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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
GOOD ADVICE FOR THE TIMES.

Some persons seem to think they must
hoard up every cen they can get hold Of, in
order TO provide against hard times and we
hear lessons on all sides about economy This
is a mistaken policy. In fact it is the most
certain way TO bring about the very evils they
fear. The suspension of all enterprises leaSes
the laboring people without the means of sup
port, and the result is the prostratiOn ofeyery
branch of business. Every anIu. who has The
means shoald persevere in Bis projects of i'm
provement which promise TO be productive
Men viii still want houses TO live in, bread to
eat. and clothes TO wear, The farmer need not
therefore hesitate to purchase fertilizers, to
Taise stock, and to put up such buildings as
are necessary. Those who have wealth should
live as heretofore, and men generally should
remember that there is such thing as being
"pcnny wise and pound foolish II the peo-
pie cannot get work they cunnot purchase
food, and if they cannot purchase it they must
haveit given toathem.
Rersons of means should remember tbi.
when talking about curtaiiing expenses. Ii
short, if improvements are needed, now is The
time to make them, Those having means
Shonld refit and rcfurnish their houses, improve
their farms, buy good substantial clothing, with
out involving themselves unnecessarily o.
imprudently, aud thus keep the tailor, thC
stOrekeeper the butcher and the baker, as wei
as the mechanic and working-man employed
If every man should sl3t himself up in his shel
like tortoise, We shalfsoo hare want in ear
nest. Eearnesf, acting men will be the NOR
earnest and active, and while they advanc,
the fortune of those around them, they will
advance their own. There is a pr ident fore
sight that is gathering While it scattereth-i
foresight which converts the five talents int
ten, and the ten into twenty, while there is
blind economy that places the taIent in th
vault, allows it to lie there and rust, doing it
possessor or any one else no good. Ever
man should be good steward and not mis-
cradle miser.-D Delaw1re Republican.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
From Nashville.

A correspondent Of the New Yoak H'orld
gives the following graphic account of the APP
pearanpe of Nashville Immediately after it was
oocRpied by our troops;
immediately set off through the town.
And what town! How can imagery or met.
aphor, or amy illustration bring it to you as it
appeared to me on this the first day of its occu-
patton by the federal forces Sunday night
call it. But no puritan Village Sunday ev-
er saw was at all TO be compared with it
Let's say, imagine scventy7seven Sundays roll
cd into one, and into one town, and somebody
dead in every house it, and every inhabitant
OF Il grleving at grave side, and even then
you Will fail to feel the silent and appalling
gloom that shrouds the city of Nashville at
this moment Every single solitary store was
closed, Every window shutter was tight shut
Not over one hundred white men, not one
white woman. were visible to the naked eye
And then white men were collected in small
groups on the corners. hands in pockets, ga
aing s;raig'lt at the pavement, conversing in
low, sad tones, with eoHntenance the most dis
Blal oHd detected that l ever saw out Of a pen
itentaPy. After perambulating the city l
brought up at the St Cloud. Went in
-Four men sat with their shins to the stove
They resemjled four persons who had swal-
lowed the suicidal syrup, and were waiting in
bine harror Cor its fatal effect, Silently, sul-
!enly and slowly youth WIN rrti -.r-o-e>.aaa-
a d in answer to my ilqaires about aecommO-
dltions said yes, and shoyed the register to-
ward US. '
1t was night uoy, and the FIRST glealn Of sun
light that fell on. me in this horror -haEnted he
Tel came from the grinning worries of the Afri
can who conducted me to my apartments
'IIee heC! aint you Yankee?' And no mis-
take replica
Dat my pinion, hee! heel Tell you what i,
mister, we darkis are mighty glad to see Old
I.ncolns soldiers, we Isle Dis yere room was
where old FloidD stayed What! you don't
say that am occupying Cen Floyd S room?
Oats 50, sar; de damned ole cuss was here on
y. about week ago, ,s6ut nobodys sorry he's
gone about yere, cuttin' an slashn an bur
min hFidges.'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
he BlOOdiest Battle Yet and the Most Decisive
Victory.
SPECIAL to the Missouri Repaslioan.l
SPRINGFIELD, Mo, via Rolla, March l3.

