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agricultural.
For the Union aud Journal
Worth Trial---How to kill Dock,
Mullen, &c.

II is fact, which au inclined to think
is not generally known, that dock. mullen,
thlsties. aud nettles, may DO pulled up by
the roots, with hut little trouble, IL taken
while we'll in blossom, but before going to
seed.
Any one who has never tried Ii, would be
surprised to find how much might be accom-
plished in this way, by few hours work,
especially in the case Of the iint two named.
The great advantage Of this method over
moving is. that IL done with care the plants
will seldom sprout again, and thus the work
may be done once Tor all. Some new ones
may come up from seed previously scattered,
Lut if followed up for few years these may
he entirely rooted out. The appearance
round many door-yards might be much i'm.
proved by few hours work spent in this
way.
have been induced to write the above,
(the truth Of which can youch iorJ with
the hope that it might prove useful to some
Of the readers VI the Union & Journal
RURAL.
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A Woman Of good Tasto.

You sec this lady turning cold cye 10 the
assurances of shopmen and tho recommends
tions of milliners. She cares not how Org
inal pattern may be. IL 1t be ugly, or how
recent shape, IL II be awkward. Whatev-
or laws Of fashion dictates. she follows law
of her own, and Is never behind IL. She
wears very beautiful things which people
generally suppose To be brought from Paris,
made by French milliner. but which Is Of.
ten bought ut the nearest town and made up
by her own maid. Not that her costume Is
either rich or new, ON the contrary, she wears
many q rich dress, but IL Is always pretty,
and many an old one, but is always good
She deals IN no gaudy confusion OF colors.
nor does she effect steady sobriety; but to
see either reireshes you with beautiful con.
trast, OF composes you with n judicious har-
mony. -
Not scrap Of tinsel or trumpcry appears
upon her. She puts no iaith In velvit bands,
or Gilt buttons, or twisted cording. She Is
quite aware, however, that the garnish Is MS
impo,tant as the dress all her inner bor-
d,rs are delicate and fresh; and should any
thing pcep out that was not Intended TO be
.aa,, \, /. ouits as much 30 as that which Is.
A., ali ther. ia no great art either in ber
c,.h;on. or her materials. The secret simp-
Iy consist, in her knowing the three grand
nnitie. of drcss-her own station, her own
ace. and her own points. And no woman
can dress we'll who does not. After this. we
need not cay that whoever is attracted by
the costume will not be disappointed by tho
wesrcr. She may not be handsome, nor ac-
complished, bot we will answer for her being
good tempered, well.informed, thoroughly
sensible, and complete lady.
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Young Mon and Maidens.

A writer, whom / cannot but think speaks
wisely, says "Thc seasonable time for ex-
ercisc Of prudence is not so much In choos-
ing wife or husband, as in choosing with
whom YOU will 20 associate as to risk the en-
dangcring passion" And here l shall como
TO AN issue ut once with the younger portion
of my readers, II not, with their parents
The younger will ask why should you seek
to circumscribe the freedom of acquaintance
by suggesting the possibility that out Of u
may grow some serious, perhaps not wise al
feciion? I reply, because serious and not
wise affections have again and again sprung
out of the unguardcd, unsuspecting inter
course of the young. The parents will say,
Why suggest the idea Of love at all to those
too young to be thinking Of IL? Why put
an awkward restraint upon intimacies and
companionshirs 80 pleasant and so innoccntf
| reply, that the idea is in the heads If not
the hearts, of the young already, and We all
know il. Every young person OF seventeen
or eighteen years OF age shows by the acci-
dents of conversation, IL no other way, that
this thing floats more or less distinctly before
them. At this age, the young are constant
ly having their partialitics, IL not their loves
many affections which shape and control
the lives of the parties, and Of generations
do grow up at that time, and knowing that
and how uncontrollable, and unaccountablo
are the leaps and leaninss Of the young heart
a wise. religious. even worldly prudence,
would demand care in the choice ofassociater.
do not think it prudish or unnecessary TO
say to those Of that age, in presence OF tho
fact Of such exposure, "Let your society DO
with those among whom you are not afraid
To run the risk of a serious attachment. ~
And I must 80 step farther back than this,
and say that this is not matter to bo lett
wholly with the nexperience Of tho young.
but should be one Of the things thought Of
by father and mother.-Rer. j. r. w.
iI,,rs
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WHAT DUrY is.-But how can We know
what duty Is? Tho air is full Of buznins
sounds, and what one man breaches another
oyerthrows. Very well let every man be
fully persuaded in his own mind. Confer
with Jesus. Pray to God. Open the higher
windows of the soul, and let in the eternal
light. Exclude the rebel crew Of doubt and
fears. Say to passion, BE still; and to pride,
BE dumb. Yield to your better inspirations
and purest spirit calls. He never wandcrs
far who puts his hand in God hand, and
says, with total surrender. My Father, lead
me, guide me. Thus shall we know what
our duty is. so far as the vision can be given
to mortals.
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Mtstellal1eous.
Tho Nation Should Arm.

