEN. BURNSIDE IN PRAYER.-Tbe
victories OF Roanoke and Newbern TO-
gether with the other numerous yet i'm
portant successes of Gen. Burnside, are
now the theme of grateful mention in
every patriot home. In a recent sermon
Bishop Clark, OF Rhode Island, made the
following personal allusion; while he
was planning his magnificent expedition
it was my fortune to occupy the same
room with him in Washington. and /
shall never forget how, every morning,
we used TO kneel down together and pray
for the blessing of God upon his solemn
work. That blessing insures his success.
The Lord of Hosts is with him, the God
of battles is his refuge.
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Capture of Apalachicola, Florida

An expedition was formed on the
night Of April %, ,o make an attack on
the town Of Apalachicola. The expe-
dition was composed Of seamen from the
United States gunboats Mercedita and
Sycamore. 1t was under the command
Of Commodore Stellwagen, Of the Mer-
eedita, and in charge of Lieut.. Abbot,
two acting masters aud two masters
mates from the Mercedita; also Lieut..
Bigelow, Acting Master Fales, Masters
Mates Slamm and Babson of the Saga
more; also six engineers from the two
gunboats, and two surgeons.
The town surrendered without making
any resistance, it being almost deserted
by the male population, but full of wo-
men and children. The fort or sand
battery was also dismantled, the guns
being burriedIy removed up the Apa,
achieola River.
Two schooners were captured in Ali
gator Bayou near the town, and then
The launch of the Sycamore, under the
charge of Lieut.. Bigelow, with the sec
ond cutter, under charge of Acting Mas
ter Fales, proceeded up ApalachicoIa
River about seven miles, where they
found several vessels lying at anchor, and
captured them. One was large school,
ner, partially laden with cotton, which
was cut out from the wharf and towed
down the river by the Sagamore's launch.
She had forty bales of cotton on board.
A sloop was captured which had re-
Gently arrived from Havana with load
of coffee, running the blockade. She had
also cleared again for Havana.
Great efforts were made 10y Lieutenant
Bigelow, Acting Master Fales, and En-
gineer Snyder to get four other captured |
schooners down the river. The officers |
and crews worked long and laboriously
during many hours to get the scbooners
free, but without avail. They were
finally obliged TO apply the torch to them
which they did so effectually as to make
them a mass of flames, burning them to
the waters edge in a very short space of
time.
They afterward succeeded in capturing
Two sloops, and, thinking they had ven
iured far enough into the enemy's coun-
try, they returned down the river.
Commander Stellwagen, of the Mer-
,edita, and Lieut.. Commanding A. j. d
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THANKFULLY SMALL PAY.-In an
examination recently held before an al
derman in Philadelphia, of sewing
woman for some illegal dishonesty, it
was aseertAined that only seven and one
half cents per pair, are paid by contrac-
tors, on army work for making canton
flannel drawers, two pairs being as much
as a common workwoman can make a
day, three, good days work for smart
hand. Thus, while the patriotic contrac-
tor Is putting thousands into his own
pocket by his fat contract, those whom
be employs, can, by hard labor, make
from fifteen to twenty-one cents per day,
and even then, when the work is finished.
1t Is stated that the money is sometimes
not forthcoming.
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QUAKER ToAsT.--This is me and
mine 10 thee and thine. wish wher
thee and thine come to see me and mine
that me and mine will treat thee and
thine as kindly as thee and thine have
treated me and mine. This is new yer.
sion of the old compliment which runs
somewhat after this wise Il wish that
thee and thy folks loved me and ny folks
as well as me and my folks love thee and
thy folks. For sure, there never was
folks since folks was folks, that ever loved
folks half so well as me and my folks
love thee and thy folks
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Breeding Horses.