SPECIAL to the Missouri Repuslioanl
SPRINGFIELD, Mo, via Rolla, March 13
\ messenger arrived at 10 o'clock last night
bringing additional news of the battle. The
engagement took place on Little Sugar Creek
FIVE miles this side Of the stream of the same
name, where a skirmish took place on the way
down. In anticipation Of an attack Oh
the south, General Curtis ordered the trains
drawn up on the North side, bat unexpected
! ~ the attack was commenced in the rear
north of our army-by from ,5 to 1000
rebel cavalry. Gen. Sigel, with 500 men. pro-
tected the train, and for several hours he alter
mated, retreating and stopping to hold the
rebels in check, while the trains passed back
ward to the main body of the army. While
/ thus engaged Gen. Sigel vas three times sur
rounded, but cut his way through each time
The principal fighting on Thursday was done
/ by Gen. Sigel in this way.
On Friday the engagement became general,
and continued so throughout, the officers be-
having with much gallantry.
! The exposed position was occupied by Col.
/ CarF's division, and the greatest loss was suf-
1 feIed by them. Col. Dodge's brigade Of this
division consisted of the 4th Iowa aud First
I Iowa Battery, 35ih Illinois, Col. Phelps regi-
mont and 24lh Missouri. Second brigade, un-
/ der Col Vandever, of the 9th Iowa. consisted
of his own regiment, Dubuque Battery and
Col. Carris' regiment of cavalry. A letter
| from Col. Carris saws the losses in the 18th aad
9th Iowa and 35th Illinois and 25th Missouri,
are from $50 to 200 in each regiment killed
and wounded. Only 800 of the 24th Missouri
were present, but they lost 90 killed and u large
number of wounded. Tie 18th and 18th Mo,
Sd iowa Cavalry, and 9Th Ind, lost about 40
each. lst and ID Iowa batteries lost about 20
teach.
/ Among the wounded are Gen, Ashboth in
the arm, Col Carr also in the arm, Lieut. Col.
Gallgan, Lieut.. Col. Heron and Maicr Coyle
of the 9th Iowa. Besides being wounded, Col.
Heron was taken prsoneri Col. Dodge had
three horses shot from under him. Lieut.
Smith Of the Second Ohio Battery was taken
| prisoner, and jumped from q wagon to make
his escape and was killed. The rebel officers
killed and wounded: Brigadier G neral Nc
Culough killed; Briga,lier General Slack, dam
gerously wounded; Col. Mcintosh, killed; Col.
| B. Ii. Rivcs, Second Regiment Volunteers
dangerously wounled; Major General Sterling
Price, slightly wounded
Thirteen pieces of artillery were captured
by out men; among thom one lost by Sigel at
! Wilson Greek.
Our loss is estimated at 500 or 1000 killed
and wounded. The rebel loss is not kuown,
but supposed to be from 1000 to 3.OOO A
/ large number of rebel prisoners were taken,
! probably 500 or more, and more are constant
/ y being brought in.
! two thousand Indians were engaged in the
battle, and $50 Of our killed were scalped by
them.
Price, with about 900 men, retreated north
waElRand then took an easerly digectiou.--
Gen. JEFF. Davis is after him.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
NO. 81.

taken from the Emperor Baber, at Agra, [it
weighs 81 carets, and is worth $8O,000) those
were the waistcoat buttons of the Emperor
Don Pedro, this diamond ring with the Stuart
coat Of arms and the cypher NJ. S., belonged
to Mary Queen of Scots; that pair ofearrings
hung once on Marie Antoinette. He has plen7
ty Of diamonds worth 100000, $4,000 and
$4,000, two worth 100000 each; one S7O-
600 and $4,000. He is in treaty for two
digmonds, one of which is worth $232 ,0OO,
and the other $3.50. .Q0G
The Duke Of Brunswick dares not leave
Paris at any period of the year; his diamonds
keep him chained there. He dare not sleep
from home ksome folks reckon this liberty of
pillow one of the great franchises of Paris) a
single night. Then he lives IN g hOHse con-
strueted not so mRch for comfort as security.
1t IS burglar pE9oi spFFoupded oR every side
high wall; the wall itself is surmognted By a
lofty iron railing, defended by innumerable
sharp spear heads which are so contrived thar
iG any person touches one of them chime of
bells begins instantly TO ring an alarms; this
iron railing cost him $l4,l2F. He keeps his
diamonds IN safe. built IN a thick wall; his
bed is placed against it. that no burglar may
break into it without killing or at least wax.
ing him, and that he may amuse himself with
out leaving his bed, The safe is lined with
granite and with iron; if 1t IS opened by vio-
ience a discharge of firearms, which will inev-
itahly kill the burglar, takes place and at the
same time chime of bells in every room in the
house is set ringing. He has but one window
in his bedroom; the sash is of the stoutest
iron, and cannot be entered unless one be mas
ter of the secret combination Of the lock. A
case of dozen barreIed revolvers, loaded
and capped, lies upon table within reach of
his bed, Would you like to be in his place?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
Sheep.

