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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-09
Amount OF debt less cash IN the Urea.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
nv n cofnparison OF these statements n appears
thai the debt between the Isl day OF November 1867,
aud The LIST day OF November, 1868, increased
eg5G25 IO2 or this increase s2i 1872 600 ~ chargeahle
10 the Pacific railroads, aud S72OD,o0J TO the pur
chase OF Russian America Within the same period
there was paid for bountiss $4,000 5l5 and at least
$4,000 600 for interest on compound and seven three
tenth notes which had accrued prior 70 the FIRST OF
November 1867. II these extraordinary advances
and payments hal not been made the receipts would
have exceeded the expenditures s43,Isf.a12. Con-
eideriug the heavy reduction % internal taxes made
ut the ast session OF Congress and the large expen
ditures which have attended the military operations
against tho indians on the frontier. and the main
tenancc OF large forces ut expensive points In the
Southern states, this statement 0f the amount OF the
debs cannot he regarded an unsatisfactory one. The
nountcs Will IL ~ expectci, DC entirely paid within
The next three months. and very little interest,
cept that winch accrues upon the funded debt, is
hereafter 10 be provided for should there be hence
form no extraordinary expenditures and no further
donations of public moneys ia the form OF b0untics
or Of additional subsidies TO railroad companies,
with proper economy IN the administration OF the
general government and with Judlclous amendments
OF he revenue laws, and proper enforcement thereof
the public debt without oppressive taxation, can be
rapidly diminished and easily extDguished within
the period heretofore named by tue Secretary.
The ability OF the United states TO maintain their
integrity against insurrecfon as well as against
foreign enemy can longer bc doubted. The ques-
tion OF tDulr gbilty under democratic institutions,
to sustain large national deDt Is stu to be de-
cided That this question should be afrmatvely set
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-09

tied 1t Is, IN the opinion Of the Secretary. or the
highest importance that the tay-paying voters
Should pc ENCOURAGED by the fact taat the debt s n
TO be permanent burden upon them and their pos.
terty. II 1t be understood that this debt Is to be
perpetual encumbrance upon the property and in
dustry OF the nation it Is certainly to be feared that
the collection OF taxes necessary to pay the interest
central government, INCONSISTENT with republican
ism ana dangerous TO the liberties OF the people.
the aeDt must bs paid Direct Reputation - an I'M
OF legal tender notes, would be madness. 10 insure
Its ment without change In the essential char
a reduction OF It's amount and dlminutlon OF its
burdens The secretary is confident that he ex-
OF the country when he said In his report OF 1865:
The debt large, but II kept At home a. 1t s desirable
snors be- with aSSSS. system Of need not ::
holders Of the securities 4 10 still national debt
nor ,s burdens 30 shared equally ~
people It, Influences arc anti republican adds % the
must be dstasteful 70 the people, s The country
public virtue, the collection and ds6arse
o vl 81 nnd ra
burden and the work q removing T. matter how
true men desire leave to their heirs unencmbered
States to relieve their descendants Of this national
shall share the burden with u.s. Wars and
poser win have enough TO do to take OF the debts Of
The Secretary respectfully .hs. this subject the
Il Of he Greatest nporancs IN The manapement az matter
OF 80 that the right start should be made
Nothing but revenue will sustain the national credit and
nothing less than fixed policy for the reduction Of the public
debt VIII be likely TO present its increase
And In his report Of 1887. when he remarked
Old debts are hard debts to pay the longer they are
ted the more odjous they II the present
ton should throw burden of this debt upon the next
viii be quite likely to be handed down from one generation to
an".her perpetual mol constantly increasing burden
apon o Pp u J % a ., eme,pu , amt &C.
pdv bv the increase Of wealth and Nomination With
proper reduction In the OF the and with
revenue system adapted to the industry OF the country and
not Expressing H. the debt may BIO paid before the expiration
OF tne present century Inc wisdom OF pocy welch shall
r t,sn hs. or hrsnss h y rhsr,s
e and with no prospec Of relief for or their
posterty.
dt,on OF the Treasury Of the close OF the war and nj
SOM SUBSEQUENT neriods a,Iudinv esnec,alv m the
emergency In the snrnv Of Is65 arsIng from the
very LARGE reasiti0ns which were waiting Tor nav
ment and ina stiIl arrer reouistions ihaf were fo
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-09


