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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
An Itsm in Favor Of shssn.

There is one item in favor Of keeping sheep,
instead of cattle, that we have not seen men
toned, and that is the difference in the labor
of taking care of them in winter The
amount of labor involved, and time required
to take proper care of a stock of twenty-five
head Of cattle, is about as much as a man can
attend to. To see that they oil drink at least
once per day-that the large ones don't abuse
the small ones-that they have a variety Of
fodder in proper quantities, at proper times
that the stables are well cleaned-together
with the iunumerable other things that always
need looking after, keeps one doing about all
day. While sheep need prudent and watch
full care, they do not require that constant
attention that cattle do. They do not require
to be tied by the head to prevent their doing
mischief. They are allowed free and easy ac-
cess to water, and have sense enough to drink
when dry. Their habitations do not need
cleaning out stables daily as do those of cattle.
On the whole, we are inclined to the opin-
ion that the farmer who keeps sheep, princi-
paIly, can have pretty easy time through
the winter, while those who have large stocks
Of cattle will find plenty to do.
With cattle or sheep, whether much or little
care is needed, we urge upon all that they
take good care. Let everything be done that
can be to add to their comfort. 1t won't pay
to neglect any kind of stock during the cold
weather. 1t won't pay to keep more than
can be kept WE'LL A merciful man is mer-
ciful to his beast" Msrciful means compass
sionate, tender, unwilling to inaict pain
At no season can we make practical apph-
cation Of mercy more acceptable to the brute,
than during winter. Let no pains be spared
in making the ApplicatiOn.-[N, H. Journal
Of Agriculture.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
sPEAK1NG WELL OF OTHERS.

If the disposition to speak well
of others was universally prevalent,
the world would become a compar-
ative paradise. The opposite dis
position is the Pandora box which,
when opened, fills every house and
every neighborhood with pain and
sorrow. How many enmities and
heart burDings from this source
How much happiness is interrupt
ed and destroyedI Envy, jealousy,
and the malignant spirit of evil,
when they find vent by the lips, go
forth on their mission like foul
f1ends, to blast the reputation and
peace of others. Every one has
his imperfections, and in the con-
duct of the best there will be oc.
casional faults that might seem to
justify animadversion. It is a good
rule, however, when there is occas.
ion for fault-inding, to do it pri.
vately to the erring one. This may
prove salutary. It is proof of in.
terest in the individual, which will
generally be taken kindly, if the
manner of doing it is not offensive.
The common and unchristian rule
on the contrary, is to proclaim the
failings of others to all but them
selves. This is unchristian, and
shows q despicable heart. Speak
well of others.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
Plant Potatoes,

1t is somewhat strange to us that the high
price of potatoes for many years has not indu-
ced farmers to cultivate them more extensive
ly. Potatoes are profitable as a crop, at IF
ty cents per bushel. Mr.. Samuel Isreal, near
Mt. Vernon, on tract of l6116 acres, raised
last year 2,056 bushels of potatoes, which be
sold for $l,366 cash. Many a farmer will
toll and fret and sweat, in cultivating 300
acre farm, with the hope of realizing large
yield and corresponding return in money;
and is often doomed to disappointment. The
fact above stated shows that few acres prop
erly cultivated, can be made as profitable as
some large farms, and that potatoes are pro-
ftable crop. Two hundred bushels can be
raised to the acre.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
The WonI Markat.


The steady advance of domestic fleece since
shearing time, and during the most active seas
on known to the trade for many years, has
awakened an unusual interest in this article ef-
fecting as it does, large number of farmers.
Ali are desirous of being able to judge of fu-
ture prospect. At the Colonial wool sale in
London, in November, previous high prices
were not only maintained, but an advance was
established on most grades. There will,
therefore, be no unusal tendency to this mar
ket of foreign wool, unless exchange is much
more in favor Of importers than at present
This may happen through great Union sue
cesses in the field, or Federal legislation that
will hinder speculation. The stock i1 store is
small, there isIvery little business doing, nor will
thore be before the middle or last Of the month.
Manufacturers and buyers are generally busy,
as usual in closing up the business Of the old
year. Holders are generally very strong, and
able to carry their stocks, in view of the great
ease in the money market There is, therefore,
no prospect of a fall in price before business is
again active unless there be a fall in gold and
exchange, in which case even the relative
price Of wool and gold will doubtless be main
tanned American Agriculturist.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
Rebel Act and Finanoe..