We find in the transactions of tn
MiddIesex, Mass, Agricultural Society
for 1861, an able report on the roadste
class Of horses, submitted by j. Cum
mings, Jr. The ground is taken that the
breeding and raising of horses by the
farmers of Middlesex, to a certain ex
tent, may be made profitable, provided
proper rules are observed, among whici
are, that both parents should be entirely
free from any unsoundness in themselves
and that they should be from a stock, for
at least three generations, known to be
so. In regard to the kinds Of horses
which can be bred TO the most advantage
it is said:
Thetw kinds of horses most desirable
to be bred in this country, unquestiona-
bly, are the farm horse and the roadster.
The roadster must claim the first place,
as he may also be a good farm horse
1 Fer a good roadster, we want not so
much capability to 90 one mile quick,
as the power of endurance for many
miles and in order to do this the horse
must have q short, quick step, easy to
himself, sufficient courage TO keep up a
cheerful gait, not to pull on the bit, but
drive up promptly to it, with natural
gait of eight or ten miles the hour, and
the ability to make twelve without harm
to himself The head should be clean.
not clumsy, well cut up were it is joined
to the neck, in order to give free and
easy respiration, when held by the bit
the eyes should be bold and striking let
the ears be small and pointed, with quick
movements; the nostrils should be thin,
angular and large. Let the shoulder be
muscular, but not heavy, long aud deep,
well set back at the withers. The breast
should be wide and full, as although this
form may not give the most speed, great
endurance cannot be had without il; the
back should be moderately short, and if
slightly reached it is no fault; the belly
should be deep in the girth posteriorly
the ribs should form the body as much
as possible into a circular figure.
The arms should be muscular, long.
broad and large upwards the canon
wide laterally, but thin when viewed in
front the back sinews should be not
only large and firm, but they should be
very distinct from the knee to the fet-
locks; the psstern should be short and
obique. The feet of all horses are usu-
ally sound until injured by neglect or
abuse yet some horses are more liable
to disease than others, and such as have |
a tendency to disease should not be used /
to breed from.
The cost of rearing a really good
horse is no more than that of a worthless
one. Although the disposition of horses
has but little to do with their power Of
it does much to make them
and should always be well con-
3idered by the breeder of either the farm
horse or the roadster Intelligence
should always be highly valued in a
'oadster, as such horses are very much !
more safe in case OF an accident. c
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ASh6mnhdm, March, 1862.

REMARKs.-Sound doctrine, every
word of 1t, and doctrine, too, for which a
sound physiological reason can be given.
] We supposed the gentlemen referred to
intended that the pruning done in March
should take place early in the month, be-
fore the sap begins to flow freely. But it
is a dangerous time, as a few warm, sun
ny days at that season will set the sap
into great activity, and if the sap vessels
are cut off al that time, the sap will run
out just as certainly as water will run
down hill. Nature herself indicates the
proper time to prunc, and it is not her
fault, but ours, if We do not study her
operations, and learn when to DO it.
The rule is simple one; prune when
there is the least sap in the sap vessels
or sap wood that occurs about midsum-
mer, when the thin watery sap has visit
ed the most remote twigs and leaves, and
has become elaborated into substance
entirely unlike that which so recently
passed up, and is going down directly un-
der the outer branches and stem of the
tree, and plainly increasing their diam
eter. This is the favorable time to
prune, because there is comparatively
little sap left in the sap vessels to run
out if they are cut of. This period oc-
ours not only in midsummer, but in the
autumn, after the leaves have fallen, and
will continue until few warm and ge-
nial days intervene, when the sap sensi- 3
by feels their invigorating power, and
if the ground at the time, is
not frozen. There is another reason
why March pruning is dangerous. When
a limb is cut off, the mouths of the pores
are left open, and will not dry and con-
tract as they will in warmer weather, so
hat if warm days ensue, and the sap is
set in motion, there is nothing to prevent
is running out. Winter pruning is a
more safe time for the wounds to dry and
z. Farmer.
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ca He that is truly polite knows how
to contradict with respect, and to please
without adulation and is equally remote
from an insipid complaisance, and low
familiarity.