Leaving ~ an excess OF receipts 500 OOO 600 10 be
applied 10 the payment OF tne principal OF the tcbt
II the growth of the country should make OF In
crease of expenditures necessary, tns Increase VIII
~ the same cause, bc provided for by increased re-
ceipts under the sane rate OF taxation; aud as -
TO De hoped that the regular increase Of the icvc-
nucs, without an increase OF Taxation, rcau ting
RON the advance Of the country IN wealth and pJpu.
lation VIII be greater than tue necessary increase
oil expenses, there will be a constantly increasing
amount, IN addition 20 that arising from deClease
ol interest 70 DC annually applied 70 the PAYMENT
81 tne ucbL large additional expenditures
shouid be unavoidable, they should nj once be pro-
Nidfd Tor ~ additional taxes. What ia required,
then. ~ INC present time, Is positive Limitation ol
tie annual Outlays $780, 0J0 nCluiny
f6uoJouto 10 he applied 10 the payment tie
principal or Tie ucb,, ana such notifications ~ the
revenue i;tws a. VIII secure this amount without
wise restrictions upon commerce. ana with the east
possible oppression ana Inconvenience 10 thetsx-
payers. III the foregoing estimates oi RESOURCES,
miscellaneous receipts nni receipts from Fats OF
public lands aro omitted The miscelan re-
Ccpts heretofore have been derived IRON sales OF
god and Of property purchased by the War and
Navy Departments during the war, and no longer
needed. on return 10 specie payments there will
be no premiums on coin, very little government
property will hereafter be sold, aud under the Home
ptcad law, and with liberal donations of the public
domain which are likely 10 be made ia herttolorc.
no considerable amount can be expected from lands.
Whatever may be received from these sources will
doubtless be covered by miscellaneous expenses Of
which no estimate can be made
The act OF March 81, 1868, exenpsing from taxes
nearig all tGc manufactures vi tae country other
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
Couldn't See The Point.

Bill A, like many smarter man,
laboured under the delusion that he pos.
sessed splendid voice, and soft in the
Silly night" but more frequently in broad
day, he startled the echoes Of the sur.
rounding woods and hills with what he
called the delicious notes" of his favour.
lie "Annie Lauric;" or, in his words,
"Annie Lowry"
One day Bill was down on the river.
bank, among the laurel, polishing his gun,
working away in utter oblivion Of all the
world, encouraging himself with an occa
sional "snalch of song," when he was
suddenly hailed from the other side Of
the stream with:
Halo, over there !"
Halo, yourself!" answered Bill,
peering through the thicket, when he saw
the brigade quartermaster, who contin.
ued
"Seen any of my mules about here 2''
"No" replied Bill, testify; 81 don't
keep your cussed mules"
suppose not, retorted the quarter
master dryly; "only heard ID OF
a braying over there, and thought it might
be them; but | find it is only stray
jaekass !"
The officer rode off, and Bill, scratch
ing his head for awhile, observed:
Well, | 'spcct Captain R said
somethin' sharp then-if a feller could
only see the p'int!"
Bill-honest booby-got transfer to
an artillery company, because he couldn't
get furlough--he was "bound to have
someMin n'"-and, being sent 20 caisson
one day for some article, opened chest
and popped his head in, pipe and all the
consequence was. he has never been heard
of since.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
MANURE FOR IRISH PorAToEs.-For

