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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-05-06
INDIAN CORN.

The complaining season will soon be upon
us, and no time should be lost in the prepara-
ton OF the ground and In this previous prep
aration lies the secret of success. The sol,
should be ploughed, cross -ploughed, narrowed
and cross narrowed until the ground is reduc-
ed to the finest possible tilth, and the surface
made as mellow as an ash bank but in plant
ing, make haste slowly" should be our motto,
aud yet departure from thi, maxim is fatal
and common error. Hat until the around is
ralH, and then your grain will sprout 1T once,
and grow on without check until it reaches
maturity. Many farmers, impatient to be done
with their planting, are content with hurried
ploWlng, and then commit the seed to a bed so
cold as to destroy its vitality before it can
sprout; or If it does come up, it is with such
irregularity as to require replanting, and the
plants, feeble, spindling and yellow, like deli
cate, slckly Infants, rarely reach a vigorous
maturity. We remember an old gentleman In
Maryland, the most successful corn grower in
MS county, who was generally ten days behind
MS nelghbors In getting his seed in. While
they were striving to fnish the old fellow was
giving his corn land an extra working, which
theirs never got. His crop invariably matured
as soon as theirs; and instead of being obliged,
as they were, to DO more or less replantng, he
had, on the contrary, to thin out his crop. The
ground being warm, the seed never rotted nor
dld the crows and backbirds annoy him, for
he took care to give them their share upon the
surface of the ground, and thus relieve them
from the temptation to dig his planted grain.
NO directions of general application can be
given for the selection of seed corn, because
VI VI variations In soil and climate, and because,
IN spite OF the most careful selection, the corn
WIN gfaanally, by hybridizing and other causes,
assiihlate Itself to that cultivated in the same
nelghoorhood. The fact is, that though grains
ana vegetables may be bred to run into excess.
as Wen as animals, in particular points and
qualitles' climate will no:, after ali, be forced
TO ADOPT what any curious experlmentalist NAV
choose to transplant from one region to anoth
er. Turf, Field and Farm.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-05-06
FUNNY WAY OF EATING.

Everything, equally in the vegetable and an
imal kingdom, is endowed with the life princi-
pie. and 70 live and grow, must have food and
drink Among all animals, the mouth, among
all vegetables, the rootlets-the minute ends of
the roots--are the organs for that purpose
But as we pass around, we notice that great
majority OF the people feed their vegetable
creatures Just as they would their stock if they
left the crib empty and placed all the food at
the other end Of the stall. In applying dressing
to fruit trees they place it at the trunk. Just
as we'll put the hay at the horses heels, and ex-
pect him to eat and grow. If the tree is large,
all its thousand mouths are 3 rod or two away
from its trunk; here Is the crib end Of the
stall, and there the food must be placed.
All plants growing naturally-such as have
not been excessively prune d-wil show at a
glance precisely rhere their rootets or mouths
are For, Is everything in nature exists on
-2e pflnclple OF balancing, so the roots, having
top 10 balance Will spread out, as q general
rule, as far under the surface as the branches
do above it. If All entire tree could be stood
above ground, where all its parts could he seen.
1t would much resemble pair OF cart wheels
on their axle, set on end; the lower wheel, the
roots; the upper one, the top, or branches the
axle connecting them, the trunk
Thes facts are highly important to be borne
IN MIND in setting out trees,--on which subject
we shail speak In an early No.--to have a
plenty OF good soil at the ends of the roots.
and abundant room for their extension
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-05-06