It 10 morally certain that the civil war
cannot much longer endure. The enormous
size which the ornaments of both sides have
attained render an early exhaustion ineyita.
Bile. The rebels, in ordering q general con-
scription, have left themselves nothing to fall
back upon. Their resources, whether in
munitions or provisions, arc utterly made.
quate to the maintenance Of so gigantic a
contest beyond a very few months. A des-
potic apd mcrciless conscription provides
men, but not weapons nor cartridges. Ey-
cry battle cxhausts the latter while destroy
ing immense quantities of the former. We
do not believe they could raise to-day the re-
quistc ammunition for another series of bat
ties like that recently fought before Rich
mond.
If, then, the loyal States shall promptly
gil up their quotas OF Nc new levy of three
hundred thousand men. the contest will very
soon be over. The bulk of all their armies,
led by all their generals Of any account, has
just been rrecipitated upon one Of our ar-
mics before Richmond, and, though weak
encd and wasted by disease, our heroes re-
sisted them right gallantly and finally beat
them. After our army had attained its pre-
scribcd position on tho banks Of the James.
the rebel attacks were rcpulscd with heavy
slaughter until they had enough Of fighting,
and were glad to lce to their stronghold
They pushed their mon in solid masses upon
our batteries until they were satisfied that
this was simply exposing them to massacre,
when they gave it up. Heavy as our losses
in these six days fighting were, the rebels
were doubtless much heavier, since they could
barely bring up any but the lightest pieces
over roads that had been trodden to cavern.
Gus depths by the passage Of our guns and
baggage. our men took advantage Of the
ground and often fought sheltered, while
compelling their assailants to advance expos
cd 10 most withering vollcys. IL thus cut
up by forces half their own, they will not
care to fght-as they have never yet done
against equal numbers.
Let, then, the most energetic measures bc
everywhere employed to fill promptly the
now rcquisition, which will undoubtedly be
the last. Were these three hundred thous.
and in tho field to-day, there would probab'
ly bc no further serious fighting. The rebels
never did, never can, maintain contest
against such odds as our soldiers withstood
through weeks desperate fighting. They
are superior in dash but deficient in endu.
rance. Let us call out our new levy and say
mcaringly to Europe, bo quiet and We will
soon conquer a peace. Let US say to the
rebels, desist and be treated as brethren, as
equals, but VIC cannot assent to the division
and destruction Of our country. Hours arc
ages, a few weeks must now decide the fate
of the Republic. Let each put his shoulder
to the wheel, resolved that tho new levy shall
forthwith DO perfectcd.-N. Y. Tribune.
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The Woman who Never aossips