MANURE FOR IRISH PorAToEs.-For
one acre, take bushels of wood ash,
6 bushels of quick lime (oyster she'll lime
should have the preference, if it can be
obtained,) 4 bushels of plaster, and 2
bushels of salt, making 20 bushels in all
mix thoroughly together, and apply in the
hill, at rate which will carry 90 bushels
over an acre.
The above supplies the essential ingre-
dients for large growth of potatoes, and
something more, provided the soil be not
excessively meagre; and if there be an
excess of these ingredients over the re-
quirements for the present crop, it will
be very sure to remain in the soil for the
benefit of future crops. Especially will
it be so, if the succeeding crops be pota-
toes, and if the tops be left each year to
rot on the ground, so that the potash they
contain (this being the most important
ingredient in the mixture may 60 to the
benefit of the succeeding crop. | will
here say, that from actual experiment
have learned that although rotation in
crops is undoubtedly beneficial, generally,
the potato may be made an exception, if
treated to the foregoing compost.-Mor-
ris' Practical Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
Hungarian Grass Seed.
he Agricultural Department at Wash.

The Agricultural Department at Wash
ington, sent to this place, sometime ago.,
a bag of Hungarian Grass Seed for gen.
eral distribution. A good many of our
farmers were so fortunate as to get a
package of them. The following infor-
nation respecting the Hungarian grass, is
important to said farmers:
"The Department of Agriculture hav.
ing recently sent, to the Southern and
Southwestern States, quantity OF the
Hungarian grass seed, and inquiries hav-
ing been made as to its value and man.
ner of culture, &C., it has been deemed
proper to give the information sought:
Many farmers have kept both horses and
horned stock through the Winter with no
other feed than Hungarian grass; the ami
mails coming out of Winter quarters'in
superior condition. This grass is now
generally used and highly esteemed for
forage; is used green or dry; is very
productive; of quick growth, and -four
ishes well in dry soil Flint, in his valu-
able work on grasses, says OF the Hun.
garian Millet: sit is an annual forage
plant, terminates readily, withstands the
drought remarkably, remaining green
even when other vegetation is parched
up, and if arrested in dry weather the
least rain will restore it; furnishes an
abundance of green fodder, relished by
all kinds of stock" 1t flourishes in some
what light and dry soils; attains great
luxuriance in soils of medium consistency
and we'll manured. 1t may be sown
broadcast or in drills, and cultivated like
other varieties of millet. Extract from
Monthly Report, Department Of Agrical-
fnre, Nay and June, 1857"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
Spring at the Foot of the Hill.

There, dear, sweet rpot way down in the past,
To which my heart ever turns with sigh,
And my tears fall fast as leaves in the blast
Whom the winds of Autumn are hurrying by.
'ris the happy place rhero drank my fill
And cooled my burning thirst with joy,
From the gushing spring at the foot of the hill
Where drank when was a boy.
In the old .tone-hou'e standing high above,
With it. honest from: and open do,r,
Dwolt the dearest friends Of my bOyhood's love
In the gay and tho happy times OF yore.
On tb.ir love and their friendship mu.inS still,
dream with swee. but ,addened joy,
OF the gushing spring ut tho foot of tho hill,
Where dr.uk whom was boy.
Look around mo and tho friends are gone,
Who plsyed with me there in my boyhoud'. time,
And sill through this world am wandering on
Now dreaming dream and now mut.ering a
rhyme.
But up through the mist of memory still,
Like music heard from the land Of joy,
Comes tho gushing ut tho foot Of the hill,
Where drank when was boy.
In tho valley below, where the maple shade
Grows dark on tho mound of her early grave
Lies sleeping forever gentle maid,
Who was lovely as God to earth o'er gavo.
And the stream flows on in its music still
As it comes with hymn Of joy,
From tue gushing spring at the foot Of the hill,
Where drank when I WAS a boy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