Letter from d Southern fF'iIiibus ter.
| A correspondent OF the Savannah Advertiser,
writing ''In the Field, near Bayamo Cuba,
April g." says:-
The armed and unarmed patriots spring up
from the ground as did Marions men in days
gone by upon the Pedee, and their success is
inevitable. The arrival Of Hamiltons Brigade
at Port Naranjo was an event. They came in
detached companies, and only since they have
taken the field has any appreciation OF their
strength Of numbers or their strength in arms
been had From their arrival they went to
work in earn est-a large number We're mount
ed within twelve hours OF their arrival and
away, scouting the country as though to the
manor born, Hamilton is not yet with them
he may be In Cuba ere this reaches you, though.
Old familiar faces are here, though last seen
at Shiloh or at the Wilderness pressing through
the smoke OF battle, and these veterans of the
great Rebellion make short work and speedy of
the thin skinned Andalusans. You can readily
imagine what chance a conscript Spaniard,
fresh from voyage, reduced by the horrors of
an aggravated sea sickness, and green to the
war, has with these powder burned tigers
Some of them have recently been seen in and
around Bayamo, Mayari and Buciry, and where
ever they have been seen will long be remem-
bered. Thornton is at Palma Doria to-day
tomorrow about Villa del Cobre ever ready.
bTOuSntOu Is lufdiiucu VIII II WOunu received
within twelve hours after landing. Van Horn,
who says he Is an original Alabama Rebel,
leaves me to day for La Guanaja and the vicini-
ty of Gen. Quesada's command.
Little Of this is of interest to you who listen
for stirring news, for great battles whereon
you can indite many words; for changes and
assaults, upon which to build long black head
lines but to US these little skirmishes temper
ed as they are by the most bloodythirsty spirit
upon the part of the Spaniards, and by the des
perate, soul-nerved resolution on the part of
the Liberals-these things to Us are not void of
excitement nor danger. 1t IS not permitted
me to 90 into details-sutlice it to say that each
day adds to our force, strength unanimity and
prospects. Each day brings to the ports we
hold men, munitions, stores, money and hope.
The issue is no longer doubtful.
Blockade running continues to increase. re
the matches could be lifted off, half the vessels
in the Gulf to-day would show something con-
traband of war. We are working rapidly
against the day when the grand Gordon will be
placed around US, which fire and iron alone can
remove. Now is the time for the adventurous
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hibition-to enter the mysterious chamber.
Whether she imagined in the palled fig
ure upon the cross celestial rebuke for
her disobedience, or whether she was over
come by the mere mortal horror of one or
both of those casts, can now never be
known; but this is true, she became a ma
MAC.
The writer Of this has more than once
seen, as, no doubt, have many others, the
plaster efligies of Peter Starke, after their
removal from DR.. Carnells to famous STU
dio near Regents Park. 1t was there that
he heard whispered the strange story Of
their origin. Sculptor and surgeon are now
both long since dead, and it is no longer
necessary to keep the secret of the two
plaster casts.
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either in persons or purse, to come forward.
Fortune and fame come easily in such days as
these.
to every lover of liberty We have gotten be-
yond the stage when all desire to be generals
We have reached the stage when all arc willing
to work in whatever sphere they may be placed,
and to work whole-hearted when that time is
reached, as you will know success is no longer
problematical. We are eating the countryu up,
inch by inch-overcoming Notwithstanding
patriots, not only by moral suasi0n, bat by Or
lhodoG blows, and win we must.
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At TWILEGHT.

The sunset darkens in the West,
The sea gulls haunt the bay,
And far and high the swallows fly,
To watch the dying day.
Now where is she that once with me
The ripping waves would list'
And 0 tor the song loved so long.
And the darling lips kist
Yon twinkling sail may whittier gleam
Than falcons snowy wing.
Her glanccs far the evening.star
Beyond the waves may fling;
Float on, ah float, enchanted boat,
Bear true hearts o'er the main,
But shall guide thy helm no more,
Nor whisper love again
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Farm, Garden, and Household
CONDUCTED BY PUTNAM sIMoNroN.

ca Our friends who may have communications, OBJ
servatlons, facts suggestions or anything of interest
pertaining to this department. requested to commu-
the to DR.. Putnam Simonton, Searsport who
will prepare the same for publication, If OF sufficient I'M
portance,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-05-06
TIL FOTATO-ITS ORIGIN'AND wv.
PORTANCE.

