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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08
Tho Crows YalR0 to the = Farmer. ua


Whatever wrong the crow commits against
the cultiyators OF the soil may, by-a little
painstaking, be materially lesseued or wholly
prevented. The benefits he conlers are both
numerous and important. During the time
he stays with US he destroys, so says no less
authority than Wilson, myIiads of worms.
moles, mice caterpillars, grubs and beetles"
Audubon also afhrms that the CROW devours
myriads Of grubs every day of the year
gIubs which would lay waste the farmer'J
fields. prg Harris also, one of the most faith.
full aud accurate observers, in speaking of the
fearful ravages sometimes wrought in our
grass>lands and gardens by the grub of the
May beetles, adds his testimony to the great
services rendered by the CROW, in keeping
these pests in check Yet here in MassacLu-
sets, regardless of such testimony in their
favor, we have nearly eZterminated thess
birds aud tue destructive grubs, having No
longer this active enemy to restrict their
growth, are year by year increasing with feaF-
full persistence. We have seen large farms,
within an hours ride of Boston, in which,
over entire acres, the grass was so completely
undermined and the roots eaten away, that the
loosened turf could be rolled up as easily as il
it had been cut by the turning spade. Iu
the same neighborhood whole fields Of corn,
potatoes, and almost every kind Of garden
vegetables, had been eaten at tho root and
destroyed. Our more intelligent farmers.
who have carefully studied out the cause of
this unusual insect growth, have satisfied
themselves that it is the legitimate result, the
natural and inevitable consequences Of OLE
own acts. Our short-sighted and murderous
warfare upon the crow has inteErppted tho
bar-nonies of nature, disturbed her well-ad-
justed balance, aud let loose upon agricuIturs
its enemies, with no adequate means Of arrest
ing their general increase. ALlaHtie Nonkhiy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08

"A lawyer at Michigan City recently re-
ceived letter from an Eastern client, who
stated that he wished to procure divorce
AS Che lawyer had already obtained thres
divorces for him within lew years, he con.
Guided that he had done enough and declined
Lelning him for the fourth time,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08

They tell a good story of Henry j. Ray
mond, of tho New York Times, who thinks
he knows all about driving. One of his
friends said to him, "Raymond, your great
trouble is that when you come to point
where two roads part, you hesitate, and never
know which to take. You should not carry
your political policy to such : ridiculous ex-
trCm.H .-...
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08

s7r- The following are said to be among the
signs over the shops of traders at Fort Smith
Arkansas ''Camphsin and burning feWed,1
"Ches Nuts Billed and Roar" ''csin sect
cheers ReserectedJ hear" "WOsbin, irouin'
and goin out doin dais worg dun here"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08

= In the circuit court for Talbot county,
Maryland, it was decided last week that un-
der the laws Of that State woman, after tho
death of her husband, can recover, by a suit at
law against his executors, money belonging to
the wife acd loaned to the husband duri89
the marriage. The suit was brought by
Mrs. Barton against the executors of her late
husband, William Barton, for near 81, 900 and
interest. money belonging to her own right,
and which she loaned to her husband after ths
marriage. Tie court gave decision IN favor
Of the pIaintif for the full amount of the prin-
cipaI with interest. The defendants counsel
took exceptions to the decision of the court,
and the case may 90 to the Court Of Appeals
for review - Baltinsore 4lnerican.
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AL.T7IMoRE CARDS.
GOLD MEDAL FOR 1867
Has just been awarded to
CHARLES NJ, STIEFF,

