Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-21

|. CONuTCSS!D!lIi HSUialiiS G!C NlFluEl dllt'L'''
tgo-tilirt1s OF the Radicals in the Convention.
Some Of then, dcign TO look down occasionally
on q place IN the Lcgis!aturc but most OF them,
black and white, cant abide anything less ez
allied than seat in Congress. --Rtch. Dis.
P0rLTRY ON TIE FARM-Mr. Mcchi, IN
eminent agricuturi<t writes as follows on
poultry matters
"Nothing pays better on farm than good
stock Of poultry properly managed. with
them everything is turned to account net Il
kernel wild seed, or insect escapes Their Scru-
tinizng eyes Their industrious claws are
ever at work, uncovcling ready Tor approprla-
ton every hidden but c0nsumcble substance"
Fowls must have free access to chalk Or lime to
form the she'll Of their eggs, and grit Or gravel
to CRIED the food in their gizzards. They lux
rriate on grass or clover, which arc necessity
Tor them in winter they like mang0!d CT
Swcdcs. They must have access to plenty OF
pure water. The quality Of the egg depends
unon the quality Of the food. They, like our
selves like shade in summer, and warm. shell
tered corners in winter. They must have ac.
cess to shelter in wet weather Fowls will not
be long healthy on the same ground or yards
the earth gets tainted therefore to prevent d.
soaso, limo and salt your yards and their usual
pasture oncc aycar, say in autumn, when thcralns
will wash il well in and Swcctcn the surface
}rOo;ls Of chickens mover do better with us
than On the grassy brows or patches AUDITING
upon the growing crops, either OF corn or pulse,
into which they run either for insects or tor
shelter. Your male birds should be often chan
ged, say at least once in two years, and they
should be young and vigorous breeding IN
and in will not do any more than it will with
animals. | consider winged game, poultry,
and birds, the farmers friends. My poultry
have acccs at all times to my fields. Fowls
arc very useful in clearing Of flies. | save
often been amused at seeing the neat and
quick manner Of taking hics from repo>ing
bulIocks and sheep, much to thcircomlort.
RECONSTRUCTION CoNv ENTIoNs The North
Carolin. Conqcntion adopted yesterday the re-
port Of the committee fixing the boundaries Of
the Congressional districts 4 negro member
notified the Convention Of bis purpose to bring
forward an ordinance to allow magistrates and
clergy to so!omnizc marriages between blacks
and whites.
The report Of the Homestead Committee in
the Georgia Convention cXcmpts s., 800 OF
lCii PIC pCIL4, anu o-;Hyu VI !EI>oD't' pl'PCltt
from writ Of execution. Mr. James NlcGoWan,
the Collector OF the State Tax was arrested
yesterday, under military order, for refusing
to give up either the records or the money Of
the State.
raorganizcd Convention of Florida is now
said to be quite harmonious At Il negro po-
litical meeting which was held on Wednesday
night one OF the expelled members of the
Convention denounced General Meade rs n
scalawag."
WASHINGTON ITEMs.-rhe annual report OF
the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Masons
Of this Jurisdiction exhibits some statistics of
much interest to the Masonic fraternity 1t
shows the number Of lodges 10 be Ii; master
masoHs per last report, 2,0l4 entered, 523
passed, 4S3; raised, 4G4; affiliated co. reiosta-
ted, 46; total master lnaSons 1888. Amount
paid by the lodges to the Grand Lodge.
s., 097 80 AID 81, 05l Is has been discussed
for charity by the various lodges during the
past year; SO, $50 worth of stock in the new
hall has been subscribed for by the lodges.
It is reported that u bill will be introduced
into the Senate next week to extend the char
tGrs Of Washington and Georgetown as they
now exist Tor 0Dc year, la ordcr that the ques
ton OF universal suffrage may be fully tested.
The term of Sayles j. Bowen, city p0stmas
ter, expires in March next, and there are
already quite q number OF applicants Tor the
position.
On Saturday last the building occupied as
depot By the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad
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