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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-07-26

I'd. A low price does not constitute cheapness,
often times, that which is low priced is dearest.
Sd The most value in the least weight is what is
needed, because less freight and less handling is
required.
4th A fertilizer that has as much actual value
in 100 lbs. at SO per ton, as another has in $50
lbs at $50 per ton, is actually cheaper by $50 per
ton. though it cost SO more per ton.
9TH 200 lbs. Pacific Guano contains II lbs. ami
NAL matter, yielding to 8 lbs. ammonia.
9th 200 Bs Pacific Guano also contains so to
90 lbs Earthy Bone Phosphate Of Lime, % to 30
lbs of which are Soluble Phosphate. See report
of inspection.
7th 1t combines all the advantages Of the best
Super Phosphates with those of Peruvian Guano.
Sth. By reason ofits great strength or concentra-
ton we recommend 20 per cent. less by acetght to
be used per acre. than any of the Super Phosphates
which cost the same or less per ton; and no more
per acre than other fertilizers that sell for 10
to 20 dollars more per ton; therefore it is cheaper
though it costs more
9th. Every cargo is inspected, the samples being
taken by the inspector from the same packages
which are delivered to farmers. The inspection of
cargoes is given in another column to which we ask
attention.
10th. This is matter of great Importance to
farmers and the sooner they adopt the use of this
guano, the sooner will its superior benefits and
economy be realized.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-07-26
KENT ISLAND. Queen AIMS Co., Md,
lima 18th 1S6k

Messrs. John S. Reese d Co., Baltimore, Md en-
IJpon your recommendations bought from YOU last tal
Eve IONS soluble Pacific Guano 500 per ton bought
also one half ton NJ = . Genuine super Phosphate
of Lime at $50 per ton which latter article had used
before with satisfaction and regarded it the best super
pm sphate had used You assured me that AVlos 10
enc MGRo per acre would give good results as OO
lbs of - = and upon your assurance 4 INA made
fair test in that proportion. The application OF ~ ps
Pacific cost me Sc per The application OF SOO los
cost me 50 10 per acre. AT no period Oh the
b Of the crop have been able to dis yer the least
difference in the appearance of the wheat where apGHed
800 ; as 50, costing me Se0 ana wnere aPRSsu
90 his Pacific Guano costing me sou MY crop WIN oe
ready for harvest in two weeks and am now aoIe 70
o his information After this result II unnecessary
me to express any further opinion Of the value 4l FsS
Gnano Ii certainly the best and most economical Ir
z~r have ever used and would prefer II 10 ferLyih
uua I.. az go &c yon % desire WM. ;. PRICE.
CAToNsvILLE, Baltimore County
June 18th, 1906. J
Nessrs j. s. Reese q Co -. =. -. p;s
uano last fail buck ana rye have USED II TINS
spring on corn potatoes and oats. N - G..
I have used NJ . as. and nearly al other super
Pboshates but find the effects Of Pacific Guano very lar
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-07-26
Facts for Farmers to Consider.

lst Anip,aI matter, ammonia, Soluble Phosphate
and Bone Phosphate of Lime, constitute the actual
value Of all Fertilizers, whether called by one
name or another.
The name does not give the value, but what they
contain does.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-07-26

We take the following extracts from letter just
ceived from Dr. ]. L. Adkins Of Talbot Co., Nd the let
ter being too lengthy to publish in full
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-07-26

superior It by far the best fertilizer have used
prefer it to Peruvian Guano at same cost per lon
Where Pacific Guano is used the difference manifest
in the fine healthy color. Its effects are truly remark
able. "A PRICE.
HAGERsrowS, Nd, June 18th, 1866.
Messrs John s. Reese d Co., Baltimore, Mo-
have used Pacific Guano two crops OF corn and
of wheat used and several other standard fertilizers
with view to ascertain which best suited to my soil
and comparatively cheapest My experiments have satisfied
that the Pacific Guano is price considered superior to
loamy, limestone soil.
Respectfully JNo. W. SroUFFER.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1866-07-26