Q II 4 II u y y III . I 4 u i II :
For the Beet Pianos made over Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York Pianos by the
MARYLAND INSTITUTE.
Orr1cE AND wARERooH No. NORTH LIBERTY
Sr near Baltimore street, BALTI&ORE, MD.
cTEFF'S PIANOS have all the latest improve
> ments, including the AGRAFFE TREBLE,
ivorv Fronts, and the Improved French Action,
f,Iv warranted for FIre Years, with the privilege
Of exchange within - months il not entirely salts
''S second hand Pianos and Parlor Organs always
ON hand, from $50 to $500.
Referees who have our Pianos in use:-
cen. r. E, Lee, Lexington, Yirg inia. Gen.
RoLt Ransom, Wilmington, N. C. John Burns,
DR. L. c. CordelI, Warren Eby. John b. Packet,
Charicstown, Ihos NJ. Isbell of Jefferson county,
L. b. Burns. of CIar Ike county, Mrs Schwartswcl-
der, Mozart Musical Association of Winchester.
TERMS LIBERAL. Il a call is solicited.
April II, 1850. d. Oct. ..
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
5floa ~ sslWheat.


That The, region west Of the MississiPpiis TO
be the great wheat growing section Of the
world is fast becoming apparent. This is
clear to every observer Of ordinary intelligsucs
upon the subject. 's
The soil, climate, extent of prairie, facility
with which machinery can be employed III
sowing aud harvesting the crop, cheapuess of ,
transportation and nearness TO InRrket-AH
ennbine to show our statement true. Going
further, let US look at the figures. Itappeats
from tine Report of the Bureau of Statistics
that the region west of the Mississippi ia
1887, produced, III round numbers, 25, ,000, 600 =
bushels of whoat, or one e,seteNth OF all the {
grain in the Union; in 1868, the same terri-
tory produced, in round numbers, 10000, 900,
or one bird Of all the grain in the Union, an
increase of two hundred aud sixty per cent.
yet, while the West has thus increased, the ,
amount east of the Mississippi has not il,
creased at all.
1t is confessed that all the Vest contains
no better wheat growing section than this part
ofathe State of Missouri. The cost Of pro-
duction is less here, while the average crop Is
as large as unyvhere else, and facilities for
market are superior.
The average production per acre in this
county is twenty bushels-and is grown with
very little expense. we buy raw prairie aud
iuclose it in the spring break 1t up in tho
summer; sow the crop in the fall by ma
chinery; and, in the ensuing summer, harvest
and thresh it by machinery, and market tho
result for cash-and the proceeds will more
than pay for farm Improvements aud cost Of
prod auction. j.
Some two years ago, our good friend, General
Pratt, of Lnneus, bought a farm and im>
- . 81; ~
sand dollars and sowed it to wheat last sum
mer he sold the crop of a single year, aud re-
ceived in cash twelve thousand dollars :! We
know many Others that have done as we'll,
But the wheat,groging capacity of our
country has never been tested. Let US sec,
for moment what she is equal to in the
premises. We have, in round numbers 430,'
900 acres of land in this county, One>third OF
which, or 143, ,333, is timber; the balance,
2ST 600, rich, rolling prairie, admirably
adapted to wheat growing. Suppose one half
of this last number, 1873 1888, be devoted to
wheat growing, what theu would be the extent
of production and reTeuue The amount of
wheat grown would be 2,SS0, GEO, which, at
$3.50 per bushel-the lowest possible market
rates-would make s4, 800 600 in round num-
bers. -sa-l 10 tH'H.
rWhat would be the results, financially, OF
such au operation. This whole body of land
can be bought at SIS per acre, thus costing
50. 149, ,994 thus, by the first crop Of wheat,
and in single year, the whole land would be
paid for, aud balance of 81, $50. 600 left, out
of which to pay costs Of production, interest
on capital, &c. What IS true oI the whole
tract, is true in detail of every farm OF 100
acres, more or less, as tho means Of the pur,
chaser may cnnblehim to buy and farm. r-'
-fssW a b4aH Missouri 4hesseE9srssda
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= An undertaker, who was bEisklJ Anlsh' 1sll'
ing up coffin. being asked who it was for,
replied, 81 can't tell which, but two women
have started out on asslkins Ipaic cfnext door,
and it'll be. sue to ead in tho death OF one
of Iem Y -. !. rEs9ae1 E.1--r- -rL-a9L
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08