oh, no, never gossip! have enough to
do to take care Of my own busincss, without
talking about tho affairs Of others, Mrs.
Smith.
Why, there's Mrs. Croaker, sho deals in
slander by the wholesale. II does seem to
me us though that woman's tongue must be
worn out but, no. there 'sno danger OF that.
II every body was like me. there wouldn't be
much trouble in the world. Oh, no, never
gossip.
But did you know that Miss Eliot had got
q new silk dress, Mrs. Smith? You didn't?
Well, she has It's q real brockade. l saw
1t myself and I do say it's shame for her
to be so extravagant. mean to give her
piece of my mind, Mrs. Smith. You be-
lieve her uncle gave 1t to her? Well, don't
care II he did. Why, it's only TWO months
since her father failed and now sec her dash
out in this style-its burning shame. ]
suppose she thinks she's going to catch
young Jones; but think she'll find herself
mistaken. He's got more sense than TO be
catched by her, If shO has got brccadc silk
dress.
And there's that upstart drcss-makcr, Kate
Manly, setting her cap for the doctors son.
The impertinence OF some people is perfectly
astonishing. don't think she's any better
than she ought to be, for my own part. !
never did like her, with her mild, soft look,
when anybody's about. My word for it, she
can look cross enough when there amt.
Then she says she's only seventeen. Good.
ness knows she's as old as my Arabella Lu.
cretia, and she is-well, won't say how old,
but she's more'n seventeen but ain't
ashamed to say 30, either, but think DR..
Mays son will have more discretion than to
think of marrying her. Some folks call her
handsome. Well, don't. She amt half
SO good looking as my daughter Jane. The
way she does up her hair in such fly away
curs, and, II you believe it, Mrs. Smith, she
actually had the impudence to tell me that
she couldn't make her hair as straight as my
AIaria's. Impertinence. IL she'd let curl
ing papers and curling irons alone, Id risk
but what her hair would bc rs straight as
anybodys.
But what do you think of the minister's
wife, Mrs. Smith, You like her? Well,all
can say is. you've got q peculiar taste
Why, she's as proud as Luciler-becn mar
ricl whole week and hasn't been to see me
yet. You presume she hasn't had timc2 l
don't see what the minister wanted to 60 out
of town to get him wife for, any way and
then, above all things. to get that little girl
sh looking thing. Why didn't he take one
of his parishioners There's my Arabclla
Lucretia would have made him better vile
than he's got now. And she's about the
right age for him. What do you say-iha'
Arabelia Lucretia is two years older than
the minister? should think 1t was q pity
II didn't know my own daughters age,
Mrs. Smith. II some folks would only
mind their only business as do mine, I'D
thank them.
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ioro she slept. Her heart thrill. with sr..i.

ioro she slept. Her heart thrills with grati-
tude to her Creator, as she looks on those
sweet blooming faces and when their pray
ers are done, she imprints goodnight kiss
ON each rosy little mouth. 1t may be, too,
a tear will start for one little nesting, laid
in It's chill, narrow bed for whom her ma
ternal care Is no long needed. IL sleeps,
though the sleet and the snow descend, and
the cold winter winds howl around Its head.
1t needs no longer her tender care. Amigh-
tier arm cnfolds IL. II Is at rest. She feels
and knows that II Is right. and bends mcekly
to the hand that sped the shaft, and turns
with warmer love, Il possible, to thoee lit
tie ones who are left her to love. How tend.
erly she guards them from every danger. and
with what strong. untiring love, she watches
by their bedside when they arc Ill Bless.
ings be on the gentle. loving. home.mother /!
Angels must look with lovo upon her acts
Her children shall rise up and call her blessed.
and the memory Of her kindness shall eniold
her as garment"
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Dry Food for Hogs.

A correspondent Of the Country Gentle
man ays "Many hogs are kept comParitive'
ly poor by the high dilution of their food.
They take In - much water that there Is not
room Tor a good supply Of nutriment. Hence
the reason that those farmers who carefully
feed uudiluted sour milk TO their hogs have
Q, much liner animals than thOso Who give
slop. The hog has not room for much wa
ter and If food which contains much is fed
To him, il makes him big.bellied but poor"
Hogs, a. well as all other animals should be
allowed all the water they can drink. but /.
should not be mixed with their food in e1ces-
sivc quantity.
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II A shcriif's officer was sent TO execute
n writ against a Quaker. On arriving at the
house be saw the Quaker's wife, who. in
reply to the inquiry whether her husband
was at home, answered in the Affirmative. at
the same time requesting him to be seated,
and her husband would speedily see him.
The officer waited patiently for some time,
but the fair Quakeress coming into the room
he reminded her OF her promise, that he
should see her husband.
Nay, friend. promised that no should
see thee. lie has seen thee. lie did not
like thy looks, therefore he avoided thee, and
has left the house by another PATH
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Volume IS.