The rebels are splendid fnanciers, and their
recently passed Currency Act' is a measure
of refreshing audacity. It provides that all
holders of Confederate Treasury Notes must
convert them, by the lst of April next. into
Government bonds, payable 20 years after
date, bearing an interest of four per cent
If not SO presented and funded at that time,
they are to be taxed 33115 per cent, and all
notes of $ls0 left outstanding, in addition to
this, to be taxed at the rate of 10 per cent.
a month. The right of funding is lost if not
exercised by the 1st of January, 1865, and all
notes are, after that date, taxed 100 per cent,
or in other words. repudiated. The quantity
of notes in circulation which are to be thus
dealt with, and which constitute the currency
of the Cenfederacy, is said to be no less than
$720, 600, 900, Of which 100000 900 are in
$l00 notes. ..... -..
The Secretary Of the Treasury is author
lied to issue, for future expenses, per cent.
bonds, in 800, or multiples of 800, payable
in thirty years, interest semi-annual. They
are free from taxation, and secured by export
duty on cotton and tobacco. The Secretary
of the Treasury is prohibited from issuing
more notes after the 1st of April, except in
exchange for the old, and then at the profta-
bic rate for the Government oftwo new notes
for three old ones. It shows the straits OF
rebel fnanciering when Congress by Legisla-
tive enactment seeks to reduce "A redundant
currency by virtually destroying its value one
third.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
Keep Stock off the Meadows.

Many meadows are seriously injured by
stock in the spring months They are per-
mitted to run upon them when the frost is
leaving the ground, which is soft and easily
cut by the hoofs Of horses and cattle. The
scauty picking they get will not begin to
compensate for the damage they cause the
meadows. When the ground is soft as it is
always in the spring, stock should be carefully
excluded. It is also very bad policy to pas
ture meadows in the fall. Every sprig is gen.
orally eaten of, aud the ground and roots are
left cold and naked. If the growth after cut
ting the grass had been left, it would have
acted as a mulching, keeping the roots warm
and unipjured by the severity Of winter. A
good coating of aftermath laying upon the
gronnd all winter is equivalent to a covering
Of snow, which all know to be beneficial to
land.-[ Valley Farmer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
RICULTU AL,
Starting Early Potataea.

A crop ofpotatoes ready for the table early
in June, may be secured without great trou-
BILE. II seed potatoes are brought into a
warm room about the first of March, the eyes
viii start rapidly, the nourishment in the tu-
bers will sustain them for two or three weeks,
by which time they are usually planted out
in some favorable spot. OF course, care must
be taken in planting out not to break the
sprouts. Or the tubers may be planted in a
hot-bed of moderate temperature, about the
middle of the month. Cut them in halves,
lay them fat side down, as thick ss they can
be placed, and cover with about two inches Of
earth. They may be transplanted when two
or three inches high. They should be removed
carefully, separating the roots with as little
injury as possible. They will not be likely to
yield full crop under this treatment, and
may therefore be planted more closely, say in
drills thirty inches apart, and twelve inches
apart 10 the drills. Another method is to put
cut pieces of potato in squares Of turf, set
them close together in a warm place where
they can be watered readily. On cold nights
protect them with straw. When large
enough they can be set out, turf and all,
without disturbing the roots This might
not pay on large scale, but enough may
thus be brought forward for q family supply,
until the main crop is matured enough to
draw upon.-American AgrieuLturis.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
Hints about Milking Cows.
BY AN OLD FARMER.