Like tobacco and maize or Indian corn, the
potato is an American production. The civil
lied world first had knowledge of it through
Columbus, who found it in use among the ma
tlves of Cuba, l494 and the early discoverers
of South America found 1t growing wild there.
Its Introduction and use among European ma
tlons was very slow, and was attended with
much opposition, by the French especially; and
1t was not till time Of great scarcity, during
their rreyolution-some 70 years ago-had fore
ed it upon them, that its culture and use be-
came general. Now it is almost universally
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-12

while the Wells party, as whole, sustained
them, IL is tolerably plain that, on the only
point of difference between the parties where
principle is involved, Walker is in more com
pleie harmony with the administration than
his opponent.
This review of the case is rendered appro-
pirate, if not necessary, by the evident desire
of mischief-makers to invest the victory with
o false coloring, as preliminary TO an appeal
for Congressional interference. The guilt
and shame of this desire belong equally to
Democrats of other States and the supporters
of Wells in and out of Virginia The former
class are more solicitous for the defeat of re-
construction than for its success; the latter
care nothing for reconstruction, except as a
means of promoting their personal interests
They are equally untrustworthy, and their
purpose is a common one.
1t is in view of this opposition, open OIL
treacherous, that q correct understanding of
the scope and significance of the election,
and of the antecedents, character, and prin-
ciples of the successful candidates, becomes
important. The facts of the case are all fa-
vorable to the work accomplished by the
majority. They prove conclusively literal
compliance with the requirements of Con-
gress, and bona tide acceptance of its policy;
and more than this is not necessary to entitle
the State to the privileges incident to recon-
struction.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-12
MORE ABOUT oFFIoE-sEEKING.

From the N. Y. Tribune
We are so anxious to induce correct habits
of thinking and acting on this important sub
iect that we have infinite patience with those
who controvert our view of it. One of them,
after much that is inconsequent says:-
'While indiscrlminate denunciation of office-
seekers has little effect upon the obbers and the pot
house politicians, it does beat back and discourage
those deserving men who respect themselves and
are respected by Others It, therefore, tndi-
recty M aids the & vile q.95 ana u%1princpled; % But,
that have been eminent in public AFFAIRS
have not been ofnce-seekers? Have, we had
many as three Presidents OF the United
States who did not seek that ofice? Did not
Henry Clay seek it again and again and did not the
the death OF a friend? There are men who have
sought won, and done honor to high positions.
Would the Tribune have the President ignore such
men, and appoint unknown mon to important
paces-unknown men who could not be unknown If
they had rendered any signal service to our cause
II TO be active and aspiring in political affairs is TO be
rewarded with neglect, and even with denunciation,
then men OF character and capacity will turn away
in a district can coax them back. The field will be
left clear for the 'jobbers.'"
Response 6y the Tribune.
Our correspondent asks, ''Have we had as
many as three Presidents of the United States
who did not seek that office ?" and we answer,
Yes, more than twice three We venture to
say that neither George Washington, John
Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
liam Henry Harrison, James X. Polk, Frank
lin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, or Ulysses s..
| Grant ever solicited the aid of any man to
make him President. There are eleven; and
| we doubt whether all the others were 50 inde-
hcate as to solicit votes.
by seek" our correspondent means
nothing more than desire, he uses words with
Inexcgsable carelessness, Mr.. Clay did desire
10 De PRESIDENT; but whom did he ever solicit
10 support him We know nOt
we object to ofiice-begging that it unfairly
places 'ne persons begged of in a most per-
picking position. Here is one you know and
would gladly serve, yet whom you do not con-
slider just the man for Minister to Lisbon or
Consul to Liverpool. But he gets up petit
ton for the Office, and brings it to Won for
your signature, giving you the alternative Of
complying with his solicitation or mourning
his il-will. So you either sign, thereby de,
claring what you do not believe and would
rather not say or refuse, and are regarded
by him as an enemy; when in fact you wish
him well, but think there are better men fol
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THE "woRLD" AND sIoKT,Es