JUNE Zitn, 1000.
Nessrs John s. Reese d Co.
NV preparation for wheat last fall was
3 bus. ESQ lbs) fine bone)
so lbs. Peruvian Guano 800 lbs
IS lbs. Pacific Guano
drilled per acre.
also drilled az experiment by itself about ftro HIM
bred mounds Pacific Guano per and il oUerops the
above mixture evidently showing its power
have applied il % well potatoes with marked
effect Very respectfully,
Sapdoe Nd. WIN. BAKER Dorsey.
AMSTERDAM, Va. June 6 1866.
Messrs. Reese d Co.
have waited till now (expecting TO COM
mence my wheat harvest to morrow that might answer
YOUR letter as definitely possible The oldest inhabit-
ant never witnessed such failure of the wheat crop as
we have this part of Virginia. 1t has been often
marked to me by neighbors that mine the best
crop this vicinity which cOurse and every else.
attributes TO the Guano and Bone Flour
scenouslv recommend In comparing it with the Peru
van would say that used the Peruvian two years pre-
cedrg the war; my present crop Is much better than 1t
was one of those years AID believe as good os it
either year. notwithstanding the general failure Of wheat
CIV rywhere this year great deal Of wheat this
was winter killed. and hen late in The spring fly damaged
it very much.
WV. B. MORTON
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New york Market.

New York, July 11.-Cetton duh and
lower at 36o for middIing. Flour duh
and prices strongly tend downward; 81 IS
@S 55 for extra State; S8 70@10 05 for
extra spring brands and.extra round hoop
Ohio; and SO 10@13 70 for trade brands,
closing quiet Whisky dull. Wheat dull
and dropping for common, at So t]5 for
No. | Chicago spring; So 29 for new No.
l Milwaukee; 81 20 for mixed. Rye dull
and lower; western at FOOL 03. Corn .
shade 6rmer; 84@863c for unsound new
mixed western; 86a@87ac for sound do;
90c for high mixed, nearly yellow. Oats
dull and heavy at 51@55c for new west.
ern, the latter price an extreme. Coffee
dull. Sugar quiet at 10&@11ac.
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NOMINATIONS FOR CoNaREss-GEN.
GEORGE w. MoRGAN.-The Democracy
of the Knox District, in this State, have
set a good example for other districts by
their nomination of Gen. George W. Nor
gan FOR Congress. He is man of fine
ability, and is both statesman and a
scholar. As he will certainly be elected,
We predict that he will take high rank in
the next Congress. 1t behooves our
friends in all the districts to bring out
their strong and able men, both as a mat
ter of party and public policy. Ohio
will elect ten or twelve Democrats in the
next Congressional delegation, out of the
nineteen that comprise 1t, and We want
the Representatives good Ones Gin.
Eng
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aIercenary Patriotism OF Yankee
dom.

New England's politics and its religion
can both be expressed in one word-mon-
ey. tt pious for money,and infdel for
money. 1t is philanthropic flor money,
and it is bigoted and intolerant for money.
It makes war for money, and makes peace
for money. It loves for money, and it
hates for money. It Kidnapped Negroes
in Africa for money, and then for money
stole them from those to whom they had
sold them.
1t was not because New England loved
the fragrance Of the Negro that it aided
in fomenting civil war: it was because il
smell, beyond the Negro. the almighty
dollar. It kindled the war on the same
principle that robber fires barn: that
during the excitement it produces he may
plunder the dwelling. Itdeserves juss as
much credit for burning blue lights along
its coasts to guide British cruisers in the
var OF 1872, as it does for buying and
stealing Negroes to go as substitutes in
the war of the Rebellion. In both in
stances it followed its instincts and did
what paid best.
When the proceeds of contracts for
shoddy clothing and worse than shoddy
vessels were safely invested in non-taxa.
bic bonds. then came such taxes as this
country never before dreamed of. When
By plundering and blundering an enor-
nous debt had been created to furnish an
excuse for Il, then followed tariff without
anexample in the civilized world. We
say sexcuse for it adyisedly; for out of
every ten dollars extorted from the people
by this tariff the Government gets less
than one.
Men Wonderingly ask, why are prices
so exorbitantly high, now that the war is
over and gold but half what it was2-
The answer is, chiefly on the account of
tariff established for the benefit of New
England manufacturers.
Negro Suffrage, Civil Rights Bills and
Freedmen's Bureau Bills all have money
in them for New England, therefore New
England is in favor Of them.
The Constitutional Amendment, which
is their party platform, will, if confirmed,
give the New England States still lar
ger proportion of representatives in
Congress, and cut down the representa-
tion in States not favorable to New En-
gland tariffs.
The act for which Massachusetts, gets
most Of her credit for patriotism was for
destroying the tea in Boston harbor, and
in view of her subsequent history it may
well be doubted whether that was not
done less on account Of the high princi-
pie involved than on account Of the extra
penny on the price Of tea.
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From the Washington Union, 2sth.l
Death From a Snakebite.

