The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-04-13

Watermelon Culture.

4 liWpuS Watermelon raiser, writes CO
the EdgeGeld Adrertiser giving his
plan as follows:
Take soil that is not too poor.
prefer that Of q good character, with
deep sandy soil and clay subyoil.
In February or March break the land
deep with n lull-tongue or small sho.
vel, SO as not TO turn under the vogc-
table mould. Abotit the middle of
April break the land again deep and
well, to aud across. Then lay of
each way ten feet with long cid fash.
toned shovel plcw. Ia each check
draw out all the loose dirt to the
dopth Of eight or ten inches, and
twelve in diameter. Then take one
peck or ten quarts of the best, strong
est and well-rotted stable (horse) J
manure, particularly avoiding straw
or litter, and spread in the hole
Thch with the hoe walk round and
round drawing in the top soil upon
the manure, avoiding the ihcorpora-
tion or mixture of earth and manure,
until you have elevated hill four
inches above the common surface, and
eighteen IN diameter. Upon ttfis hill.
drop four or five seed, aud cover ono
inch deep. In CLAY soil it ia needlesst
to open the hole SO deep as in sandy :;
from four inches to six il enough; ali
Of the other preparations same ms in
sandy soil. ~. t' 'o. ' ns'..
When the seeda come up, imfpedi-
diateiy break the aol urutind the
plant; and when the third leaf begins
to mako it's appearance, plowan hoe,
thinning to two stalks. The work
should be done 50 as not to have long
intervals from ono working to anoth.
or, carefully Keeping down the grass
and weeds. When tho vines commence
to run, thin doyn to ono vine in 4
hill. When the vines have run, oicl.
teen inches each way, they should be
laid by with the sweep. But keep up
the hocing constantly, being rarticu-.
lar not to move the vine nor to cut
the ciingcrs, for nature scnds them
out for protection to the Woe against
the storm. N'2' t"aA"i"n"s
When the vines com moncc bearing,
don't stop tho hoe; work the surface
underneath the vine; and to. keep
working them. La this way tho came
vines will bear for months. never
plant more than one patch, and I gen
orally have watermelons from the 10th
d July until frost.
BY the above plan, 7 have raised,
IN clay land, watcrmolons weighing
forty-odd pounds, and in sandy, sixty
pounds. In 1868 I raised them 70
weigh as high as forty-sevcn pounds
without enough rain from the time
they bloomed until the melons ,ipcn-
cd to wet n cotton handkerchief.
A cause was decided by the United
States Supreme Court some days ago,
which will, no doubt, create a sensa-
tion among holders of confscatcd
property in the South, many Of whom
made their purchases without fully un-
dcrstanding the law on the subject.
The case is that of Bigclow vs..
DeForrest, in which certain real
estate in Virginia was soized under
tho conflscatiun laws and sold, it's
ownerbeing adjudged guilty Of tres son !.
That person having since died, his
heirs brought suit in cjcctmcnt to
recover the property: The claim was
resisted on the ground that the title Of
the original owner was forfeited by his
treason, and his rights in the property
thoroughly divesteds But the United
States Supreme Court decide that it
was only his estate during his life
which was .divested, and since his
death his heirs may recover the pro.
perty, The decision is in accord lncc
with clause two, section three, article
of tho Constitution Of the United
States which says J: 'sCongress shall
have po%er &c declare the pun
ishment of treason, but no attainder
of treason shall work corruption Of
blood or forfeiture, except during
tho life of the person attainted." !
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GREELEY ON THE SoUTn, AND Hen
CARPET BAGGERs.---The New y ork
Tribune says eff tho, South can
simply go ON as sho is going, for ten
years :longerJ she will 20 richer and
moro prosperous than she feeer,yet has
been3'' It speaks Of .the Kur rKlux
as one Of ,heri scourgcs,"i and Of the
"carpct-baggers'' as mother. It de-
fines the latter precisely as swe do.
They are not the honest, Northern setr
tiers WHO come among 4us to amake
their homes and, to followt tlleirt tleeiti-
mate business, but, in the language ,of
Pther 2'1nne; the carpet baegessS are
"thoso who went South, lint quest Of,
office or power, ior plundsri sofs some
kind, iand who hayo let, nothing stand
in the way OF tileiragreed d or ambi4
tion r-CbarAstona Ntws@Eg0d< s.rlsq
h ,aatgN71y.4EsJ- n. -IHY t7ah NV
a, Roman MURpER.--AThe sfPsris
Joarnallrelates that "a few days since
Q Oapuchin friar was preaching in the
PANTHEON square at Rome, when sud 4
denly soldier forced, his way threngh