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was found very inferior in quality and
still more so in quantity. Upon clay
soils the effects of the lime, where a
small quantity was laid, were scarcely
discernable, while that part OF the
same field which received one hundred
and sixty to one hundred and eighty
bushels per acre produced an abundant
crop. Mr.. Walker is of the opinion
that every kind of soil should have a
good dose at once; in which case no
repetition would be needed for long
time, but in case the application Is re-
peated, the second lining should be
considerably greater than the first,
AS to the duration of the effects, he
tried the lined portion against the
richest portions of his farm without
lime. and kept both the lined and un-
lined soil under the same management
during his first lease of twenty-o one
years; and found at the termination
OF that period his crops on the lined
land were equally good as at the COM
mencament. He also says that there is
land on his brothers. farm which was
lined by, his father, thirty years prior
to the date of his communication. where
the effects of the lime upon every crop
are still apparent.
AS to the manner in which the lime
acts on the soil, there has been some
difference OF opinion among scientific
men. Sir Humphrey Davy considered
that when hot Inns is placed on the
soil it absorbs carbonic acid and disor-
ganiZes the animal or vegetable re-
mains which 1t encounters, and also
neutralizes any acid which may exist
In tho soil. Professor Johnston says
that lime acts in two ways. 1t pro-
duces a mechanical alteration, which
Is simple and easily understood, and
Is the cause of u series of chemical
changes which are really obscure, and
are as yet susceptible of only partial
explanation.
It supplies kind of inorganic food
which appears to be necessary to the
healthy growth of all our cultivated
plants. 1t neutralizes acid substances
which are naturally formed in the soil
changes the inert vegetable matter in
the soil. so as gradually to render II
useful TO vegetation, and facilitates the
production of other useful compounds,
both organic and inorganic, or SO pro-
notes the decomposition of existing
compounds as to prepare them more
speedily for entering into the compost
tion OF plants. II sulphate of iron ex-
lists in II soil. and lime comes in con.
tact with 1t, the former will be dissolv-
ed by the latter. The sulphuric acid
which was In combination with the
iron will leave 1t and go to the lime,
with which it combines and forms sui
.phatic of lime, or gypsum, a valuable
Ingredient In soil.- Western Rural.
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AccIDENr.-There was an explosion
in Doctor Ayers. Laboratory, yester-
day, which caused some excitement in
the vicinity. Ayers Pills are manu-
factured under an enormous pressure,
in cylinders, like cannon, which some.
times prove too weak for the compress.
ed forces, and burst with terrific vio-
lence. Fortunately, the pieces do not
fly far, so that no one has ever been
hurt by them. The action is more like
ice than powder; but 1t makes Pills
which all the world acknowledge are
Pills.-Daily Journal, Lowell.
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WHO WAS JoHNsoN'a ADv1sER9-Th

WHO WAS JoHNsoN's sADv1sER?-The
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Every hour one hears the question
from strangers, "WhO advised the
President to remove Mr.. Stanton aud
appoint General Thomas Secretary oi
War dd interim ?" There is but one
answer to this-Nobody. The Demo.
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more surprised even than those on the
other side when the Executive message
arrived on Friday. Messrs. Doolittie,
Hendricks, and Reverdy johnson ali
declare privately that they never
dreamed such move was intended.
Half a dozen members of the House
declared In debate that nobody on their
side suspected such a thing. Judge
Black is credited with being the Presi-
dents chief adviser, but he had been
out of town for week previous.
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AN ACORN FROM THE TOMB OF WASH
INaToN PLANTED IN RUSSIA BY THE
EMPERoR.-On the 22d of February,
Governor Pickens, of South Carolina
(who was recently Minister to Russia
made a short address to a military
company in Charleston, in the course
of which he made the following happy
allusion to the universal respect fol
General Washington
remember, while in distant courI
of Europe, and at the most despotic OF
of all governments, that on u mem.
orial occasion visited the magnificent
gardens that surround PeterhofF, near
ST. Petersburg. The gardens and
grounds are dedicated to the enioy.
ment and peaceful pursuits of the gfeat.