pencil or sof, feather, insert single drop Of
the solution into the diseased eye every night
and morning. and in q week the film usually
disappears, and the eye becomes bright, sound
and healthy. In some cases. pulyerized loaf
sugar blown into the eye through u quill.
will prove remedy. Powdered glass should
never be used in such cases, although rccom-
mended by some, Us it is much more likely to
produce injurious effects, than to cure them.
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Film on q Horses Eye.

The New England Farmer gives the fol-.
lowing receipt for curing dlm on the eye
Of horse:
.Take Of white yitrol and rock alum one
part. pulverire finely, and add clear spring
water. With finely pointed camels hair,
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DESTROY THE CuRR.Nr WoRx.-A cores
pondent OF the Rural New Yorker raves his
currants and gcoseberries by burning small
pieces Of leather in tin pan, to which a
handle is attached. Over this he throws sui
phur occasionally, Of course placing the pan
under the bushes attacked by the Insects
This causes all to drop. This process Of
course must be repeated as often rs new
crop appears, and little care must be eIer-
cised not to burn the leaves
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3- Gen. Lee one day found DR.. Cutting,
the army surgeon, who was handsome ana
dressy person, arranging his eravat compia-
Gently before looking-glas. .,.
.Catting. said he, you arc the hspp'e'
man in creation
.Wby'' replied Lee. because you are in
lo,o with yourself. and have not . rival on
the earth
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y When stupid fellow charged Sheri.
dan with inconsistency. the wit replied tha-
the accusation reminded him Of the reason,
ing Of the entertainer Of q convivial partys
who, hearing his friends observe that It wa.
time TO take leave, rs the watchman wascry
ing past three. Observed
why, you don't mind that fellow; 90
your lie changes his story every hall
hour
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puetrp.
Tho Volunteers Burial.
BY PARK BkSyAsIs,

'ris eve, one brightly breathing star
Shines nom the eastern heavens sisr,
To light the footsteps Of the brave,
slow marching :" comrades grave.
The northern winds have sunk TO sleeps
The sweet south brrsthes ss low aud dee
The martial eiang Is heard. the tread
or those Who bear the silent dead.
And whose the form, all stsrkand cold,
Thus ready for the loosened mould,
And stretched ON so rude bier'
Thine. soldier thine tho Volunteer.
Poor Volunteer the shot. the blow,
Or swim disease has laid him low
And few his early loss deplOre-
LIS battle fOusht. hrs journey DER.
Alasl no wife's ond arms careSsed,
Ills cheek no tender mother pressed,
No plying soul was by his side,
As lonely In his tent he died.
lie dlc,i-the yolunteer-st noon,
Al evening came the small platoon
That soon will leave him to his rest,
With sods upon his manly breast.
Hark To their ere his only kneil-
More solemn than the passing bell
For, ah IL tells q spirit aowR,
Unshiyerins TO the dark unknown.
Ills deeds and fate shall fade away,
Forgotten since his dying day,
And never on the roll of fame
Shall be inscribed his humble name.
Alas! like him how many more
Lie cold upon POtomsc's shore!
How many green unsotci graves
Are bOrdercd by those placid waVes'
Sleep. soldier, s,eep' frOm sorrow free.
And sin and strife. 'Tis we'll with thee'
IT'S we'll, though not single tear
IAments the buried volunteer
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Orders for printing are respectfully solicited ~
every attention viii 10 paid to meet the wants and
wishes Of customsra
OFFicE-Hesper BiseL. Liberty o.
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Book and Job Printing .