From the NJ Y. World.
The World was perfectly aware, when il
undertook to display the character and career
of Sickles, that there would be an unpleasant
effiuvia from the mass of mouldering muck
which it felt compelled to stir up with the
pitchfork of exposure. 1t was also aware-for
had not Mr.. Horace Greeley told it ?-that the
rural radical journals were mostly under the
control of ''narrow-minded blockheads." But
it did not dream that any of those persons
could be narrow-minded enough, or block
headed enough, to blackguard it, as if it were
responsible for the moral cesepool which it
had only uncovered. "When Hercules turned
the purifying river into King Augeas sta
bles,' Thomas Carlyle observes, 81 have no
doubt the confusion that resulted was con-
biderable all around but think it was not
Hercules blame; think it was some others
blame" Something like that the World may
BAY of itself and the very disgusting, but very
Necessary, piece of work it has lately felt com
pelled to perform.
Why, piteously inquire the bucolic prints
in question, why bring to light what has
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-12
ENGLAND'S EXPLODED PEERS.
1bs WosJd

From the ~. Z. HTtd.
1t is quite obvious that knowledge of the
history of England is not one of the accom-
plishments required of British journalists in
these days. Else we should hardly be fa-
vored with so much profound moralizing upon
the wicked and shiftless ways of England's
aristocracy in this nineteenth century. That
young peers, with no better moral training
than young men born to great fortunes are
apt in all countries to get, should be at the
mercy Of their own passions and other men S
interests, is a sad thing certainly, but neither
new nor strange. The extravaganza and folly
which have brought the young Dukes of
Hamilton and Newcastle, the Marquis of
Hastings, and the Earls of Westmereland and
Jersey, together with sundry juvenile mobiles
of less importance, to public grief and the
auctioneer's hammer, are, after all, but an old
story often told, and in other lands than Bri-
tain -Four centuries ago. an English duke OF
more exalted origin than either Hamilton or
Clinton was formally degraded from his rank,
by the British peers in Parliament assembled,
because he was ''too poor to maintain his
dignity" He that had been Duke of Norfolk
died pauper and an exile in Flanders. Two
centuries later, the splendid namesake of the
unlucky Villiers, Earl of Jersey, whose fate
now points so many paragraphs, expired, as
the poet tells us,
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He, too, was duke, and the ducal favorite
of a spendthrift king Philip, Duke of Whar-
ton, at once the most graceful and the most
graceless noble of his time, brings the ancient
moral down still nearer to our own days.
And the catastrophes which overlook the
Earls of Hunting-tower and of Mornington,
the latter the near hnsman of England's
"Iron Duke,
"Who never lost an English gum"
have not yet passed from the memory of men
of the world still living and still equal to
their daily dinner and their daily game of
whist.
''Men have died and worms have eaten
them" for now goodly number of ages.
Peers have wasted their substance and
usurers have devoured them. SO, too, have
mere republican citizens. 1t is childish, and
worse than childish, to make grave questions
of political organization hinge upon ques-
tions of a strictly social origin.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-07-20

. .CHARLEsTOWN, VIRGINIA.. TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1869
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Thus the haFmonies of nature and the con-
temptation ofthe phenomena displayed by her
is the true secret of those charms which
sages fhd in solitude and they are as much
within the reach of the humblest amongst US
as they are within the reach of the most pow
srf;ll
Therefore take up, let me entreat you, fer
observation aud study in your leisure mo-
ments, some one branch of the physical
sciences. You will find it uever-failing
source of pleasure and enjoyment.
Always keep in reserve points of inquiry
relating to it upon which you desire informa-
ton. The practice begets habits of inquiry,
and fostzrs the observing faculties.
Now why, the thought may have risen in
the minds of some, do lay such stress upon
the Development of Intellectual faculties and
the cultivation of love for physical science,
and say 50 little aSpst the practice CT r-c=al
virtues and Christian graces.
Are you not heirs of TIE LOST CAUSE, with
It's noble examples and Christian memories !?
Its traditions make us very proud. Are you
not sons of the Sunny South ? Do you not
now, in the days of your youth, tread the soil
of Virginia, breathe her atmosphere, and drink
at the fountains from which the bravest of
men and noblest Of women have drawn inspi-
ration In them you have examples of the
most heroic fortitude and Of the gentlest graces
that ever arrayed themselves on the side OF
right. They are trumpet tougued. Their
silent teachings arc far more effectiye with
their mute cloquenco than my poor powers OF
speech can make them. Treasure them up.
They are precious legacy-heirlooms Of in-
estimable value in the eyes Of every true man
among US
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T HHcelJng Register.