We learn that most horrible death
from snakebite occurred at Lower Hano-
yer County, Virginia, on Saturday last
Our informant states that while Mr.. Jer-
emiah Logan was passing through his cat
field he suddenly trod on copperhead
snake, one of the most yenomous species
of reptiles found in the State, and in an
instant its fangs were imbedded in his
right leg, causing at the same time only
a slight tingling pain. The snake then
glided out of sight, while Mr.. Logan, af-
ter brief search, proceeded about his
outdoor labors. Nothing serious was APP
pretended in consequence of the bite till
after the lapse of half an hour or three
quarters, when, the pain becoming annoy
ing, he deemed it best to 60 to his resi-
dence and apply some remedy. External
and internal use of whisky and laudanum
was resorted to, but instead of receiving
relief, the wound began rapidly to swell
and spread, till the family became alarm
ed and dispatched servant for physi-
clan. Before, however, the services of
any could be obtained, Mr.. Logan's con-
dition continued to get worse till the
close of the day (about six hours after he
was bitten, J when he became wild and de-
lirious, and spasln after spasm ensued, las
ting till late in the night, when he died
in the most agonizing manner. His leg
and almost his whole person, we are in
formed were very much swollen, when he
died, and presented a light purplish green
color, thus showing that the poison had
disseminated itself through the whole sys-
tenn. One of these deadly serpents was
killed on the farm of Mr.. Slaughter, in
Chesterfield, few weeks since, by ne
gro employed there. 1t was in the act of
springing when killed.
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n@The Washinoton Constitut;ona

s@The Washington Constitutional
Union suggests that the cobbIers who
have half soled the Constitution should
pass another amendment preventing citi-
zens from voting the Democratic ticket.
It would end all opposition, and give the
Destructionists a chance to go it stone
blind.
Ephraim Bell, in company with others
while going to Shafer's stable on the 4th,
in the alley just opposite our Office, had
his leg broken by kick from one Of the
horses in the company. Drs. Kraps and
Screiper soon rendered the requisite sur
gieal assistance, and he was placed in a
spring wagon and taken home.-Noble Co.
Neaos.
The last census taken at st. Peters,
burg, Russia, shows that the population
amounts TO 539,I22, of whom 5l3, ,443,
are men, and 225, ,676 are women. =
The Hoehsag Sentinel says they have
in Hooking county two Union men" mar
riod to darkies and raising large families.
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Another Revolt i'm Cuba.

BALTfMoRE, July 9.-The Sun pub
fishes an account of rumored revolt In
Cuba, brought by the captain of steam
er which arrived from Havana on the 4th.
The revolt is said to have occurred at
Puerto Principe, the news of which caus-
ed intense excitement in Havana.
The authorities at Havana paid no at
tention to the rumors of revolt until
news came that a PARTON of the popula-
ton had declared for the Independents of
Cuba and separation from the Spanish
Government.
On the 1st inst. military force, con-
sisting of five companies, stationed at Pu-
erto Principe, was sent against the insur-
gents to bring them to order. A fight
ensued, in which the Colonel was killed
and two other officers mortally wounded,
while three companies of the Spanish
soldiers went over to the insurgents. The
latter thus reinforced ,and numbering now
| 5, 900 men, proceeded to the mountain re-
gion.
The moment this news was known in
Havana three steamers were dispatched
with troops to the place of revolt, but
before they were fairly on their way,
which was on the Sd, the intelligence ar
rived that four steamers, with 1000 troops
on board, made their appearance near
Nuevatis, bearing the Chilian flag, and
effected landing in the vicinity. All
the discontented thereupon proceeded to
the place of rendezvous, and it was be-
llieyed that the revolt had its ramifcation
throughout the whole island.
Among those who left Puerto Principe
were about ], 200 negroes, who, it is assert
ed, were armed by their owners to join
the insurgents. The whole affair was
looked upon as a general revolution of
the natives to free themselves from Span
| ish rule.
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From the N. Y. Times (Rep.) July A.
Retrenchment OF Congressional
Expenditures.

