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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

ping through the bushes near by, when
thinking that I was about to leave him, he
commenced crying. saying. Don't leave
me corporal can't walk was soon
back with water, when I discovered that
both of his feet had been shot away by a
cannon ball. After satisfying his thirst, he
looked up into my face and said. ..You
don't think will die, corporal, do you.?
This man said I would not-he said the
surgeon could cure my feet.''
] now discovered man lying in the grass
near him. dead By his dres8r recogai-
zed him as belonging to the enemy. Il APP
peared that he had been shot through the
bowels, and had fallen near where Eddie
lay. Knowing that he could not live, and
seeing the condition of the boy, he crawled
10 him, took off his buckskin suspenders,
and corded the little fellows legs below the
knee, and then lay down aud died. While
he was telling me these particulars, heard
the tramp of cavalry coming down the ra-
vine, and in moment scout of the enemy
was upon US, and was taken prisoner. I
requested the officer to take Eddie in front
of him; he did so. carrying him with great
tenderness and care. When we reached the
camp of the enemy, the little fellow was
dead. It is now about two weeks since
made my escape from McCulloch's camp.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

The special boast of the rebels during
the war, has been their ability to destroy
their enemies in hand to hand combat.
They have constantly fiattered themselves
that the superiority of their troops in fight
ing with the bayonet and bowie knife, was
as indisputable fact. The Mississippians
have prided themselves on the tremendous
slaughter they would be able to infliet upon
the Yankees with the bowie knife. It must
be especially disheartening to them to learn
that at the battle of Webb's Crossroads,
these terrible Mississippians with bowie
knives two feet long. ran panic stricken be-
fore the leveled bayonets of the Cd Minneso-
ia and 9th Ohio Regiments.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

To PREVENT s'SKIPPERs'' IN HAMs.-In a
communication to the Cotton Planter, Mr..
W. Melville says:
''There is, according to my experience,
nothing easier than to avoid the skipper and
all worms and bugs that usually infest and
destroy so much bacon. 1t is simply to
keep your smoke -house dark, and the moth
that deposits the eggs will never enter it.
For the past 25 years have attended to this,
and have never had my bacon troubled with
any insect. l have now hanging in my
smoke house, hams one, two and three years
DID, and the oldest are as free from insects
as when first hung up. am not aware Of
other causes for the exemption of my bacon
from insects, but simply the fact that my
smoke-houss is always kept dark. Before
adopting this plan, had tried many exper-
iments. but always either without success
or with injury to the flavor of my bacon.
I smoke with green hickory; this is impor-
tant, as the flavor of bacon is often ut
terly destroyed by smoking with improper
wood.''
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

In the vicinity of Baldwin and Prairie
City, Kas., experiments in cotton raising have
been entirely successful. One man has
quite crop, which he expects to turn into
$500 ofcoin.-Mr. Schofeld, of Wyandott,
is about to put up an establishment in that
city, for ginning and packing cotton for
market
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15
GREAT SKATING PAnrY.-The New York

GREAT SKATING PARrY-The New York
Tribune says: =
The spectacle at the great skating pond
at the Central Park, on Saturday, was live
ly in the extreme. At little distance, it
looked ike vast mass meeting. perpetual
~ breaking up. In the morning. the ice
was in splendid condition, and the concourse
was not too great for comfort. But, as the
day advanced, the crowd augmented by the
acre-incIuding both ponds. BY more than
a score of acres I; for the weather was pleas
ant. il was holiday with the hundreds Of
schools In the city, and, more than all, it
had been announced that sksting-match
by ladies. the prize $50 pair of skates,
would come off. The ice, however. in
the afternoon was in as bad a stats
for steel-shod competitors as the roads
of Virginia for artillery wagons, and
perfoFce the tourney was postponed. The
returns of the gate-keepers show the num-
Der of visitors, up to O'Clock P. n, 70 have
been 80, 600; aud, as majority of these
were ladies, with beauty heightened y fresh
air and joyous exercise, the Balmoral scene
must be left to the readers Imagination
One might as well try to tie up 3 bushsl OF
wheat in shot-bag as to attempt to do JUS
tice to the subject in paragraph.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