When Jimmy O'Reagan, of the
Virginia regiment, was captured at Kerns-
town and conveyed, with few other
prisoners, to Winchester, the provost mar.
shal, thinking to have some fun out of
him, began questioning him upon yarie-
ty of subjects, receiving witty answers,
and winding up with
"Now, Paddy, what was your father?"
Me father was farmer, barrin' he
had no farm at oil, at all"
And what was your mother?"
"She was woman, begorra |"
"That will do" said the officer; "you
may stand aside"
"But I'd like to ask yer honour a
question or two, if ye've no objections, /"
said Jimmy.
"None at ALL" was the reply;" "go on. I"
"Well then," began Jimmy, "beggin'
yer pardon, what's yer father 2"
"My father? Why he's merchant" "
every good; an what's yer mother q
"My mother is lady, sir!" with q
frown.
"Ah! then it was yer grandmother
that was monkey, an that accounts for
yer iaquasitiveness" retorted jimmy.
The roar tina; followed shook the build
ing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
ILL KEEP 'EM AwAKE.-Near,Newark

ILL KEEP 'EM AwAkE.-Near Newark
lived pious family who had adopted an
orphan, who, by the way, was rather un.
derwitted. He had imbibed strict views
on religious matters, however, and once
asked his adopted mother if she didn't
think it wrong for the old farmers to come
to church and fall asleep paying no bet.
ter regard to the service. She replied
she did. Accordingly before going to
church the next Sunday, he filled his pock-
ct with apples. One baldheaded old man
who invariably went to sleep during the
sermon, particularly attracted his atten.
ton. Seeing him at last nodding, and
giving usual evidence of being in the
"land of Dreams" he took the astonished
sleeper blow with an apple on the top
of his bald pate. The minister and
aroused congregation at once turned
round and Indignantly gazed at the boy,
who merely said to the preacher, as he
took another apple in his hand, with q
sober honest expression of countenance,
"You preach; I'll keep 'em awake!"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

The CHEAPEST FooD.-The cheapest
and most nutritious vegetable used for
food is beans. Professor Liebig says
that pork and beans form compound of
substances peculiarly adapted to furnish
all that is necessary to support life. a
quart of beans costs say fifteen cents;
haltpound of pork ten cents. This, as
every housekeeper knows will feed q
small-family for day with good strength
ening food. Four quarts of beans and
two pounds of corned beef, boiled to
rags, in fifty quarts of water, will furnish
a good meal to forty men at q cost of one
dollar-two cents and half meal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
A Disgusting Exhibition,

We were stationed at Howett's house
on James river, in The summer of 1864
and were often under the fire of Buffers
gunboats and land batteries, fortunately
suffering but few casualties. Our guns
were one af fernoon hotly engaged with
the enemy. when General Lee and staff
rode up, dismounte1, and took their posi-.
ton, with field-glasses in hand, immedi.
ately in front of the house, almost in the
very path of the encmy's shot and she'll.
The officers of our command, with a
praseworthy regard for the safety of their
men, ordered them into bomb-proof
which had recently been constructed.
But who was to keep them in? The brave
fellows had become so accustomed to the
Yankee dinner-pots," as they called the
fifteen inch shells, that they cared little
about them, and ERE ten minutes elapsed
most of them were out again; some
promenading the broad escarpment of the
breastworks, some smoking, or playing
checkers under the shade of their bowers,
and some cooking. Happening to peep
into the bomb-proof after while one of
the officers discovered Sam C. lying
within, his fingers in his ears, and wincing
at each explosion.
"Come, SAM" said the lieutenat don't
lie there like sick dog. The boys are
all outside, and General Lee is down at
tha house, looking on as cool as cuoum.
ber. Get up and be man."
'Oh, let me alone" groaned Sam;
may be General Lee can see something
interesting in it, but it seemsto me id
erhsbition"
The lieutenant left him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

A good thing is told of a chap, who
was arrested in Farmville, Va, just after
the close of the war, charged with assault
and battery. When arraigned, the priso.
ner said "Gentlemen, you ought to
deal easy with me. He called me d-n
rogue, and did't touch him; he called
me d-n rascal, and didn't touch him !;
but he called me d-n Yankee; and,
gentlemen, couldn't stand that"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