est and most brilliant OF courts. On a
remote island of these magnificent
grounds that had been set aside for the
private enjoyment and private walks
of the Emperor and Empress, tree
was pointed out to me in the garden,
cultivated by particular and devoted
hands, surrounded by wire wicket
work, and flowers 1ourishing all
around ii. There stood in one branch
OF the tree large breastplate, and on
one side of that plate. in German, and
on the other side, in Slavonic, was writ
ten: "Fhis tree was planted in 1899,
by Nicholas, from an acorn that grew
near the tomb of the great Washing
ton." This was the inscription upon
that tree, placed there by one OF the
most absolute rulers that ever swayed
the sceptre of empire. And yet, in his
private, secluded gardens, he paid this
deep and heart felt tribute to the men,
ory of the greatest and pureSt man the
world ever saw.
He did not take an acorn from near
the tomb of the great Elizabeth; nor
did he take it fromsthe garden of the
Iuilleries, grown in the time of Louis
XIV; nor did he take it from the
tomb of the great Napoleon: nor did
he take 1t from the garden of the Caesars
near Rome; but he took an acorn from
the tomb of pure and mighty man in
the wilds of America, who planted the
seeds of a government consecrated to
the ti freedom and independence Of ma
tionsI whose every principle was direct
ly at war with the principles of his own
government, and SO great we're the vir-
tues and integrity of Washington, that
even this mighty monarch, in private
and secret, paid TO him his heartfelt
and deep tribute. The tree was water
ed and cultivated with more care than
any of the trees in that garden. 1t was
hourishinR and green, and l trust in
God II will continue to flourish green
and fresh until its branches shall over
spread the civilized world.
l have also seen the CossRck of the
Don and the Volga; 1 have seen the
Tartar and the Arab in the wilds OF
the interior, and yet, Notwithstanding
their semi barbarian life, even they
converse of the mighty Washington in
their tents at night. There is no pOr-
ton of the world that has not heard his
name and love and admire his great
and manly truthfulness and virtue.
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ALTHOUGH Senator and acting Vice
President Wade's successor has been
elected, his term ofonice does not ex-
pire until the 4th of March, 1859. The
Ohio Legislature does not meet next
wear, and so was compelled to elect a
senator at this session.
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THE USE AND ACTION OF LINZ.
Lime exists abundantly as a basis in
the chalk and mari deposits, and in
limestone rock, in the condition of
true carbonate, a substance entirely
free from causticity, and so little sOlu-
BILE that it can only. in very minute
quantities., be taken up by they roots of
plants; yet, as 1t is found among the
inorganic remains of Vegetables, II is
evident that 1t is acted on chemically
iu the soil and taken up as II salt, the
basis of which Is lime. Pure lime does
not exist in nature, and as 1t Is indIs-
pensahle in agriculture, horticulture
and the mechanic arts, it must be pre-
pared artificially by the combustion of
limestone or chalk. Some marls con-
tain SO large proportion of lime that
they may be calcined with good results,
but the generality have SO much sand
or clay in their composition that they
are not much valued for this purpose.
In "Fowne's Manuel of Chemistry"
1t Is stated that the hardening of NOR
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due to the gradual absorption OF car.
bonic acid; a very great length of time,
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conversion into carbonic becomes COM
plete. Mortar is known, under favor
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hardness with age. Lime c0ments
which resist the action of water contain
oxide of iron, silica and alumina; they
require TO be carefully prepared, and
the stone should not be overheated.
When ground to powder and mixed
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is unaffected by moisture. Roman Gee
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nOdular masses OF CalareouH ironstone
found in the London clay and in other
formations.
In his "system of Agriculture" Sir
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tent and In such quantities as in Scot
land. especially in the more improving
and improved districts. He treats of
lime under nine different heads, the
chief of which are: "The quantity
used" "the best modes of slaking,"
and "the modes of application" He
produces facts from the experience OF
practical farmers to corroborate his
views. The first authority cited Is that
of a very extensive farmer, Mr.. Walk
er, of Meliendean, as he was presumed
to have lined more land than any
other person, having expertmented
during course OF thirty years in order
to determine the most suitable quantt-
ty to be applied per acre, and Its effects
on the crops.