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g. Mary-'It seems cruel to kill so
many animals for their fur-thirty-six
poor squirrels put to death to make muff
for usP Emily-'Yes, it is cruel. Why
didn't the monsters take their skins off
without killing them !:
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ca Carrying politeness to excess is said
to be raising your bat to a young lady
in the street, and allowing couple of
dirty collars and a pair of socks TO fall
out upon the sidewalk,
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Proper time to Prune Fruit Trees.


Mr.. EDIToR: ] have derived much
pleasure and benefit from reading the diff
ferent views Of writer's in the New Eng
land Farmer pertaining 20 the same
branch of agriculture. For few year.
past, much has been written and said by
yourself and others, in regard to the best
season to prune fruit trees, and from what
! could gather from others, and expert
ments Of my own, had become pretty
well convinced that the best time to prune
was the latter part Of June or the first o
July. But in reading the discussions ol
the Legislative Agricultural Society, in
the Farmer recently, confess that | felt
somewhat nonplussed to find such thor
ough, practical men as Marshall p. Will
der and a. e, Sheldon pronounce March
the best time for pruning. Ishould have
been gralifed if they had more fully Civ
en- their reasons for their conclusions
Mr.. Sheldon said be had sawed a limb
from his tree each month, and found
March the best time. Now, Mr.. Editor,
| have tried the same experiments, and
have come to different conclusion.
have found where a limb was sawed off
in March, before it would begin to heal
over the wound, the stump would get
scared so that it would not commence to
grow over Immediately at the end of the
stump, but often one fourth ar one halt
inch down from the end; hut where
sawed them from the same tree in the
same year, and as near as possible the
same size limbs, have found the stump
or wound, where the limb was sawed off
in June, to heal over often in one, and
sometimes in two or three years sooner
than those cut off in March.
l think there are some Arguments in
favor Of winter or carly spring pruning.
We generally have more leisure, can get
at the work easier, are less liable to dam
age other crops, and perhaps a saving of
sap which would 90 TO nourih the tree,
lost in the limb if left until June. Il
have found it to work well or some occa-
oions, TO cut off limbs in winter or early
spring, leaving stump three or four
inches long, and in The following June,
saw the stump off smooth aud close to
the main branch, always coating over the |
wound with a little fheilac dissolved in !
alcohol, which can be kept in a bottle and
always ready for use, and will keep any
ength of time if eorked up tight. A
good way is to put small brush into the
;ork so that it will be inside the bottle,
md immersed in the liquid when corked,
which will keep it ftom getting dry and
lard, as it soon would if exposed to the
.ir.
Perhaps Mr.. Wider or Mr.. Sheldon
viii explain more fhlly their reasons for
coming to their conclusions, through the
columns of the Farmer, and thereby
,ratily myself, and [ doubt not many 9th.
rs who have much confidence in their
onnd' practical Judgment. | know that
.ou entertain different opinion upon the
ubjrct from theirs. w.
AShburnhdm, MWch, 1862
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Gaston-S Johnston.
Gdtes-A Walton.
GranUitIS-ThOmas B Lyon, L Hargrove, S s
Royster.
Green-W A Darden, Jr.
Guiyord-John Gilmer, Ralph Gorrell, and r
P Dick
Halyar--R H Smith, L v Bachelor.
Hy0e-E L Mann.
Harnett-A S McNeill
Rayloood-Wm Hicks.
Henderson-W NJ Shipp.
Heryord-Kenneth Rayner.
IredelL-Anderson Mitchell, A Allison.
Jackson-W Fl Thomas.
.JOhnston-C Sanders, W A Smith.
UJones-Wm Foy.
LenOir-John G Washington.
Linc0ln-D Schenck.
Macon-C D Smith.
MadiSon-J A Mcdowell.
Ndrtin.-D w Bagley.
McDowelL-J H Greenlee.
AeckLenburg-J W Osborne James Strong.
AontgOmsry-S H Christian.