Always speak pleasantly to COWS. When
ready to milk them, tie them up and put a
rail or bar across the stable, to keep them
from sleWing around or moving off from yon.
If you cannot sit down to milk, on account Of
their kicking, take up the fore foot on the
side you milk on, and tie it up, or let some
one hold it up-then sit close to the COW, on
a stool fifteen inches high, and with your
left leg and left arm you can keep her foot
out Of the pail, and she will soon stop kicking,
as she can not stand without one foot down
on that side. In this way, you can soon milk
her without taking up her foot-if her teats
grow close together on each side, always take
one teAt on the right side, and ono on the left
side, as pulling the skin I think sometimes
hurts them, and they will have the habit for
their lifetime, Of hosting up one foot three
or four times when you commence milking
them.
I have one that has been milked for five
years, that will hoist up her foot three or four
times when you first sit down to milk her, if
you milk her with both hands on either side
of her, but if take one on the right, and one
on the left, and milk 80, she will not hoist up
her foot three or four times, but will keep
both feet down when you milk. 1 have OBJ
served one had before that, whose tsats grew
close together on each side, that she would
hoist up one foot when milking, as long as she
was MIXED, if 1 MIXED with both hands on
one side at the same time. Try it.-[Cor.
Mass. Ploughman.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
OUR BEST pARLOR.

Don't keep solitary parlor, into
which you go but once a month,
with your parSon or sewing society.
Hang round your walls pictures
which shall tell stories of mercy
hope, courage, faith and charity
Make your living room the house
Let the place be such that when
your boy has gone to distant lands
or even when, perhaps, he clings to
a single plank in the waters of the
wide ocean, the thought of the old
homestead shall come to him in his
desolation, bringing always light
hope and love. Have no dungeon
about your house-no room you new
or open-no blinds that are always
shut.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

The Democracy of New Hampshire entered
the recent campaign 10 that State full Of hope
and expectation. They framed a long resolu-
tionary indictment of the Administration, and
set forth the beauties of holiness according to
Democratic ideas, and the blessings of peace
according to Ben. Wood, in language that
would have been creditable to the Democra-
cy of Butler County. They made up the is
sue clearly and sharply, and with the full con-
sciousness Of the bearing the result would
have upon the Presidential campaign. The
consequence is that they have been annihilat-
ed, Gilmore beating them by 5000 majority
a very heavy gain, and the election Of the
whole Union ticket Commercial.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

By the arrival Of the Arabia at Halifax
We have two days later Europe neWs-to the
9th inst. The Austrians and Prussians have
taken the decisive step of marching from the
territory of Schleswig and HOistien, the alleg-
ed ground Of sonflict, into Jutland. At last
accounts they were moving on Fredericka, an
important Danish post. England and France
have protested against this, the former severe
y, and the latter firmly, though in courteous
terms. The complications of the Danish ques-
quest seem to be rapidly increasing.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
Celestial sphere,
OCIOSGIhl 6puCIGJ
So rich with jewels hung that Night

so rich with Jewels hung that Night
Doth like an Ethiop bride appear.
How finely their inverted images are mir
rored iu the stAr-spangIed surface ofthe river
How musical the bugle's clarion call rings
out upon the bracing air of " incense breath
ing rn,"-how gently at dewy eve the
dying echoes of the cadenced tattoo melt
away in the distant valleys Such climate
and such a country, one would imagine ought
to produce superior race, an exalted type
OF manhood, .. ..
A combination and form, indeed,
Where every God seemed to set his seal
To Live the world assurance of a man.
But alas for earth's loveliness and mans
goodness, if the one were to be always judged
by the other. The noblest minds are moi
rocked into existence by summer zephyrs.-
The purest hearts are not matured Beneath
uncIouded skies. The men who stand fore
most in the advance of time and who think
and act for the rest of minkind, are not the
pampered pets of Luxury and Ease. They
have grarely come from the perennial bloom
of the equator. They are children Of the
harsher climes. The Northern nations have
always held the balance of intellectual and
physical power. They always will hold it.
These things are truer than they ought to be
OF the people who dwell in the delightful valley
of the Tennessee. Their lamentable condition
is not the result of the climate alone. Spite
OF that they might have been free, opulent and
happy. But they are oppressed, poor ant
miserable. They might have been refined
educated and intelligent. They are coarse
ignorant, and stupid. And why are they SO
| 1t is all summed up in one word, Slavery
They have been victimized by a monstrou
crime, that of human oppression. By it the.
have been brought to state of absolute bar
bsrism, aye more, have been led into a wicket
war for barbarism. That war has brough
them to poverty, shame and starvation. Blu
even this is not all. 1t is one Of the rares
things to find a man, iwonan or child among
them who can read or write. The dy
nasty of Austria and the autocracy of Russi
opens the door OF education to the humblesi
but the Oligarchy of Southern Slavery close
the door of knowledge against freemeu j
Gods own free land. The negroes wer
bondsmen born, but the white people OF th
South are verify slaves by consent.
There are scores Of destitute families in thi
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