Sheep are fast becoming, to GER
tain extent the most profitable stock
a farmer can keep. With them much
less labor is required to realize the
same amount ofmoney than with COWS,
horses, or young cattle.
The long wooled, or mutton varie-
ty, which are, perhaps, the best adap-
ted of any kind to our soil and eli
mate, are very hardy and easily kept.
They are not liable to disease, or, at
least, have not been in this vicinity;
so there is little risk to be feared in
this respect, They are evidently the
kind for tho times, when both mutton
and the coarseF varieties of wool are
in active demand,
There is little trouble in raising the
lambs, for they are as hardy as calves
and it is nothing uncommon to see
them Out-number the rest Of the flock
indeed, one man in this place raised
eighteen from nine ewes the past sea
son.
Lambs five or six months old are
fit for market, which is not the case
with other kinds of stock, hence the
expense of wintering is avoided. The
past few years, when beef has been
dali and hardly to be disposed of,
mutton has been in good demand at
profitable prices. Owing to the war
this demand is steadily increasing.
and in consequence there is a large
call for store sheep at high prices, in
anticipation of future requirements.
How long this state of things will
continue is uncertain, but from pres
ent indications there will be no Sc
rious decline for time at least
Mutton will undoubtedly be in fair
demand, as there seems to be a grow
ing inclination for this meat in prefer
ence to beef or pork, while so long
as cotton goods maintain their pres
ent high prices, with an upward ten
dency," there will be a favorable in
ducement, not to say necessity, for en-
plnying wool, so far as possible, mall
fabrics for use or wear.-PIocmaR.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21

-Four years ago, came into possess
sion of few apple trees, thirty years
old. They were all badly cut by tho.
borer; one of thom so badly honey
combed as to be blown over, and all
of them were stUnted and messy, put
ting on no new wood. 1t seemed
doubtful If they could survive, but as
they were on the old homestead, and
were trees which set, I had par
ticular regard for them, and commen-
ced cleaning them every foggy or wet
day, when the moss was pulpy. and
could be rahhed OF with a brush or
cloth. | took away the earth from
the trunk of the tree, leaving tho
roots bare; scrapcd the loose bark
from the trunk, took an old white
wash hrgsh and pail of soft soap,
such as every family in the country
makes for washing, and gave them n
good coat, from the roots upward,
three or tenr feet, rubbing it we'll in-
to the cracks of the bark, | have
practised this four years, giving one
coat early in the spring aud one IN
June or the first of July. During
the season of lSC0 and '6i, not one
hole has been discovered ON the prem
ises. When the bug looks at the coat
of soap he is off; it docs not deposit
/ its eggs there because il docs not like
soap. The trees are now in q flourish
ing condition. In 1860 they bore \
good crop. In 1861, the hard frost
and lice destroyed all fruit except
pears, in this neutrality-suspicious.
/ Boston Cultivator.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
SORGHUM R6ene-v.

An establishment for refining Chi
Rese sugar cane syrup is now in sue
cessful operation in Chicago, Illinois.
IL is specially devoted to the making
of syrup (not sugar. which is equal,
il is stated, to that obtained from su-
gar cane. The company offer to re-
ceive crude from farmers, and refine
it, for ten cents per gallon. The syr-
up is FIRST placed into copper pan,
and when it commences to boil a small
quantity Of lime water is added. At
ter this it is strained through canvas
sacks, then filtered through animal
charcoal and afterward concentrated
in the vacuum pan, at temperature
of 1907 Fab.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
DELAWARE, OHIO, MARCH 81, 1862.