Aoore-H Turner.
Nash-L B Battle
Nsu Hanorer-John Holmes, Robert Strange
Northampton-D A Barnes, NJ Moody.
ORsL0lo-A j MurrilL
Orangs-W A Graham, John Berry.
PasquOtank-R K Speed
Perquimans-Jos Cannon.
Psrson-John W Cunningham.
Pitt Satterthwaite, A Atkinson.
Randolpk-W Long, A Foster.
Richmond-W Leak
Ro6eson-J P Fuller j G Switzerland.
RockinQhana-D Reid E L Brodnax.
Ropan-R A Caldwell, II c Jones.
Rutherford and Polk-M Durham, W Michal
ISamps0n-R Mosely, Thomas Bunting.
StanIy-E Hearne.
Stokes-A II Joyce.
Su1Ty-TV V Hamlin.
Tyrrell-Eli Spruill.
Uaion-H NJ Houston.
Wake-G Badger, K P Battle " W Holden.
Warren-W n Edwards, Thornton.
WGshiagton-W Pettigrew.
WatauQa-J w Council.
Wayne-G Y Strong, Thompson.
Wilkes-Jas Galloway, Peter Elier.
Yadkin-R F Armfield.
Yancey-M P Penland
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
c. MUTUAL FIRE INsURANCE co.

N. C. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
A tho Annual Meeting Of the North-C Carolina Mutual
IN Fire Insurance Company, held the l4th Of Janua-
ry, The following persons were elected Directors and OH
GERS for the ensuing year:
DIRECTORS:
Henry D. Turner, Raleigh.
J. R. Williams,
G. " ". f1,OiA 3. iHutchings .(t
Kemp p. Battle,
George Little Z" ..-.
James NJ. Towles
James L. Hoyt Washington.
Alex. Mitchell, Newbern,
Joshua G. Wright, Wilmington.
John M. JOGes, Edenon.
Geo. W. Charles Elizabeth City.
Jos. Ramsay, Plymouth.
j. w. Harrell, Murfreesboro.
II. B. Williams, Charlotte.
Samuel Watkins, Milton.
A. W. Steel, Fayetteville.
Joseph White, Anson County.
Josh. Bonner, Salem.
A. T. Sunny, Ashevile.
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY.
7. b. Selby. P,rsident.
H. ID. Turner, Pice P,rsideat
John II. Bryan, attorney.
Hamden g. Smith. Secr5tGr, and Tirdsvrsr.
John R. Williams Ec. O0uunuitsss.
G. W D. Hutchings,
This Company has been successful operation over S
years. and continues TO take risks upon classes of prop
eriy in he State Except Steam Mills and Turpentine Dis
heries) upon favorable Terms Its Policies rcover
property amounting TO nearly large portion Of
wbrh Is in country risks and its present capital is
four hundred thousand dollars in bonds properly secured
All communications in reference to insurance should be
addressed to the Secretary, post paid;
Raleigh Jan. l8, 1862. 6E*
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NOTICE.

NOTICE..
A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
IA of the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad Company will be
held the Court in the City Of Raleigh THURS
DAY The Goth day of March, 1882 for the consideration of
important business indicated by he following extract from
the proceedings Of the Board Of Directors at their meeting
held on the lsIh instant:
"WHEREAs charter Incorporating the Chatham Coal.
fields Railroad Company has been passed by the Conven
tion authorizing subscription to he Stock in said Com
pany the part of Towns Corporations, &C. and where
deem the building Of said Road of great importance
to the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad Company
RSoLced Thn meeting of the Stockholders Of the Ra-
leigh and Castor Railroad Company be called Thursday
the goth March next TO take into consideration the
priety OF subscribing for stock in said Company and to de-
termine what amount shall be taken"
W. w. VASS,
Treas. and Sec'y.
OFFIcE RAJ. & GAsrcS R. r. COMPANY,
Raleigh, Feb. 81, 1862. !
1f-*td.