SpRAGUE ON CoLrAx.-But cannot close
without pointing to the recent exhibition in
the presence Of the whole people, Of the Vice
President of the United States travelling and
speaking in the interest of the powers that be,
/ condemn. lie reminds me of the ass who
stole the habiliments Of the king Of the for
est; for when he asserts that the country Is
prosperous and contented lie but shows the
cars which prove his true character. He
came among US moro especially as the rep
resentativs Of the mighty West, people not
yet bound to the dictates Of the moneyed
aristocarcy, to customs and institutions foun-
ded upon it, But he joins counsel and CO.
operation with those powers which in them
selves and in their re preventative capacity are
so in hostility to the independence and growth
Of the West. Let him aud those who have
induced him to degrade his high Office to their
level be prepared 10 meet on the floor of the
Senate. for the information Of the people from
whom he comes, his true character end that
of the alliance he has made.
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IL went to the Legislature last year" ,"
said Georgian. "Well vent to Augusta,
and took dinner at a tavern Right behind
me sat 4 member from one of the back towns,
who had never before taken dinner at tavern.
Before his plate was a dish Of peppers, and
he kept looking at them. Finally. as the
waiter was very slow bringing on things, he
up with fork and in less than no time soussd
one into his mouth. IS ho brought down his
grinders the tears came into his eyes. At
last, splitting the pepper into his hand, be laid
It down By the side of his plate, and With n
voice that set the whole table in roar, ex-
claimed, Just lic there and cool 2"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-07-20

THE great paper grass. or grass from
which paper is made, is being extensively
manufactured in England for printing pur-
poses 1t is said to be excellent as substitute
for rags, and pronounced quite success
From fifty to sixty tons of the raw material
make thirty tons of paper, and one English
firm produces this amount per week, requiring
one hundred and sixty eight hands altogether
men. women and boys. As paper is-Tery
costly in this country, would it not pay farm
ers to try their hand at the cultivation Of this
valuable grass? They might try couple Of
acres, and give It fair test,
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CLERICAL AHECDoTE.-The Rev. Sam-
uel Clawson, Protestant Methodist preacher
OF eccentric manners, sometimes called the
"wild man." was very popular in Western
Virginia some twenty years ago. lie was
cross>eyed and wiry made, and very dark
skinned for Il white mar At times he was
surprisingly eloquent, always ezcitablc, and
occasionly extravagaut. He once accompanied
brother minister, Rev. Mr.. r., prominent
pastor, in a visit to colored chuch. Mr.. L.
gave the colored preacher the hint, and of
course, Clawson was invited to preach. He
did SO, and during the sermon set the impul.
sive Africans to shouting all over the hpuse.
This, in turn, set Clavson to e&traTagaAt f7ords
and actions, and he lcaped out of the pulpit
ike deer, and began to take the hands of
the colored brethren and mix in quite hap
PLY. He wept for JOY. Then, pressing
through the crowd, he found brother r.; and
sitting down beside him, he threw his arms
around his neck, and with tears streaming
down his checks, he said:
Brother r., l almost wish l had been
born niger. These folks have more rc!i-
gion than we have"
"Wen, well, said brother Il, "you come so
near it that you needn't cry about it."
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= The servant of an army officer one day
met crODy, who inquired of him how he
got along With his fiery master. 90, excel
leutIy," answered the servant, "we live on
very friendly terms every morning we beat
each others coat the only difference is, no
takes his off to be beaten, and / keep mine
On