FALL IN THE PRICE OF CorToN.-Within
a few days, since the news of the successes
of the Union army in Tennessee. cotton
has fallen considerably in price. On Sat
urday, the 18th, it ranged from go to 80
cents for middling and good -middling. On
the 18th it ranged from 23 to % for the
same qualities. No less than 1876 bales
were received from Liverpool last week.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

PREPARATION FOR Doors AND SHoEs.-
To one pound of tallow and half pound of
resin. melted, add about half an ounce of
lamp black. IF the leather is new and dry,
moisten it, and apply the mixture as hot IS
you can bear your finger in il. When the
leather once becomes saturated. it will be
imperyious to water, and very durable
Scientific american.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

CAUSING PorAToEs.-An establishment is
in operation in Portland. Maine. under 3
contract from Governments. for putting mp
boiled potatoes for the use of the army.
toes. after which shey are washed and pat
up In air-tight cans.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

They mean to raise tall students in town
in Wisconsin. An exchange paper says !:
Its board of education have resolved to
erect building large enough to accommo-
date FIVE hundred students three stories
high
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

heVirginia correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier says "thst of the 5th South
Carolins regiment. nnmberipg. sight hum
dred men, whose term of service Is. about
expiring but one hundred and seventy
have signiEed their willingness TO enlist ssore
the war. az So 1sH5ss 81 - ssseEa sal -
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

The night after the fight at Wilson's
Creek, where Lyon fell, was detailed for
guard duty. The hours passed slowly
away, when at length the morning light be-
gan to streak along the eastern sky, making
surrounding objects more plainly visible.
Presently I heard drum beat up the morn
ing call. At first thought it came from
the camp of the enemy across the creek !;
but as listened found it came up from
the deep ayine for few moments it was
silent, and then, as it became more light |
heard it again. I listened-the sound of
it was
Our drummer boy from Tennessee,
Beating for help the reveille.
I was about to desert my post to go TO his
assistance, when discovered the officer of
the guard approaching with two men. We
all listened to the sound. and were satisfied
that it was Eddie's drum. asked per-
mission to GO to his assistance. The officer
hesitated, saying that the orders we're To-
march In twenty minutes. / promised to
be back IN that time. when he consented.
I Immediately started down the bill through
the thick underground, and upon reaching
the valley followed the sound of the drum,
and soon found him seated upon the ground,
his back leaning against the trunk of fall
en- tree, while his drum hung upon bush
in front of him, reaching nearly to the
ground. As soon as he discovered me, he
dropped his drum sticks and exclaimed.
sob, corporal, am so glad to see you
Give me a drink reaching out his hand
for my canteen, which was empty.
I Immediately turned to bring him some1
water, from the brook that could hear rip
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

required number in the hill The first
dressing or cultivating commences soon
after the plant puts out the second or third
leaf. The hoeing or cultivating should be
repeated as often as the weeds or the con-
dition of the soil render it necessary, until
the plant Is in bloom or podded. The thin
ming should not be done all at once-not at
the first or even second hoeing for allow
ance must be made for cut worms and other
depredators. Suckers about he root should
be removed.
Should begin few days after the balls open,
because the sun soon evaporates the oil,
and large per cent. of weight is thereby
lost. 1t should be picked as free from
leaves as possible. The cotton picked
except that for seed-should not be summed,
unless wet; but should be packed in close
bulk from four to eight weeks to allow it to
heat; care being taken not to allow it to heat
too much.
There is much testimony in favor of
gathering the staple as soon as possible af-
ter the pods burst: and if gathered in the
morning, while the dew is on, it is more
easily kept free from leaves.
A writer says: sin gathering, care must
o0 IohCu W grasp DIV OuC0 oil Gu0 IOCkS Ol
cotton in the pod, so that they may come
away together. If any dry leaves tall up
on the cotton before the gatherer has secur-
ed it in the bag hanging by his side. they
must be carefully removed. This bag must
be covered to prevent the admission of
pieces of the dry leaves always to be found
about the branches, and which are disturb
ed by very slight agitation. It is this
admixture of leaf which is so much object
ed to by the spinner, and proportionately
lowers the value of tbs cotton"
This writer also says, the cotton, after
gathering, should Immediately be thoroughly
dried, whether it is to be stored, or at once
dressed packed. He does not say how dried
whether by exposure to the sun, which
most writer's condemn, or not.
CLEANING AND BALING.
It is fact that Northern mechanics have
furnished the most and the best of the ma
chinery used in cleaning cotton. And there
is little doubt that the supply of cotton gins,
of an improved character, will fully equal
the demand. The ginning process requires
to be moderately performed SO as not to in
jure and waste the fiber.
The baling is done by the use of cotton
presses. Formerly, the bales were tied
with hemp, grass or cotton rope; latterly.
iron hoops have been preferred for the
reason that the bales are made more COM
pact, retain their form, and are easier han
died. The usual size of these iron-hooped
bales is twenty-five to twenty-four inches
square, and four feet six inches long.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