The Charlottesville CTa) Chronicle un-
derstands that gentleman from England has
purchased from Lewis Turner, Esq, OF Mel
son county, Va, between three and ltour
thousand acres Of land, on which, and other
lands he will purchase in the vicinity, he in
tcuds settling eight hundred English families
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08

Pickpookets are folks of fesIing; and
tI,ev gereralIy feel very tender'y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08

= it appears that Illinois is the first in the
line ofc corn producing States, having produced
I3i ,iG3 COO bushels in 1868,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-06-08

"A country clergyman says he has married
hut one couple iu . year, aud that they paid
him nothing, stayed to dinner as it was rainy
day, and dien borrowed his umbrella when
they left, which lie has never seen since. 30
"A man came into printing Office TO
beg paper, "because," be said, ''we like to
read the newspapers very much, but orr
ncighbors are ali toY stingy to take one"
Ii is said that Ohio has in the past three
years imPoSted ten niliOns bushels of wheat,
Instead Of exporting. "a formerly, from seTeE
to ten millions annually.
A child's smile and laugh are mighty
powers in this world,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-11-13
FraUdS by Claim Agents.

WASHINGTON, Oct. So E. B. French,
Second Auditor of the Treasury, submit
ted a case to the Second Comptroller today,
in which the attorney of a claimant had
fraudulently obtained payment of a Treasu-
ry certificate sent to his care and embezzled
the proceeds. The AuGitor cited several
authorities, to the effect that when one of
Two innocent parties must suffer by the
fraud of a third person, he who trusted
such third person and enabled him to
commit the fraud must bear the loss.
Comptroller Brodhead Endorsed as follows:
"When a Treasury certificate has been
issued by the proper officers, payable to
the order of a claimant and sent to his
designated attorney, if that attorney FORCES
the name of his principal and obtains pay
ment of a disbursing officer, | do not think
that another certificate should issue to the
payee. The United States do not select
the attorneys of claimants, and ought not
to be held as insurers of their integrity. If
the Government complies with the dirrc-
tions of the claimant and confdes the
certificate to the agent Of his selection, he
must abide the consequences of his choice,
and bear the loss resulting from his own
error of judgment if that agent shall prove
unworthy and by fraud obtain what be-
longs to his principal"
The cases cited by the Auditor are di-
rectly to the point. A contrary decision
would give full scope to collision between
claimants and attorneys, and hazard the
public interest.
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A superb Journal for amy Home,

F We do not believe there Is any way in
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with most useful information for all classes,
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Tennessee Politics

NASHVILLE, Nov. 2-The resolution in
troduced into the House yesterday, pro
viding for the election of the United States
Senator, on the alleged ground of Cooper's
ineligibility, was tabled today by 80 tc
80.
1t is reported on good authority that
Johnson will certainly be elected delegate
to the Constitutional Convention from the
Greenville District. 1t is also we'll under
stood that in the election of, delelegates
throughout the Stale, strong efforts will
be made to appoint johnson men, so as to
form the basis or nucleus of a johnson par
tv in Tennessee. johnson" and "Anti-
johnson men" are likely to be the rallying
cry in this State for some little time to come,
but the indications are that Andy's pres
tige is gone.
Out of the swarm Of Radical papers in
this State, daily and weekly, which a few
months since fatened on official pap, there
is only one now in existence, which, like
the last rose Of summer, is left blooming
alone. 1t, too, is fading away.
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THE LADY's FR1END.-The November
number of this popular monthly has a life
Ike steel plate of CHE SISTERS" such
sisters" as may be found in mcny a sweet
American home. The Colored Fashion
Plate is gay, graceful and stylish. A
romantic picture, illustrating Herrick's
"Night Piece to julia" and a group of
"Dresses for Young LADIES' in which
that important portion of humanity will
find some loves of toilettes, introduce a
series of uncommonly taking illustrations.
The music is "The Little Injun Galop.'
"The Prize ofTwo Mems Lives" by Miss
Douglas. grows still more interesting and
Mrs. Woods "Roland Yorke' is worked
up to intensity as the plot draws towards
its close. Florence Percy has a beautiful
poem, Harrie Boyer an amusing sketch, and
Miss Prescott an Acting Charade; and a
choice variety of stories and poetry besides,
make up a feast of reading. The Work
Table is we'll attended to, with patterns for
embroidery, tatting and netting. The
publishers offer great inducements to new
subscribers, and we recommend our readers
to inclose ten cents for a sample copy, to
Deacon &c Peterson, $40 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia. Price $3.50 a year (Which
also includes a large steel engraving).
Four copies, So. Five copies (and one
gratis), SO: THE Lady's Friend" and
"The Saturday Evening Post" (and one
engraving, $500. Specimen numbers sent
for ten cents.
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Independence 0fP:arty.