Representative Hale is not day or an
hour too early with his resolutions in fa-
vor of -etrenchment, for in all our ma
tons history there is no parallel in the
prodigality which distinguishes the pres
ent Congress. Our Representatives for
get or ignore the great fact that we have
a war debt Of three thousand millions of
dollars, and that war claims will add at
least another thousand millions. Our
enormous revenue, instead of being hus.
banded for its legitimate use, is scattered
right and left, in lavish and improyident,
| if not prohigate appropriations. This
waste of treasure drawn from the people
to pay the national debt, cannot and must
not be tolerated Taxation, in all the
forms that Congressional ingenuity can
invent, is upon US. These taxes are to be
aggravated by the present Congress. The
people have paid cheerfully and will con-
tinue to pay until evidence of the Con
gressional improvidence and abuse comes
home to them. Then look out for Con-
gressional "empty saddles.
Congress is sqpandering the PUBLIC
DOMAIN with ''race-horse speed" This
muni6cent inheritance, cared for and pro-
tocted,is a mine and a resource richer and
surer than is possessed by any of the ma
tions of the world. With it our national
credit was founded upon gold. From its
proceeds the National debt could be paid
But the present Congress seems intent
upon making. finish of it even to the
last acre. The Hon. Mr.. Deming, of Con-
neoticut, only yesterday proposed a dona-
tion of public lands to educate the "strone
minded women" emancipating this
scrushed" class from domestic thraldom
"Spiritualism" languishes just now. Why
not devote public lands to the revival of
our neighbor Greeley's ''rappings" and
"table-jamping" reform? Doetress Wal.
ker was recently arrested for donning hat
coat and trowsers. Let us have dona.
ton of public lands to abolish the vulgar
but popular prejudice which object to the
substitution of pants for petticoatsl And
finally, to crown all, why not devote the
remaining remnant Of the public domain
to the great work of reforming colors-
of turning black into white, for as matter
of choice and taste most people prefer to
be white. The bleaching process would
be necessarily tedious, but if stimulated
by premiums, .he hopes of'that class Of
lphilanthropists might be ultimately real
lied.
At the close of other wars there were
Representatives in Congress who realized
the Importance of retrenchment and econ
omy. Wars induce extravaganza and
waste in private and public expenditure.
But the taxation consequent imposes O
necessity for curtailing and retrenching.
The present Congress is slow in learning
this lesson, though legibly written in the
pages of all Governments. Indeed, the
present Cangress is slow in learning any
lesson but that Of show not" to restore
UNION and PROSPERITY.
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PhiladelphIa Catlle nIarIket.

july 9.-The cattle market is less ac-
tive this week, and prices have fallen of
fully &c per pound. About / 800 head
arrived and sold atfrom 17@173c for ex-
ira; 15@16c for fair to good, and I2@144c
per pound for common as to quality.
HoGs-gontinus dull; 1000 head sold
at the different yards at from sl3@14 so
the hundred pounds net, the latter rate
for prime.
SHEEp-Are in fair demand; II, 600 head
arrived an sold at from 6@6dc per pound,
gross, as to quality.
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Graveyard Loyalty.

Some three years ago, Mr. Bollmeyer,
editor Of the Dayton Empire, was shot
down in cold blood by man named
Brown, for no other reason than that Boil
meyer was Democrat. Brown was ta-
ken to Miami County for trial, and under
"loyal" pressure was cleared of the crime
of murder, of which he was as guilty as
Booth. Recently, Mrs. Bollmcyer erect
ed monument to her husbands memory,
in Woodland cemetery with the following
inscription: "He fell by the hand Of an
assassin, a martyr to the cause of liberty,
of speech and of the press" A truer
inscription was never engraved upon a
tombstone; but the assassin Brown and
his friends took exception to the inscrip-
tion, and the trustees of the cemetery no.
tilted Mrs. Bollmeyer that she must have
the inscription efaced or remove the mon
ument. This she declined to do. where
upon the trustees removed it.
We have no doubt but that the inscrip-
ton was ssobnoxious' to the assassin and
his friends. The inscription was too
true, and all the efforts of Brown and his
aecomplices cannot destroy that truth nor
efface from the murderers brow the
brand of his crime. The curse Of Cain
will follow him through life, and his
children's children willshare the disgrace.
But what language will describe these
@trustees2" The instinct of the jackal is
an apology for his plumber Of the grave
of the dead; ferocity is the tigers nature,
and man can guard against the blood
craving propensity Of the hyena-but for
ale,. who possess the instincts of the low
est animals, who will deprive the martyr
ed dead of decent burial and deny the
widow the consolation Of monument for
ber murdered husband, mankind has no
protection and language cannot be framed
into an apology for them.- WyandOtte
Union.
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Democratic Platform, Adopted at
Columbus, Thursday, May "a.
1866.