The Niagara wire suspension bridge has
a-span of $50 feet. and weighs 200 tuns.
The Britannia tubular bridge, In Canada.
has double railway track. span of $50
feet, and weighs 5000 tuns.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-03-15

'Ooate Court Breckenridge
=, County.

ar erms-On the first Monday of jan
,, opfli' July and October.
b viz having business with the Court in va
h n. De waited upon at the Office in Empo-
&c hrst Monday of each month.
MOVES SPICER,
z"'er Ii. lssl.-6 Probate Judge.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29
NEGRO SOLDIERS.

The FIRST experiment in arming the negroes
has proved a failure. Gen. Hunter has f.
nally disbanded his negro regiment, proba.
bly, by orders from Washington. It seems.
however, that apart from governmental in
reference there were agencies at work which
would have rendered abortive this wsllmeant,
but illjudged, experiment of Gen. Huntcr.
The negroes themselves did not relish; the
prospect of fighting, and descrtions were fro.
quent so much that the eight hundred. Or
iginally enrolled dwinded down to four hum
dred and fifty at the time they were disbnnd-
cd The white soldiers also contributed to
dcmoralize the command by the unfricndly
feeling they manifested toward their would
be companions in arms. All this might have
been foresecn, but it is doubtful whether tho
lesson it teaches will be needed by the people
who are embarked in this negro arming
movement. We shall hear Of other cxperi-
ments of the same kind before the war is over,
in which the same result will follow as mat
ter of course. Right or wrong, American
white soldiers, even though they hail from
New England, will not 6ght side By siec with
negrees.-|N. Y. World
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29

Tho Washington correspondence of the
Chicago Times under date Of August 18th,
says:
"The arrest of D. A. Mahony, of Dubuque
has provoked no little discussion at this place.
It lis argued by many that his arrest looks a
little like persecution; for all the treason Ma
hony ever uttered is minute when compared
to that which pours daily from the lips of
Wendell Phillips. 1t is undoubtedly right to
arrest traitors everywhere but it is impossi-
nle to see why democratic traitors should be
sent to fort Lafayette, as werc Jones and Ma
hony. of Iowa. while republican traitors of
the Phillips kind are permitted to scatter
their treason from every stump and pulpit in
the land. IF Mahony deserves cell, Phil
lips has earned o halter, Fiat justita. If
quiet old men like Mahony are to DO suppress.
ed, let the brawling disloyalists of abolition
ism receive their just dues, aHd be sent to
their sympathiser-th first great rebel, him
whose treason drew away third part Of
heavens sons" pG
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29
From the New York Mercury.
LOVE;
AND WHAT BECAME OF IT.
BY NED BUNTLINE.