Gov. Bramlette, of Kentucky, has issued an
address to Kentuckians in relation to the en-
rollment Of negros in that State. Gov. B.
insists that Kentucky can and will ELL her quo
tas from her white citizens If such is her
performances we do not prusume that anybody
will feel much aggrieved thereat. And if the
Kentucky people regard their negroes as of
more consequence than they do their white
citizens, ~e do not presume that any body will
feel disposed to question their iown estimate
of themselves Consequently we cannot see
the necessity for any great amount Ofindgna-
ton on the subject
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

Reports from New Hampshire include 22O
cities and towns, all but ten in the State
These give Gilmore36, ,757; Harrington, 3d.
759. Gilmores majority will certainly reach
$4,000. The Union majority in the House
will number 3d. and of the II Senators
aid of the members of the Governors
Council are also Union. The New Hamp
shire House of Representatives is the largest
of any State in the Union-numbering oveI
300 members.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
wK1rrEE FOR TIN DE1AwARE eAEErrE
THOUGHTS FOR TEE HETHOUGHTLEss.
By MRS. T. STONE

In these days of war and mourn
ing we have gayety and apparent
happiness, as if we were not near
or it may be at, the crisis of our ma
tion's life; and there are some peo
pie so swift that they get all theil
own work done, and have plenty oi
time to oversee that of others.
With families all spared to them
business prosperous, no fear OF
burned fences, stolen horses, or any
of the attendant evils of war on
ones own soil, they find a lack OF
something interesting, and so spec.
ulate as to the prospect of Mr..
Wantum's marrying Mrs. Yes-sir.-
No one need to be told that widows
are more numerous now than before
this war swept hundreds of hus-
bands into premature graves.
For every man who dies, there is
somewhere in the world one real
mourner; very often a large family
is bereaved. If sorrow killed then
would the victims of the rebellion
be doubled; but though woman's
heart bleeds, she does not die, and
to live requires such courage as is
only known to those who have pass
ed through the trial, and have gone
on with life's duties, alone.
Many young ladies have lost their
intended husbands since the first
call for soldiers thrilled every bo-
som in the North. Who will say
they do not suffer ? Who will say
they have not paid Him their sacri-
fee? l remember too well hearing
the sneering words, "There'n be
plenty of old maids after this war;"
Aye, old maids; and away down in
my heart burned the response, "let
it be to their enduring praise that
they withheld not their best be-
loved"
1t is recorded above, and yet
while we are in the world, words
will often prove cutting. Though
it is but trife, it gives dash of
pain to hear somebody say, "there
is Miss Cheerful; she talks ss lively
as ever; guess she would like to get
another beau" Take it TO yourself,
and just think how you would feel
to hear somebody speak SO of you.
Oh, shame on our tongues.
Woman is not the only sufferer
Men have their share; the talking
being equally divided between the
two sexes. Many a good wife dies
Does the husband bewail her with.
tears and groans-it is only strain
ed grief :" is he calm in his deep
sorrow, "he does not take it very
hard"
A good home is vacant, and 81
think likely he will soon marry. -
There are always stories ahoat of
which the author is "they say."-
Those deceitful, despicable words
must be invisible, for who has ever
found the genuine 'they say"
For the benefit of those who will
say what they think, too often with
out thinking what they do say, Of
fer this advice:
Remember that, however it may
appear to you, all women are not
anxious to marry. If some of them
do intend to marry, do not be alarm
cd if they smile and bow to you. It
is not very likely they would accept
you should you make them the offer.
Sensible women do not think of mar
rying every man they meet; they
are not SO easily suited. This rule
will apply to the other sex. I have
said enough. The greatest trouble
is, those who need this most do not
take any newspaper.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