Resozued, That the Democracy Of Ohio
will adhere in the present and in the fu-
ture as in the past, with unfaltering fdel-
ity and frmness to the organization Of the
Democratic Party, and to its. ancient and
well settled principles as enupciated BY
Thomas Jefferson, the great Apostle Of
American Democracy and as aekneuls
edged and accepted by the party from the
foundation of the Government; and espe-
cialIy of equal taxation, and Of repre-
sentation Of all States subject to taxation.
Resolved, That the one great question
of the day is the IMMEDIATE AND UNcoN-
DITIoNAL RESTORATION or ALL THE
STATES TO THE EXERCISE OF THEIR
RIGHTS WITHIN THE FEDERAL UNION UN-
DER THE Constitution; and that We will
cordially and actively support ANDREW
JOHNSON, as President of the United
States, in all necessary and proper means
to carry out his policy as directed to that
end; and especially in securing immedi-
ate representation in the Senate and House
oe Representatives, to the eleven States
from which tits now unconstitutionally
and arbitrarily withheld, unless on the
degrading condition of inferiority in the
Union, and of negro political and civil
equality enforced BY the Federal Goyern-
ment.
Resolued, That for the purposes above
set forth, we will cordially cooperate in
public meetings, conventions and at the
polls, with all men, without reference to
past party positions, who honestly and BY
their acts and votes as we'll as by their
professions, support the President in his
policy of restoration as now declared.
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study Your Biographies.

The breaking out of the war in Europe
has made it necessary for those who would
understand the progress of affairs there,
to brush up their geography. Without
this, those not .familia. with the compli-
Gated Governments of the German States
viii learn little from the dispatches. We
recommend that those predisposed to
lcckjaw do not attempt to pronounce the
names of The towns. Won't somebody
invent machine by which these names
can be ground out with crankP
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DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CARLY
drophobia is usually inferred to be COM
municated from the saliva secreted in the
glands at the roots of the teeth of rab-
id dog. There was young man died at
Manayunk with violent symptoms Of hy-
drophobia, who had been inooulated with
the disease from the bite of cat. He
was an apprentice to blacksmith named
John Ascouth, whose shop is at Front
and Morris streets. There was cat in
the shop when he went to open it, some
three weeks ago. The cat sprang at him
and made her teeth meet in his legs. The
wound healed, and the poor boy had al
most forgotten the occurrence. On Sat-
urday, at the sight of water. he was seiz-
ed with spasms. He suffered unutterable
agony until Sunday noon, when death
mercifully gave him release. .-Ec.
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SgTho Cadiz Sentinel, of last week,
thus speaks of the.wool market in that
county:
"The wool market in this county has
been very dull during the past week
Buyers have been Offering from GO to 80
cents, holders asking 70, to 70 and Soc.
About 100000 pounds have been sold at
from 63 to Csc. We are informed that
Mr.. Galbreath sold fancy clip for SOC,
and that a gentleman named Woods, near
Smithfeld, disposed of his clip at s1.-
Some 400, 600 pounds of good wool still
remain in the hands of the farmers.
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MORE ABOUT THE MONSTER L1NDsIEY


MORE ABOUT THE MONSTER LINDsLEY
-HE ISM JAIL AGAIN.--The Rochester
Union says: 1--WE noticed, a day or two
since, the release of Lindsley-the fend
who whipped his child, three years Of
age, to death because it would not say its
prayers, at Medina-on $4,000 bail
Lindsley, fearing that the people would
do violence to him, went to the house of
his brother-in-law to stay, but was not al
lowed to do so, the brother-in-law fearing
that his house would be torn down by an
excited mob, and the miserable man has
again taken up his quarters in the Jail at
Albion-this time voluntarily, but really
to escape summary punishment at the
hands of an infuriated and indignant pub
lie. In Jail he will have time to reflect
on the enormity of the offense he has
committed"