Let me see. will 20 back to my ''frst
love''-poets say that is always the purest !;
but yet poets are no ppre addicted to truth
than novelists, or "any other men,"
But to my first love-how woll remember
her hair, which hung in curling masses
down upon her sun-browned shoulders. 1t
was red-oh, 20 red! And her fat cheeks
were rcd, too. And SO were her fat arms.
Aud her cycs-I believe they were blue but
cannot remember to certainty. know
they were small, and as bright as Goals offire
just blown upon. Didn't love her? Judge! J!
My father, worn down in health by public
business, had been told by his physician that
be must seek the quietudc of a country life,
or else order his coffin. Father sought quie-
tudc, and, rs far as society was concerned, l
rather think he got it. He bought large
tract of wild land in the almost unsettled
county Of Wayne. Pennsylvania first built
a saw-mll, and then sawed out tho lumber
for his barns and dwelling house. It was
miles away to the nearest neghbor PAN
theirs, bears, wolves, deer, elk. and snakes
w.rc ~ plenty there then as cattle and sheep
are now, and trout-O shades of Lackawax-
en- there was no cad to them, except heads
and tails, mean there was no end to the
numbers We caught, or could catch, if we
wanted to.
But to my love. She was the postmastcr's
daughter; and the post-ofice was six miles
from our house, aad the road to it almost all
the way through dense forest-a rough log
road, jast blazed out, at that. But that six
miles out was but short distance for my
young legs, every Saturday morning twas
the six miles IN, after had left my dear Ma
ria, that told used to run all the way out,
so as to get time to play and talk with the
idol of my dreams; then, as the short day
went by, generally staid SO late that I had
to run all the way back, or run the risk of
getting lost in the woods in the dark.
Many tear fell from my mothers eyes be-
cause fingered SO late on so dangerous q
road, and many tear fell from my eyes be-
cause father, finding words useless to make
| AAO IluAC SNOIGo IAHO III my pOoV OAuSO ~
tried the efficacy Of birch sprouts.
But what are mothers tears, or fathers
course of birchen sprouts, against tho ardor
of first love Only oil to the FIRE! Why,
was eight years old, and my charmer was
ten ! Putting our ages together, we certain
ly old enough to know what love was
Thus matters went on for months. Tears
or no tears, sprouts or no sprouts, I never
could get home from the post-of6ce until after
dark, even though started from home at sun
rise invariably.
My father thought he would cure me. A
very largo bear had been killed on noun
tain which had to cross but o few days be.
fore, and several panthers had been seen.
Ny father and mother both spoke of this be-
fore | started tor tho post-ofice and they
bade me be sure and hurry home before dark,
or might be eaten up in the woods.
Promising fairly, off | went my pockets
full Of cake, ostcnsibly for my dinner, but
really for my "sweet-heast' for she loved
cake dearly-aud she thought my mother
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29

, Ex-PREsipENT President
Buchanan is about to remove from Whcatland
to Downington: wherchc has purchased a
farm Of Of three hundred acres from Mr..
Townsand Walter, for ss6, 900. Himself and
the Collector Baker arc to reside thercs Tho
buildings ale the finest upon any farm in the
celebrated Chester Valley. The farm lies
upon tho south side Of the North Valley Hin.
and in plain view Of tho Pcnsy,vAsia Rail.
road, .ss..A
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29
"LET Us FoRGEr.n &C.

Republicans and Abolitionists say, "Let
us forget all minor points-all political differ
enccs and issues, and 60 in for the prompt
suppression of the rebellion" Tho appeal
and the advice is very patriotic, and were it
offered in sincerity, would challenge the ad.
miration of the people. But it is not sincere.
It is as miscrably rotten as treason itself
They do not now and never have entertained
the least idea Of surrendering their party or
ganization for any reason whatever. Do they
in the abundance of their love for their coun-
try forget to advance their rotten political
principles? Do their committees become 50
absorbed in their patriotic labors that they
forget to hold political caucuses and call po-
litical conventions! Do they in their over.
flowing zeal for the restoration of Union, for.
get or neglect to nominate strict party candi-
dates and draw strict party lines Do they
lay down the party whip, and are their party
watckwords and campaign battle'cries hush
ed? No, not in the least They are hypo-
critics; they lie when they advise the cessa-
ton of party hostilities, and raise the insidi.
Gus cry Of "no parties in time Of war" only to
hoodwink the unwary.
Let no democrat be cheated by any such
rotten pretence. Let no man desert his post
to confer with any such treachsrous truce
Stand firm by the principles of the democrat
ic party; stand there as firm as rocks, as
reliable as pure gold. Why not Arc not
democrats patriots Can a true honest
democrat be traitor TO his country? Never.
The better democrat man is the better he
will serve his countryside greater sacrifice
he will make for her in time of her peril. and
the further you get from the democratic lines
the nearer you come to the jungles of treas
on. Never desert tho good old democratic
fold, but stay there serve your country, and
stand by your party, and be ever ready to
defend the Union the constitution and the
laws-Democrat and Neacs. a....
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE AGE OF THE EARTH.

