Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-06
EMPLOYMENT for Young Men-Agri-
culture Recommended.

s'Tt cannot be doubted that there are pleny
of ways to carry on farming operations In Flr-
ginia which any young man OF physical strength
and health, but especially industry and energy
can successfully pursue. There were many
Young men who after The war returned 70 their
homes, to find themselves without resources,
except the broken down horse they had ridden
during the war Ut all these young men we
do not know one who has not succeeded IN
farming if he made the proper e1oit, ana we
have in our mind several who forthwith went
TO work with will in cultivatiug the soil and
have prospered ever since. One young man IN
Halifax county came home with nothing but
his horse, but with that horse and one faithful
negro. he went to work, and the very first sea-
son made corn and oats enough to pay all his
expenses including the rent of the land and
the hire of the negro besides this, he sold his
tobacco crop of that season for 81, 900, which
was clear profit. These facts afford great en-
couracement Farming may require harder
work than some other pursuits, but 1T is at the
same time more healthy, and generally surer OF
ample profit 80.
The large number of young men ldting away
their time about our cities and valnly wishing
for some Gem ployment,' can, If they now
choose, fud enough to do In agriculture, and
if they will try it for one season only, we are
nerfe.tlV certain that they will bless the day
they agreed to d. So ., .c.,
We desire to call attention to the plan of Co
or Grafton" as it is called, as applied to the
business of farming 1t has been successfully
tried in almost every other branch OF business
both in England and America, and OF late we
see that it has also been successfully applied to
agriculture as we'll as horticulture in England;
the latter, 10 be sure, is quite as important IN
that country as the former, but there is no rea-
son why our young men should not, II they
prefer II, devote themselves to horticulture, as
we'll as to agriculture, for our remarks will aap-
NV to either branch Of the business OF cult
waiting the soil.
In England society has been formed for
the purpose Of operating in agriculture and
| horticulture upon the CO operative principle,
| Ia this society, company as 1t would be calico
| in this country, the liability OF each member
| is FL per share, and the members are to be
supplied with the best description OF nipple
| ments, manurcs. cattle food, and seeds at trade
prices, without the intervention OF the retail
| dea ler's profits. Another feature of the plan
is that the whole net profits of the business are
| to be divided among the members OF the asso-
citation.
The great West is usually pointed to as the
| most attractive field for fair trial OF agrlcul-
| tural enterprises of any kind, because there
| lands are cheap, and their cultivation yields a
! nnicker return fer labor. Bat here in Virginia
| there are thousands and thousands OF acres
! living idle which their owners would gladly sell
| at apy price almost, and we are very sure that
| any association of young Firgnans would hnd
| no difficulty whatever IN securing excellent
| lands either in fee simple or for term OF years
| for the trial of cooperative husbandry They
| may not individually be able either to purchase
| or lease, but the cooperation principle promises
to put funds into the hands of company.
Undoub eddy the subject is we'll worthy OF
consideration, aud we direct attention to it in
this way, in order that some OF our cntrrprs
ing young men may take hold of it, and work
out result beneficial to themselves.
LoUDouN COUNTY CIRCUIT CoURT.-The
Special Term Of the Circuit Court for this
county, Judge Thomas presiding adjourned on
Friday, after scss on Of ten days. In. the
case of Oden vs.. Oden, the jury being unable
to agree, was discharged This b ing the sec
ond times juries have failed to agree upon 4
verdict 10 this case, motion Was male to have
it removed to another county for tlial. The
motion was ovcrru'ed, and it will again be
tried at the next term o! tie Court.
An interesting case growing out of an effort
to set aside the silI of Mr.. Lucinda Rawlings,
upon the. grounds Of insanity Of the testator,
occupied several days in the examination OF
witnesses and arguments Of counsel 1t was
submitted to the jury on Thursday evening,
who, alter brief retirement did what most
juries do in similar cases, -sustalned the will.
The argument in the Ehancery suit Of Nor
rison's admin. trat)r rs. Jos. p. Grub, in re
laton to cer,ain bonds held by the defendant,
was concluded on Thursday night Thejudge
reserved his decision. -LoutlOun Mirror.
BETTER PROSPECTS IN LOUISIANA REPoR-
TED. There are better prospects ahead for
our working, planting farmers, and for our To-
dusrious, honest, and careful people, From
every part of this and the adjoining Sta'es we
have good assurance that the appreh nslons
which existed me time back Of a lack OF foo
for working people, and OF destructive raids
upon the prope'ty Of such by Idle freedmen
and lawesI white men, have measurably dis
appeared, owing not only tn the precautions
taken by the military and civil authorities, but
to WISH and oettrr Conclusions upon the Part
OF the freedmen, who begin t. see that freedom
does not mean dleness. They find that they
must labor or starvc, land though they will only
la or enough to keep .Irom starvation, that is
so much gained at the lea>t.-N D. Ptcayune.
SEVERITY OF THE" WEATHER. Our ex-
changes from almost every direction speak of
intense cold weather AMI much suffering among
the poor The New York Express, Of Monday
evening, referring to the severe cold weather
in that city, says: ''The drivers Of cars have
to jump off and run by their horses heads to
keep them selves f. ON being frozen.' There
is great suffering among the poor oto Phi!ade!-
phia, New York and Boston, and other North
ern as well as Southern cities. A letter from
Newark, N. j., says: 1.-THE stagnation in
business has paraysed the energies Of a large
portion of the industrial class. y
AN UNEXPECTED TURN-On recent &C.
casion Bradley, negro delegate in the Georgia