THINGS TO REMEMBER you do not
keep your paper, cut this out and put it
where you can find it:
A surveyors chain is 4 poles or 76
feet divided into 100 links or 1872 inches.
A square chain is l6 square poles !;
and 10 square chains are an acre.
Four rods are an acre, each containing
1910 square yards, 34,7s7 feet, or "a
yards and % inches on each side.
A pole is 81 yards each way.
An acre is 4,s4O square yards, or 60
yards, l foot 81 inches each way; and
three acres are l20 yards and half each
way.
A square mile, l,7eo yards each way,
is GAO acres half mile, or $50 yards
each way, is 100 acres; quarter of a
mile, or 440 yards each way, is park
or farm of 40 acres; and furlong, or
22O yards each way, is 10 acres.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

SoIL1NG VS.. PAsTUR1NG.-Let me recite
the experience and practice Of a friend of
mine. Coming into possession Of about
nine acres of land in the. neighborhood of
good market, made by the demands of
a large literary institution, he cast about
as to what was to be Gone. Two COWS
and horse was the stock in trade, for
neat cattle. He was obliged to pay per
season, men for pasturage, what they
thought it was worth, and at the same
time it was no small job to drive his
cows back and forth. That determined
him to keep his COWS in the barn. The
greatest trouble was the rapid accumula-
ton of manure. By good husbandry he
properly secured that, he kept feeding it
to his crops. Finding his crops increas-
ing, he added another COW. Another COW
only made more manure. More manure
hus banded in the same way made more
crops, and the third year he added an
other cow. Now began another serious
difiulty. His barn was too small. Still,
at the end of the fourth year he put in
another cow and set himself to work to
get up a new barn, and when last saw
him he had new barn with modern i'm.
provements, of good size, horse, a pair
of cattle, and five COWS, and yet had not
thought of buying more land, but want
ing one more cow. Now people who do
not want large accumulation of manure
and gradual increase of crops. should
not adopt that style. But it seems
to me that in our towns were homesteads
are in small lots and not easily procured.
no better course could be pursued than
soiling the cows, and at the same time
fattening the soil.--New England Home
stead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

PROGRESSIVE FARMISc.-It is with
farming precisely as with every other
business; it must be attended to or it
will not pay. This is more so now than
formerly. For now machinery does the
work of handlabor; and science is ad-
ding success, which the common farmer
cannot reach-hence he is found in the
rear of profits and general success. There
must be intelligence. The advancement
Of farming hss made this 90, "Skiunipg"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

land is getting to be among the things
that were. This, however, is less the
case on the praries than in the east. An
old fashioned farmer stands but poor
chance there. He is constantly selling
out, to "better his condition." which is
not done by buying another farm. He
is generally glad to get rid of his, and
not get him another incumbrance. We
must then, as the country improves, i'm
prove with it--and that by informing
ourselves, both by reading and converse,
ton with those who know.-Rural World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

A young lady the other evening aston
ished the company by asking for the loan
of diminutive argenteous, truncated
cone, convex on its summit, and semi
perforated with indentations. She wanted
thimble.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
An exchange has the following, as a

An exchange has the following, as an
excellent system of gardening for ladies !:
Make up your beds early in the morn
ing; sew buttons on your husbands
shirts; do not rake up any grievances !;
protect the young and tender branches
of your family; plant smile of good
temper in your face; and carefully root
out all angry feelings, and expect good
crop of happiness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15

A Dacotah chap thinks he has found
Paradise. Hear him No income tax
no internal revenue; no spies to see if
you treat friend on Sunday no special
poice; no dog tax. no poll tax, school
tax or bounty fund. And to end with
the Indians and halfbreeds can't tell one
greenback from another, so all our ones
are tens"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
Dun,oroas 8eabing,
A Tale.

A Tale.
Two maidens were walking in the grove,
(They both were growing old,)
The one to tell tale of love,
Tho other to be told.
"He is not rich," the older raid,
"Nor handsome, nor high born;
Tho man whom I propose to wed
Most other girls would scorn."
"What is he then =? you make me fear;;"
The maiien's toars fell fast;
"He was the first to offer, dear,
And he may be the last"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-01-15
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