Among the astounding discoveries of mod
crn science is that of the immense periods
which passed in the gradual formation ofour
earth So vast were the cycles of time pro-
cccding even the appearance of man en- the
surface of our globe, that our own period
seems as yesterday when compared with the
epochs that have gone before it. Had we on.
ly the evidence of the deposits of rocks haap
cd ABOVE cacn UUiIer III TegurHr sJraua py the
slow accumulation of materials. they alone
would convince of the long and slow matur-
ing of Gods work on earth, but when we
add to these the successive populations of
whose life this world has been the theatre,
and whose remains are hidden in the rocks
into which the mud or sand or soil Of whatcv-
er kind on which they lived has hardened in
the course of time-or the enormous chains Of
mountains whose upheaval divided these per-
iods of quiet accumulation by great conyul.
sions-or the changes ola different nature in
the conGguration Of our globe, as the sinking
Of lands beneath the ocean, or the gradual
rising of continents and islands above it--er
the wearing of great river BEDS or the filling
of extensive water basins, till marshes wet
and then dry land succeeded to inland seas
of tho slow growth of coral reefs, those won
derful sea.walls raised by the little ocean ar
chitects whose own bodies furnish both the
building stones and the cement that binds
them together, and who have worked SO
busiIy during the long centuries, that there
are extinsive countries, mountain chains, is
lands, and long lines Of coast consisting sole.
ly of their remains-er the countless forests
that must have grown up, fourishcd. died
and decayed to fill the storehouses for coal
that feed the fires of the human race to-day
if we consider all these records of the past.
the intellect fails to grasp a chronology for
which our experience furnishes no data. and
the time that lies behind us seems rs much an
etcr nifty to conception as tho future that
stretches infinitely before us-Atlantie Month
ly.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29
0LD & GIT.
NJ B. MoULToN'
Lime Springs, Iowa.

Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Patent
Medicines Boots and Shoes School Books,
Iron, Glass and Nails, Kerosene Oil, Tin
Ware. Would respectfully announce to the
pulic in general that he has and will sell
for ready pay all the above artic 'es cheap as
he cheapest. n22v3mSJ
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29

EMANCIPATION NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Aug.
2l.-Srecial to tho Tribuno-In justice to all
parties, it seems proper to state the following
which we learn frem 30 many sources that it
can no longer be considered state secret
Two or three weeks ago tho President laid
before his Cabinet proclamation Of emanci-
patton, abolishing slavery on the first day Of
next December, if the rebellion should not
be crushed, and asked the opinion Of his min
listers touching the propriety ofissuing it All
but two. Secretary Smith. we believe, being
opposed. Secretary Seward and 2. NJ Blair,
however, opposed it with ali their might, and
the result is it did not appear.
1t is understood the subject ca,ac up at
more than one Cabinet meeting, but Seward
and Blair remained resolute minority.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29

p. Dunn,
- Fashionable tailor, at the old record
er's eGce, Decerah, Iowa All work
III warranted to 6t, and made In the most
fashionable style. Cutting done at short
notice and warranted to suit.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29
DASS g. ELMENDORF,

FORWARDING, STORAGE and COMMISSION MER-
CHANTS,
Public Square, Meyregor, Iora.
Agents for McCormick.s Reaper, Dow &
Machines, Moss & Williams and Brainaird 8
Sugar Evaporators, and Frost's Sugar Cane
Mills.
Kept constantly on hand, Horse-Rakes,
Cradles, Crind-Stones. Plows, &C., in any
quantity to suit purchasers. lno44,3,1y.J
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29

Special notices, loaded, will be charged
no rate Of So for every ten lines, for one in"
ION.
r Positively no variance from the above
rates.
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29
SADLER,

WOULD announce t. the public generally
w and his Friends particularly, that having
purchased tho Stand and the STOCK OF
GROCERIES, heretofore kept by MR.
GEORGE Eek, that it is his purpose to keep
at all times supply of such articles inciu.
ding all Staple Groceries, as the demands Of
the country require. His motto is ready pay
and small profits, preferring the nimble six.
pcace to tho slow shilling. Farm Produce
generally taken IN exchange for goods and
highest market prices paid!
4 share Of patronage respectfully solicited.
2 iy|
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-08-29
NEW OREGON PLAINDEALER

Published every Friday atthe Plaindealer
printing rooms, Main Street, New Oregon
Howard county, Iowa. F. J. MEAD and
A. w. JONES proprietors. .~ .