Of these shots rebounded at all, but appeared
to cut their way clear through iron and wood
into the ship. Soon after receiving the third
shot, the MeFrimac turned toward Sewall' 5
Point, and made off at full speed.
The Moniter followed the Merrimac until
she got well inside Sewall's Point, and then re-
turned to the Minnesota. 1t is probable that
the pursuit would have been continued still
further, but lieutenant Worden, her command
er, had previously had his eyes injured, and it
was also felt that as so much depended on the
Monitor it was imprudent to expose her anne-
cessarily. Lieutenant Worden, at the time he
was injured, was looking out of the eyeholes
Of the pilot house, which are simply horizon
tai Sits about half an inch wide. A round
shot from the Merrimac stFatk against these
Sits as Lieutenant w. was looking through,
causing some scalings from the iron and lrag-
ments of the paint to fly with great force
AGAINST bis eyes. The injury was necessarily
veFy. painful, and it was once feared that
he Nould lose one of Is eyes. Before, howev-
er, lie left Old Point. it was thought this dan
ger had been removed. Lieutenant Green now
has comand of the Monitor.
The Minnesota all this time remained ashore
and it was not until three o'clock on Monday
morning that the Spaulding, Captain Thomas,
succeeded in drawing her off, and she returned
to her anchorage. In order to tighten her.
eight of her guns were thrown overheard
Her crew were also removed to the shore, her
guns spiked, and her officers prepared to burn
the vessel if she could not be got of. Fortu-
nately this calamity was avoided. and the speu-
did ship saved without material damage. The
spikes have already been removed from her
guns, and she is prepared to again back her lii
lie preserver, if necessary. Ten thousand dol
lars. it is estimated, will repair her damages
She will probably be shortly relieved and go
to New York.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
Wounds in Trees.

The best way to manage them is to
trim the edges smooth with sharp
knife, and then apply grating wax.
or clay, or dissolved shellac. The lat
ter We have used for many years, and
value ii highly, Get about four ounces
of the gum at-an apotheeary's, break
it up fine, ahd put it in a bottle. Then
poar in a quart of alcohol and shake
thewhole vigorously together. 1t will
be of the consistence of cream, and
may then be applied with a brush. 1t
soon hardens and forms varnish
which protects the wound from air
and moisture, and permits the bark
to heal over before the wood beneath
has decayed at all. Then after hav-
ing pruned all limbs larger than ones
finger they should be at once covered
with this or some similar preparation.
"A griculturalist
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
WHO rs oLD7

A wise man will never rust out. As long
as he can move and breathe he will be doing
for himself, his neighbor or posterity. Al
most to the last hour of his life Washington
was at work. So were Franklin and Young
and Howard and Newton. The vigor of their
lives never decayed. No rust marred their
spirits. 1t is foolish idea to suppose that we
must lie down and die because we are old
Who is old? Not the nan of energy; not the
day laborer in science; art or benevolence; but
he only who suffers his energies to vast away
and the springs of life to BECOME motionless;
on whose hands the hours drag heavily, and to
whom all things wear the garb of gloom. Is
he old? sho1ld not be put but is he active? can
he breathe freely and move with agility? There
are scores of grey headed men we should pre-
fer many important enterprise, to thosa young
gentlemen who fear and tremble at approach
ing shawls, and turn pale at harsh word or
a froWn.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21

REBEI ATROCITIES ~ EAST TBSNEssEE. -
The hcrrors' or rebel supremacy in Enst Tenn
essee have not yet been told. A member of
the Forty-Ninih Indiana regiment, now t
Cumberland Fcrd, says that three hundred
refugees, Fast Tennesseeans, have enlisted
within week, from whom he gathers the
following almost incredible stories of the bar
barities inflicted on the Union men by their
rebel tyrants.
One man sixty-fve years old attacked by
laPge force, refused to surrender, aud'after be-
ing mortally wounded, having first slain four
of his assailants, was proped up on the road
side and sixty balls fred iptn his body. Ans
other was hanged without trial, aud his sou
compelled to sit beneath the galiows and wit
ness the agonizes of his dying father. Two
others, unobtrusive quiet oitizens, we're called
at midnight from their beds, and in the pres
ence of their wives and children brutally shot
down, and not content with this villainy, their
homes were stripped Of everything, Even the
wearing apparel was taken from their wives
and little ones, and they turned naked into the
street. Many equally brutal instances are re-
lated by honest, canaid men, whose testimony
none would doubt, Such are the suffering;
of u people whose only crime is refusal tC
become traitors
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
Six Reasons T0r r,.-.,..--4.- Orchard.