The Nashville Union is requested, "by the
highest authority" to announce that no more
passes will be granted to the wives and Iami.
lies of officers, to the front of any of the ar
mics in this theatre of operations. NortherH
papers will save much useless expense and
trouble by giN ing publicity to this statement
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

A new paper mill has just gone into euc.
cessful operation at Perrysburg, Wood county,
o. It is at present, making wrapping paper
exclusively. For this purpose it works up
Sorghum stalks, which makes an article re-
Sembling straw paper, but much stronger and
superior. The demand is so much greater
than the supply for this paper, that the works
are to be extended and the manufacture OF
printing paper commenced.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

The punishment of desertions as prescribed
in the bill of the Chairman Of the Military
Committee, and now pending in the Senate
disqualifes them from voting and holding
Office forever. Itproposes, however, to offer
an amnesty to the deserters now in Canada,
on the condition. Of returning again into the
service, with loss of pay for their absence.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

There is no better test of the
strength of affection, than the ready
turning of the mind to the little
concerns of friend, when preoccu-
pied with important interests of our
own.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

The METROPOLITAN FAIR.--The wholesale
dry goods merchants Of New York have con-
tributed 5000; Messrs, PhelAn & Collender,
billiard table worth $500; the Police, $4,-
coo; Robert Bonner, his trottiDg mare Lady
Woodruff, valued at $4,000.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
TAz SUNNY SIDE.

when darkest hours or sadness
Come stealing DER the heart;
When false ones dare deceive thee,
And from thy side depart;
Bear up beneath the anguish,
And breast the sinking tide,
For DER the vale Of shadows,
Oh, there's a sunny side.
Let early ties be broken,
which ever thou held'st dear:
Il matters but . little,
The trial how seVerel
Tor there are many others
In whom thou eanst eonnde,
Whsro'er thy sad heart pinsth-
Yes, there's = sunny side.
Our lifetime here is deetinE,
It pas8eth soon away,
Like faney'B dreamy visions,
And Autumn's wan decay.
Then take thou hold in earnest,
Although before thou'st tried;
Life 10 made up OF struggles,
There's yet . sunny side
This wide world may look dFeary,
The tempest louder roar,
While every golden moment
Thy life boat watts 70 shore.
Delay mos in thy efforts
Against the wind aud tide,
To do what thou WOuldBt have to do
Upon the sunny side.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25

Ex-Governor Thomas has been re-nomina-
ted for Congress in the 4th district of Mary
land, by convention which adopted strong
unconditional Union resolutions.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-03-25
Hon. JAMES G. HALL, Columbus, O.
WASHINGTON. March 5, Is

WASHINGTON, March D, 1864.
Ny DEAR SIR; In reply to friendly let
ter from you, wrote you briefly, not long
ago, about the wishes expressed by many, that
my nams might be favOrably regarded by the
people in their next choice Of a President, and
closed by saying that should our friends in
Chic manifest a preference for another,
should accept their decision with the ready
acquiescence due from one who has been al
ready trusted and honOred by them beyond
merit or expectation.
The recent action OF the Union members Of
our Legislature indicates such = preference.
1t becomes my duty, therefore, and count it
more privilege than a duly, to ask that no
further consideration be given to my name.
1t was never more important than now,
that all our efforts and all our energies should
be devoted to the suppression Of the rebellion,
and to the restoration Of honor aud prospsri-
ty on solid and sure foundations Of Union,
Freedom and Impartial Justice, and earnest
ly urge all with whom my council may have
weight, to allow nothing to divide them while
this great work, in comparison with which
persons and even parties are nothing, remains
unaccomplished.
Cordially your friend, 3. p. CHASE.
Hon. JAMES @. HALL, Senate Chamber
Columbus, Ohio. s.i siss f