The New Orleans Times takes strong
ground against the baneful influences OF
party organizations, as now gerlmandered
bv political managers, particularly in the
large cities. The observations of the Times
are equally applicable to the country at
large. If public men were selected more
with reference to their peculiar fitness for
office, their honesty, their capablllty ana
their fidelity to the true interests of their
constituents, than to their qualifications as
active partizans, the government would be
more efficiently and honestly administered
We trust that the city Of New Orleans Will
be able to emancipate itself, as other large
cities have recently done, from this thraI-
dom to party" which, it seems, has resulted
in a municipal administration r%uinous to
the great interests Of the metropolis. The
Times says:
Until the people will release themselves
from this thraldom to ~party--will cut loose
politically, as they do commercially and
socially, from the political l~oafvrs and party
managers, who have so long manipulated
their will and votes 10 their own profit and
the great injury of the communitv--there
can be little or no hope of any reform OF
| change in the wretchcd NAL administration
which has so long afflicted the great cities
of the c)untry.
1t is to effect this important result, the
condition precedent to all wise and salts
factory municipal administration, that the
people in several f our largest cities have
come together with so much zeal anc
harmony in the support and election OF
competent men, who arc pledged in then
administration, to ALLURE and ignore politics
and partisans, and to regard only honesty
and the interests of the people, without re
gard to any distinctions.
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Dr.. RICHAU'S GOLDEN REMEDIES.

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The CrOps--COttOu Shipped from
.., Washington.

The planters continue to have a fine
season for picking cotton, and the work
sgoes brayely on" The freedmen are
doing well, and employers have no reason
TO complain. Very little cotton so far has
been shipped; for two reasons: list. All the
available labor is devoted to picking out
the crop, and 2dly. The water is at its low
est stage, rendering navigation difficult and
precarious. ~ s"" $500
The amount Of cotton shipped from
Washington on the 1st inst, was only
1888 bales, leaving about 200 bales in the
warehouses. Other shipments have been
made from Barrys Landing and other
points on the Courtableau and Atchafalaya, of
which we can give no accurate estimate at
present, a.. La Id s..,qa1. .,.. ..-.
IL Our sugar planters are busy. The
yield Of the cane is not as heavy as last
year, but the quality Of the sugar is better
The specimens we have seen are remarka-
bly fine. .!Uss .@Hsznsb gy1e3 4 ..us-l
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~Anundation in Yucatan