Mr.. Walker applied from one hundred
and twenty to two hundred and eighty
bushels OF shells burned lime) per
English acre, on newly broken up turf.
one part OF the field Is lined at the rate
of eighty to one hundred bushels per
acre, and on this the crop (oats) aP-
peaFed equally aa good as that on
portion which had received one hun:
dfeti and sixty bushels per acre, but
when lt came to be threshsd, the grain
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MrditaI.
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FOR PURIFYING THE BLOOD.

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have Welded to this com
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Products OF rIss7.--The Use ana Action
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THE ROLL CALL OF TRAITORS.

Henry Clay Dean has written letter
informing the country that there is to be
a meeting of the various persons arrest
ed during the war for reasonable Of
fences, and as matter of reasonable
precaution. This meeting is to be held
as soon as ex-senator j. w. Wall, of
New Jersey, and his eastern fellow VIC
Tins shall designate the time and place.
Henry Clay Dean, with that inevitable
logic for which he is remarkable, DEM
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that what little liberty has been rescued
from the war has been done by this
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81 As part of this same letter, Dean
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attend the meeting from the several
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Mary landers, chiefly consisting OF the
members of the State Legislature arrest.
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declaring the State out of the Union.
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WITHDRAWAL OF RAILROAD
LANDS.

Through the kindness of the Register
and Receiver of the u. S: Land Office at
Humboldt, we are permitted to publish
the following letter of instructions from
the Commissioner General Land Office,
in regard to the withdrawal of Railroad
lands in the Usage purchase. The Rail-
road grants do not affect the Trust
Lands.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
January 21st, 1868.
Register and Receiver, Humboldt Kas. :
Gentlemen His Excellency, the
President. under date of the Goth inst,
issued q Proclamation for the sale or the
land ceded to the United States, under
the 1st and Cd articles of the Usage
Treaty of the Goth September 1865. /,
BY the Secretary's construction of that
treaty, lands granted to the State for
railroad purposes under acts of Con-
gress, and that fall within the limits of
the tract ceded by the lst article of the
treaty, issue to the State for such pur-
poses.
The Leavenworth, Lawrence and
Galveston and the Union Pacific Rail-
road Southern Branch Companies have
filed their maps of the continuation of
their lines of route from the northern
southern line thereof, and herewith
enclose diagram of the same, showing
the extent of the grants over the Usage
purchase under said Ist article, and you
are, In the case of the Leavenworth,
Lawrence and Galveston road, directed
to withdraw and withhold from sale or
entry all the odd numbered sections fall
ing within the limits as designated on
the diagram.
In the matter of the Union Pacific,
Southern Branch Railroad, you are d.
rected to Withdraw and withhold in like
manner all the odd numbered sections
within the ten mile limits, and al the
lands betaree;s the ten and flrenty mile
limits, as designated on the diagram.
The even sections falling within the
ten mile limits of this road, and not
coming between the ten and tscenty
mile limits of the Union Pacific Road,
Southern Branch, are increased to $50
per acre, and on the day of sale, VIII not1
be offered at less than that price perl
acre. il
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There is JOY all over the country at
the action of Congress in relation to i'm
parchment, and at the course of Secrc-
tary Stanton. The people begin to
breathe freere, feeling that the crisis in
our political troubles has passed. The
HeraldS Washington special says: Nu-
mcrous dispatches have been received
from the Grand Army of the Republic,
a secret military organization with posts
established III all parts of the country,
indorsing the action of Congress. The
general tenor of these dispatches is that
the members of the Grand Army of the
Republic will not sec Congress over
thrown, and if violence is used i'll eject
ing Mr.. Stanton, 100000 men arc ready
to come to Washington and put him
back. The order is reported as in a
great state of excitement, and is unani-
nously resolved to take sides with the
policy of Congress and defend it in all
its measures, if affairs are brought to
such an extremity.
Tho Maine House Of Representatives
have passed q vote of thanks to Con
gress for impcaching the President.
At Reading, Pennsylvania, one hun
dred guns were fired in favor of in
parchment.