Of all kinds, such Is Pamphlets, Town Reports.
School Reports, Posters and Handbliis for Thea
tres, Concerts, Wedding Cards, Whiting Cards.
business Cards, Dusbills, Blank: Receipts, Bank
Cheeks, Labels Of every description. Insuranes
Policies. Forwarding Cards. Bills Of Lsding. &e.
Ae., printed in cOlon or with Bronze, executed
at this once
WITH SElrSEss AND DISPATCH.
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rris eve, oas brightly breathing star
Shines nom the eastern heavens sfar,
To light the footsteps Of the brave.
SLOW marching :. . comrades grave.
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DAY MORNING. AT ONE IN ADV
The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-05-03

New Orleans. The number Of troops at Ship
Island is stated to I've not less Gen.
Butler has made visit to the H,u,ford for the
purpose OF consulting with Commodore tarragut
about the plan Of attack. 1t is well known that
troops can he landed by the way Of Back Bay,
within five miles Of the rear ci fort ihillip'
After a voyage Of less than twenty-tuur hours "a
sufficient fore can he landed to take tina: Fort
hv storm in the rear while the fleet is engaging
il in front A successful movement Of this kind
would enable our Generals to- assist the opera
tions II the fleet against Fort jackson from the
emhusurcs OF Fort Phillip. thus fighting the
enemy with his own guns
The ,lo0pS-oi-war Hdr.tord, Richmond AMI
Brootlyn have put on a new Mind OF defensive
arn,r. llcit sides are covered fer about once
third uf the Length with the hesvics, e.. .G cable
laii with the links close together, ami spiked
/ in such q manner rs TO- keep shot from leuctrat-
iu., to their steam engine. 1N,.c Tire, vessel.
and the NssissiIi". hc- 'cs thor heavy tA'tcrjc,
I Of nine inch guns, carry l2-pouni hoNtlris in
| their rigging 10y which th,v can driiSc. an nj
! most vertical ire upon She "ncuV.
! The euuaunt NroHG.t apt. Nichols las ma L.
! reconunis> In," under a uig %, truce. uv which
they astrrttiucl the existence " u iolcu rebel
! giHi' cat, stationed above the chain which spans
/ the river near thr forts. She was visited l.y two
| rebel officers from the steamers b.E.U,e and
! ItW,,"". The latter vessel carrie, two rihcl
| guns Of enormous callrc. The two officers,
/ who were Formerly in the service of the tni,ci
/ ttcs state that the forts are in excellent CON
! iition and ready NJ ANY time to rcprl IN attack
The mortar feet upon which great reliance is
to be placed In the coming lonl atlmcui, is IN
| excellent condition. None y the vessels hav,
! .uhcr materially from their voyage from the
! North, sn| have not yielded in any point To- the
.r" strain upon their iiuhcf- u,taslon,d iy the
| w'i'ht ~ their mortar. in a rolling sea. IN a
! few laNs II !. not improbable that page o; his
| tory wi. he occupied hy dr- ripilon OF the
| honhnrlmcnt NJ New Orleans. in which Com.
mod ie Porter and b. mortar iiect will occupy
| nm In. M mi Ii
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FINANCIAL NEWS.


NtW YORK, Monday. April -
TIE government, are very ntm, and the 20. 10
uotca vlth arc flv rites WITH ',ul , the interior
s,yius. n,nls anil lu.ut,uc' c,'s which have
funds T., ,mr. So love ris,u &, e, rrctu.uul - .l,r
than They n,,c ur,u lciorr Tlcy pi,c Ter cont
interest and available iu the market f TIE .,uls
are wanted rbc year ccttd,t's aye o--.
Aucr the b'nrl lr,rs were h,.l,r Coupon g..
w. ami tc.. '...
Tie li-t .,Hrrt'v YEAS much improved. a"i
steamship. .l.i,r = tcv rrt.eHfc, ro,c g. GI !
stet the lo,ri. The ,pc,atotc tan It -
The ct riat. ns iu so'd were L. ne usual extent.
and ~ rr',' i'tl 1T 1',.
rrcrr wc,c 4.lcsof wa.,in. ton Fine Ins c.. at
looN
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TIE ret.tus o' the W mutual tom nrl H,ncsyiI,
IL Il Goa Msr.t we're -iao'i EXPENSES tiAo1P.
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