Il. Would You leave an inheritance
to your children?-plant an Orchard.
No other investment of money and
labor will, in the lang run, pay SO
we'll.
2. Would you make home pleasant
the abode of the social virtues
plant an Orchard. Nothing better
promotes among neighbors a feeling
of kindness and good viii, than a
treat of good fruit often repeated.
B. Would you remove from your
children the strongest temptation to
steal-plant an Orchard If children
cannot obtain fruit at home, they are
very apt to steal it; and when they
have learned to steal fruit, they arc
in a fair way to learn to steal horses.
4. Would you cultivate constant
feeling of thankfuIpess towards the
great giYer of all good-plant an Or
chard. BY having constantly before
you one of the greatest blessings Civ
en- to man, you must be hardened in
decd if YOU are not influenced by a
spirit nf humility and thankfulness.
q. Wauld You have your children
love fhcir home, respect their parents
while living, and venerate their mem
ory when dead-in all their wander
ings look back upon the home oftheir
youth as a sacred spot-an oasis in
the great wilderness of the world
then plant an Orchard. "a
6. Iu Short, if YOU wish to avail
yourselves of the blessings Ola boun-
tiful Providence. which are within
your reach. you must plant an Or
ehard. And when you do it see that
you'pIant good fruit. Don't plant
crab-apple trees, nor wild plums, nor
Indian peaches. The best are the
cheapest. .
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
Union Sentiment in Florida.

The KeysWest correspondent Of the Dos
ton Journal says:
Parties who have escaped to the federal yes
sells from FLORIDA represent the eopdition OF
the peaple as deplcrahle in the extreme, ard
the Union sentiment rapidly on tho Increase
The majority are heartily sick of the war, and
would be glud to have peace upon any terms
In the neighborhood of Tampa there are at
least forty Union families, who .only require
the support of the federal power TO return to
their allegiance. Similar reports reach me from
other parts of Florida, and do not hesitate
to say that an army of FIVE thousand men could
march through the entire State, 1t is propos-
ed by Captain Eaton, of the Ethan Allen, to
take possession of small island near Tampa
Bay, on which there is a lighthouse and other
buildings, and make it a temporary place oi
refuge for those who seek his protection.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
Burning Towns.

When MoscpW vas burned by the Russians
TO preyent its falling into the hands of Napo-
leon, the world stood aghast. 1t was the act
of 4 semizbarbarous people, and unique among
them. The example seemsto have suggested
a policy TO the rehe!s. The. .rebeIs burned
Hamptpp, that the Unionists,. fright not pos
sess it. Magrudrr is intent On burning York
town, and orders have been issued, for the
burning of Calves Oh rather than it should be-
come again iF-ci'y Of the Union. The desrucs
tien Of Charleston as an alternative to sub
miss;onrso the loyal arms has been publicly dis
Gus, ed ~ that city, and I doubtless detsCRined
upon; the fire the other day was only ptema-
.tnre stroke of doom. n'hst a resolution has
been formed concerning Richmond, Nashville,
and Memphis, had been more than once assert
ed on reIA authority.
The LONDON Times, which finds fault with
the sinkiugtof stone fees before rebel strong
holds, has nor deemed the systematic Gestrpc-
tion Of towns, as well as Of the crop Of that
staple for WHICH Lancashire is starving, dts rv-
ing a word Of censure or expostulation- Per-
baps Chrisendom had known so well tbe bur-
barism qf slavery as to expect only Vandalism
and worse from tue Charleston conspirators.-
But let them go on in their pdenses against
civilization aud humoity. The glare Of every
city burned sh ds new light upon their spirit and
II er purpose and every fire blots out some
lecc rd of SECESSION; asihe halls where the here
sy first took form were purified by flames in
4 Charleston The other day. And the Union aud
sthe world wanld be better of, if every town
aud every gfeen thing were burned from the
snrlaeeof rhc.seceded States rather u an that
tkisatrtcisus rcbt lion should triumph here.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-21
A Man Guarding ss,OOO.ooO Worth of Die
monds

The most profound adamautologist in the
World is the Duke Of brunswick. He has in
in his possession $3,0OO,OO0 worth of dia-
monds. He has just published catalogue of
his diamonds, and in the appendix there is n
notice of the most celebrated diamonds in tho
world. This catalogue numbers not less than
269 quarto pages, It gives with great detail,
u list of his diamonds. 1t relates how this
one adorned Turkish saber, that royal di-
adem, another an imperial collar, a fourth a
Grand Electoral hat; this black diamond was
an idols eye, that brilliant rosy diamond was