MERIDA, fucatan, via Havana NJ. O
"A disastrous inundation occurred IN w.
vacI1lt.y OF his City, which has cansaJ
heavy damages ard the loss of several l;voo
The lJwn Of l~nguilac is completelv a.
Stroyed. The roads in the country sra
'mpa ;sible, heavy rocks having been car.
ricd by the current, and lodged in the hi h..
ways. The food at last accounts was
decreasing.
Father H%yaointhe
Father Hyaciuthe in a letter to the Evan.
gelical ministers of Boston promises to Wis
it that city this month. He declares he Is
still a Catholic, and has not broken with
his church, but with its abuses. lie reit.
terates the broad religious sentiment in his
letter to DR.. Bacon, and prof. Uses to ex-
plain more fully his position.
Treaty With China.
WAsuISGToS, Nov. 9.-Noon,-Tbe
State Department has Chinese advices in.
dorsing B~urlingame's negotiations.
New Cuban Junta.
The Tribune says: 1.-The Cuban Junta.
we are glad to say, has been reorcan.
iscd. with Mr. Miguel Alabama. the veal.
thiest Of planters, Mr.. Hiliaro Cisneros.
a relative of Salvador Cisneros, and Mar.
qui% of Santa Lucia among its members,
Upon the new Junta the Cubans seem
to be agreed, which is one point gained, and
its admitted business character appears To-
b. another"
Fair in South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 9.-There is much in.
terest excited here by the South Carolina
+ State Fair, the first since the war, which
opens at Columbia to morrow. Crowds
are in attendance from all parts of the
State.
Spanish Guuboats Ready.
New York, Nov. 9.-All the Spanish
gun~oats here will be ready for sea in two
weeks.
Cholera in Cuba.
HAVANA, Nov. 9.-The cholera is pre-.
vailing, and4he yellow fever has appeared
at Puerto PrVpcipe.
Prim and the Spanish Admiral
PARIS, Nov. General Prim stated
in the Cortes that Admiral Topete's resig-
nation was owing to the opposition to the
Duke of Genoa but that Topete was still
in favor of the revolution and would aid
Prim in the discharge of his official duties.
obsequies to Peabody.
Queen Victoria directs that George Pea.
body's remains be honored by publi:
funeral services in Westminster, and to D,
afterwards deposited in the royal vault,
pending the removal to America
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perceive that the Legislature hast provi-
ded every mean to validate Collectors
sales for taxes, and that the redemption
of lands once sold will be attended with
great Inconvenience and expense.
Those who have been assessed, however
onerous may be their burden Of taxation,
will we think, suffer least, by avoiding
the imposition of the still more onerous
accumulation of costs.
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"AROUND THE WORLD"
III NEW YORK OBSERVER

Is now publishing a series Of Letters form
the Rev. DR.. E. D. g. PRIME, who is ma
king a tour of the World, by way Of Califor-
mia, Japan, China. India, Egypt, &c to-
gether with various other correspondence, alt
the News: Religious and Secular, and a great
Selected.
Now is the time to secure the oldest and
BEST FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
We make the following liberal offers for
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
We will send the New YORK OBSERVER
for one year to
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Public Sale.
Estate of Mare Jane NetteT1aHe.

DIX VIRTUE Of an order Of the Probate
- Court Of the Parish of St. Landry, there
will be sold at public auction, to the last and
highest bidder, by the undersigned adminis-
traitor, or by a public auctioneeft al The last
residence Of the deceased near Big Cane in
| this parish, on SATURDAY the 18th day Of
December, 1863; the following described prop
erty belonging to the estate Of AaEy Jane
I Netterville deceased. to-wit:
]. A TRACT OF LAND, containing forty
acres, with all the improvements thereon. con-
sisting of a dwelling house, kitchen and black
smith shop, bounded as follows. to-wit; or
the north by lands belonging to the estate o.
Mary f. Moss and James T. Swords, east by
lands of Josiah Scott, south by lands OF MRS
Webb, and west by land Of B. e. CAN'T sAa'
attd in the Parish Of 1T Landry. ~
2. FORTY ACRES OF SWAMP lazy
situated near Bayou Rouge, Parish OF 81,
Landry, bounded as follows: en the no1tn y
lands unknown, Oh the east by Land o. SosIan
Scott, on the south by lands OF JOSIAH Scoes'
and west by land of Josiah Scott"
Terms--Cash. -
Nou1e Administrator.
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". H, Gardner & Co..

We cannot better serve the interests Of
our readers, than by commencing to their
confidence the Wholesale Dry Goods House
of L. H. Gardner & Co., of New Orleans.
Their three new stores 1O5 & LOT Gravier
street, and 90 Common street, are filled
with choice selections of Dry Goods and
Notions in all departments, and the terms
and prices are such as must eventually
secure to them the largest business of their
line, in the city of New Orleans. ~ ,.,~!